Adoption of the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines within health psychology and behavioural medicine journal policies: a cross-sectional study

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dc.abstract.enScientific journals play a crucial role in promoting open science. The Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines identify a range of standards that journals can adopt to promote the verifiability of the research they publish. We evaluated the adoption of TOP standards within health psychology and behavioural medicine journal policies, as this had not yet been systematically assessed. In a cross-sectional study on 19 health psychology and behavioural medicine journals, eight raters evaluated TOP standard adoption by these journals using the TRUST journal policy evaluation tool. Out of a total possible score of 29, journal scores ranged from 1 to 13 (median = 6). Standards related to use of reporting guidelines and data transparency were adopted the most, whereas standards related to pre-registration of study analysis plans and citation of code were adopted the least. TOP guidelines have to-date been poorly adopted within health psychology and behavioural medicine journal policies. There are several relatively straightforward opportunities for improvement, such as expanding policies around research data to also consider code and materials, and reducing ambiguity of wording. However, other improvements may require a collaborative approach involving all research stakeholders.
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii, Uniwersytet SWPS w Warszawie
dc.contributor.authorToomey, Elaine
dc.contributor.authorCoyne, Rory
dc.contributor.authorDerksen, Christina
dc.contributor.authorGrant, Sean P.
dc.contributor.authorJones, Christopher M.
dc.contributor.authorKijowska, Marta
dc.contributor.authorMcNeill, Ilona
dc.contributor.authorNaughton, Felix
dc.contributor.authorO’Mahony, Aoife
dc.contributor.authorNorris, Emma
dc.date.access2025-06-13
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-17T10:29:20Z
dc.date.available2025-06-17T10:29:20Z
dc.date.created2025-04-15
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstract<p>Scientific journals play a crucial role in promoting open science. The Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines identify a range of standards that journals can adopt to promote the verifiability of the research they publish. We evaluated the adoption of TOP standards within health psychology and behavioural medicine journal policies, as this had not yet been systematically assessed. In a cross-sectional study on 19 health psychology and behavioural medicine journals, eight raters evaluated TOP standard adoption by these journals using the TRUST journal policy evaluation tool. Out of a total possible score of 29, journal scores ranged from 1 to 13 (median = 6). Standards related to use of reporting guidelines and data transparency were adopted the most, whereas standards related to pre-registration of study analysis plans and citation of code were adopted the least. TOP guidelines have to-date been poorly adopted within health psychology and behavioural medicine journal policies. There are several relatively straightforward opportunities for improvement, such as expanding policies around research data to also consider code and materials, and reducing ambiguity of wording. However, other improvements may require a collaborative approach involving all research stakeholders.</p>
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dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17437199.2025.2516010
dc.identifier.eissn1743-7202
dc.identifier.issn1743-7199
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1525
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17437199.2025.2516010
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
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dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enopen science
dc.subject.enpublishing guidelines
dc.subject.enjournal policies
dc.subject.enTOP factor
dc.subject.entransparency
dc.subject.enverifiability
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dc.titleAdoption of the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines within health psychology and behavioural medicine journal policies: a cross-sectional study
dc.title.journalHealth Psychology Review
dc.typeJournalArticle
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