Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices: A Simple, Low-Cost, Effective Method for Increasing Transparency.

Beginning January 2014, Psychological Science gave authors the opportunity to signal open data and materials if they qualified for badges that accompanied published articles. Before badges, less than 3% of Psychological Science articles reported open data. After badges, 23% reported open data, with...

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Main Authors: Mallory C Kidwell, Ljiljana B Lazarević, Erica Baranski, Tom E Hardwicke, Sarah Piechowski, Lina-Sophia Falkenberg, Curtis Kennett, Agnieszka Slowik, Carina Sonnleitner, Chelsey Hess-Holden, Timothy M Errington, Susann Fiedler, Brian A Nosek
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-05-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4865119?pdf=render
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author Mallory C Kidwell
Ljiljana B Lazarević
Erica Baranski
Tom E Hardwicke
Sarah Piechowski
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Agnieszka Slowik
Carina Sonnleitner
Chelsey Hess-Holden
Timothy M Errington
Susann Fiedler
Brian A Nosek
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description Beginning January 2014, Psychological Science gave authors the opportunity to signal open data and materials if they qualified for badges that accompanied published articles. Before badges, less than 3% of Psychological Science articles reported open data. After badges, 23% reported open data, with an accelerating trend; 39% reported open data in the first half of 2015, an increase of more than an order of magnitude from baseline. There was no change over time in the low rates of data sharing among comparison journals. Moreover, reporting openness does not guarantee openness. When badges were earned, reportedly available data were more likely to be actually available, correct, usable, and complete than when badges were not earned. Open materials also increased to a weaker degree, and there was more variability among comparison journals. Badges are simple, effective signals to promote open practices and improve preservation of data and materials by using independent repositories.
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spelling doaj.art-822f27c5d8b440248c2fbceb62822a972022-12-21T19:57:05ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852016-05-01145e100245610.1371/journal.pbio.1002456Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices: A Simple, Low-Cost, Effective Method for Increasing Transparency.Mallory C KidwellLjiljana B LazarevićErica BaranskiTom E HardwickeSarah PiechowskiLina-Sophia FalkenbergCurtis KennettAgnieszka SlowikCarina SonnleitnerChelsey Hess-HoldenTimothy M ErringtonSusann FiedlerBrian A NosekBeginning January 2014, Psychological Science gave authors the opportunity to signal open data and materials if they qualified for badges that accompanied published articles. Before badges, less than 3% of Psychological Science articles reported open data. After badges, 23% reported open data, with an accelerating trend; 39% reported open data in the first half of 2015, an increase of more than an order of magnitude from baseline. There was no change over time in the low rates of data sharing among comparison journals. Moreover, reporting openness does not guarantee openness. When badges were earned, reportedly available data were more likely to be actually available, correct, usable, and complete than when badges were not earned. Open materials also increased to a weaker degree, and there was more variability among comparison journals. Badges are simple, effective signals to promote open practices and improve preservation of data and materials by using independent repositories.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4865119?pdf=render
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Tom E Hardwicke
Sarah Piechowski
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Curtis Kennett
Agnieszka Slowik
Carina Sonnleitner
Chelsey Hess-Holden
Timothy M Errington
Susann Fiedler
Brian A Nosek
Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices: A Simple, Low-Cost, Effective Method for Increasing Transparency.
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title Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices: A Simple, Low-Cost, Effective Method for Increasing Transparency.
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title_full_unstemmed Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices: A Simple, Low-Cost, Effective Method for Increasing Transparency.
title_short Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices: A Simple, Low-Cost, Effective Method for Increasing Transparency.
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