Open Science Standards at Journals that Inform Evidence-Based Policy

© 2023. Society for Prevention Research..

Evidence-based policy uses intervention research to inform consequential decisions about resource allocation. Research findings are often published in peer-reviewed journals. Because detrimental research practices associated with closed science are common, journal articles report more false-positives and exaggerated effect sizes than would be desirable. Journal implementation of standards that promote open science-such as the transparency and openness promotion (TOP) guidelines-could reduce detrimental research practices and improve the trustworthiness of research evidence on intervention effectiveness. We evaluated TOP implementation at 339 peer-reviewed journals that have been used to identify evidence-based interventions for policymaking and programmatic decisions. Each of ten open science standards in TOP was not implemented in most journals' policies (instructions to authors), procedures (manuscript submission systems), or practices (published articles). Journals implementing at least one standard typically encouraged, but did not require, an open science practice. We discuss why and how journals could improve implementation of open science standards to safeguard evidence-based policy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research - 24(2023), 7 vom: 13. Okt., Seite 1275-1291

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Grant, Sean [VerfasserIn]
Mayo-Wilson, Evan [VerfasserIn]
Kianersi, Sina [VerfasserIn]
Naaman, Kevin [VerfasserIn]
Henschel, Beate [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Evidence clearinghouse
Evidence-based policy
Journal Article
Open science
Review
TOP guidelines

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Date Revised 13.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1007/s11121-023-01543-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356811174