Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices: A Simple, Low-Cost, Effective Method for Increasing Transparency
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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Kidwell et al. (2016) Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices.pdf
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