Pursuant to the Act XL of 1994 on the Academy (Section 3, paragraph 1), it shall be the public duty of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in particular, to support the pursuit of scientific activities and the publication of scientific monographs and journals; to operate a system of scientific qualification whereby it shall grant the titles of Doctor, Corresponding Member and Full Member of the Academy; to monitor the trends of scientific research in Hungary and all over the world and based on this, to provide scientific advice for policy; to safeguard the high standards of research integrity and the freedom of scientific research and opinion; to maintain relations with the scientific institutions, especially academies, of other countries, as well as the EU’s scientific organisations.