Open Science

Strong preference will be given to projects explicitly incorporating the following Open Science principles:

(A) PREREGISTRATION: all studies preferably will be preregistered, including analysis plans for all confirmatory studies. Preregistrations should be made in a study registry in which registrations are publically accessible and discoverable. The Open Science Framework (OSF: https://osf.io/) would be an appropriate venue for preregistrations.

(B) OPEN MATERIALS: all research materials necessary for an independent researcher to reproduce the reported methodology preferably will be made available as citable objects (i.e., with an assigned DOI or other unique persistent identifier [PID]) in a public, open-access repository. Again, the OSF would be an appropriate venue for sharing materials.

(C) OPEN DATA: all deidentified data relevant to publications preferably will be shared to the maximum extent that is legally and ethically permissible in a public, open-access repository as a citable object (i.e., with an assigned unique persistent identifier [PID]). Shared data should be in a form that meets the FAIR guiding principles for scientific data management and stewardship (Wilkinson et al., 2016; doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18) such that an independent researcher could reproduce the reported results. Note that committing to this may have implications for IRB and/or consent protocols that should be considered in advance. The OSF would be one appropriate venue for data sharing.

OPEN ACCESS: all publications preferably will be made freely accessible, without embargo. Options including (i) publishing in an open access journal (if you have doubts, please consult the Project Advisors), (ii) depositing pre-prints in PsyArXiv (https://psyarxiv.com/) or a similar discoverable and durable preprint server, or (iii) self-archiving post-prints in an institutional repository that feeds into SHARE (see https://share.osf.io/sources) would satisfy this commitment. (Self-archiving on a personal webpage or on a for-profit website such as academia.edu or researchgate.net is not sufficient, because they cannot guarantee durability or discoverability.) Note that this commitment may constrain your choice of publication outlets due to some journals’ archiving policies. You may develop your budget to include article-processing charges for non-hybrid open access journals if you wish.