A Guide for Social Science Journal Editors on Easing into Open Science

By Priya Silverstein, Colin Elman, Amanda Montoya, Barbara McGillivray, Charlotte Rebecca Pennington, Chase H. Harrison, Crystal N. Steltenpohl, Jan Philipp Röer, Katherine S. Corker, Lisa M Charron, Mahmoud Elsherif, Mario Malički, Rachel Hayes-Harb, Sandra Grinschgl, Tess M.S. Neal, Thomas Rhys Evans, Veli-Matti Karhulahti, William Leo Donald Krenzer, Anabel Belaus, David Moreau, DI Burin, Elizabeth Chin, Esther Plomp, Evan Mayo-Wilson, Jared Lyle, Jonathan M Adler, Julia G. Bottesini, Katherine M. Lawson, Kathleen Schmidt, Kyrani Reneau, Lars Vilhuber, Ludo Waltman, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Paul E. Plonski, Sakshi Ghai, Sean Grant, Thu-Mai Lewis Christian, William X. Q. Ngiam, and Moin Syed.

Journal Editors Open Science

Abstract

Journal editors have a large amount of power to advance open science in their respective fields by incentivising and mandating open policies and practices at their journals. The Data PASS Journal Editors Discussion Interface (JEDI, an online community for social science journal editors: www.dpjedi.org) has collated several resources on open science in journal editing ( www.dpjedi.org/resources). However, it can be overwhelming as a new editor to know where to start. For this reason, we have created a guide for journal editors on how to get started with open science. The guide outlines steps that editors can take to implement open policies and practices at their journal, and goes through the what, why, how, and worries of each policy/practice.

Link to resource: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/hstcx

Type of resources: Reading

Education level(s): College / Upper Division (Undergraduates), Graduate / Professional

Primary user(s): Student, Teacher, Librarian, Journal Editors

Subject area(s): Social Science

Language(s): English