A1 Journal article (refereed)
A guide for social science journal editors on easing into open science (2024)

Silverstein, P., Elman, C., Montoya, A., McGillivray, B., Pennington, C. R., Harrison, C. H., Steltenpohl, C. N., Röer, J. P., Corker, K. S., Charron, L. M., Elsherif, M., Malicki, M., Hayes-Harb, R., Grinschgl, S., Neal, T., Evans, T. R., Karhulahti, V.-M., Krenzer, W. L. D., Belaus, A., . . . Syed, M. (2024). A guide for social science journal editors on easing into open science. Research Integrity and Peer Review, 9, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-023-00141-5

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Silverstein, Priya; Elman, Colin; Montoya, Amanda; McGillivray, Barbara; Pennington, Charlotte R.; Harrison, Chase H.; Steltenpohl, Crystal N.; Röer, Jan Philipp; Corker, Katherine S.; Charron, Lisa M.; et al.

Journal or series: Research Integrity and Peer Review

eISSN: 2058-8615

Publication year: 2024

Publication date: 16/02/2024

Volume: 9

Article number: 2

Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-023-00141-5

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Additional information: Commentary

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 embedding open science in journal editing (www.dpjedi.org/resources). However, it can be overwhelming as an editor new to open science practices to know where to start. For this reason, we 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 within their journal, and goes through the what, why, how, and worries of each policy and practice. This manuscript introduces and summarizes the guide (full guide: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/hstcx).

Keywords: open science; science publishing; peer review (science publishing); social sciences

Free keywords: Open science; journal editing; scholarly publishing; peer review

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Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2024

Preliminary JUFO rating: 1