Open Science & Transparency (joap-open-science-and-transparency)
JAP is a TOP-aligned APA journal. Empirical submissions (including meta-analyses) are held to the
Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) standards: share data, materials, and analysis code
with persistent identifiers, provide a data-availability / transparency statement, and report
preregistration where applicable — with transparency weighed in evaluation. Prepare this early, not
at acceptance. Verify the current TOP level and exact statement wording on the official APA page
(待核实).
When to trigger
- Building the data/materials/code deposits and the data-availability statement
- Deciding whether (and how) to claim an exemption from sharing
- Linking a preregistration and reporting its status
- A reviewer or editor flagged transparency, data access, or reproducibility
What is expected (verify current wording on the official page)
- Data, materials, and code availability. Make the dataset, study materials (scales, manipulations,
instructions), and analysis scripts available, or state precisely why not. Sensitive personnel /
organizational data often need a documented exemption with an access path.
- Data-transparency / data-availability statement. A statement describing what data exist, where
they live, how they can be accessed, and whether any portion has appeared in other papers (a
prior-use / overlapping-data disclosure is expected when datasets are reused across articles).
- Persistent identifiers (DOIs). Provide DOIs for shared data/materials/code (OSF, ICPSR,
Dataverse, Zenodo) — not transient personal links.
- Preregistration. Report preregistration honestly and link it (anonymized for masked review); its
presence and quality are weighed, and Registered Reports may be available (confirm on the official
page; 待核实).
Build-it-right checklist
Exemptions (do them honestly)
- Personnel and organizational data are often legally or contractually constrained. State exactly
what is withheld, why (confidentiality, proprietary, IRB), and how others can access or
approximate it (synthetic/aggregated data, application path, full code release). Unjustified opacity
counts against the paper.
Data-availability statement — worked draft (illustrative)
A model statement for the servant-leadership package; confirm the exact required headings against the
journal's current TOP/author requirements.
Data availability: Team- and individual-level data for the field study and
trial-level data for the experiment are available at OSF
(DOI 10.XXXX/osf.io/abcde), with a codebook.
Materials: All scales, the leadership manipulation, and instructions are
deposited (DOI 10.XXXX/osf.io/fghij).
Code: Mplus/R scripts reproduce all reported values in a fresh session; a run
log is included (DOI 10.XXXX/osf.io/klmno).
Preregistration: The experiment was preregistered (osf.io/pqrst) before data
collection; one field-study serial-mediation analysis is reported as exploratory.
Prior use: The field dataset has not been used in any other manuscript.
(If applicable, list overlapping papers and the constructs each uses.)
Exemptions: None. (If applicable: what is withheld, why, and the access path.)
Transparency-readiness decision table
| Situation |
Editorial read |
What to deposit / state |
| Fully shareable data + materials + code |
expected baseline |
DOIs for data, materials, code + run log |
| Proprietary organizational data |
exemption considered if justified |
synthetic/aggregated data + access path + full code |
| Archival / third-party dataset |
acceptable with provenance |
link source, share derivation scripts, document version |
| Dataset reused across papers |
requires disclosure |
state overlap, which constructs each paper uses |
| "Available on request" |
reads as non-compliant |
replace with a persistent DOI before submission |
Reviewer / editor pushback and the venue fix
- "No DOI, just a personal link" → swap every transient link for a persistent identifier before the
masked submission goes out.
- "Statement says open but the repo is empty" → deposit first; draft the statement from the live DOIs.
- "Is this the same data as your other paper?" → add a prior-use/overlap disclosure; JAP expects it.
- "Preregistration deviates from the analysis" → add a deviations note; relabel post hoc work exploratory.
- "OSF page reveals author identity" → use the anonymized view link for masked review.
Anti-patterns
- Treating data/materials/code sharing as optional or "available on request"
- Omitting the data-availability/transparency statement or a required prior-use disclosure
- Personal/transient links instead of DOIs
- Claiming an exemption without a justification or access path
- Identifying author info in repository links during masked review
Output format
【Data】deposited + DOI + codebook (or justified exemption)? [Y/N]
【Materials】deposited + DOI? [Y/N]
【Code】deposited + fresh-session reproducible? [Y/N]
【Transparency statement】drafted per current TOP wording (待核实)? [Y/N]
【Prior-use disclosure】dataset overlap stated? [Y/N/NA]
【Preregistration】linked (anonymized) + consistent with reporting? [Y/N/NA]
【Next】joap-review-process
Supplementary resources
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills → Journal-of-Applied-Psychology-Skills/skills/joap-open-science-and-transparency/SKILL.md
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6
7# Open Science & Transparency (joap-open-science-and-transparency)
8
9JAP is a TOP-aligned APA journal. Empirical submissions (including meta-analyses) are held to the
10**Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP)** standards: share **data, materials, and analysis code**
11with **persistent identifiers**, provide a **data-availability / transparency statement**, and report
12**preregistration** where applicable — with transparency weighed in evaluation. Prepare this early, not
13at acceptance. Verify the **current TOP level and exact statement wording** on the official APA page
14(待核实).
15
16## When to trigger
17
18- Building the data/materials/code deposits and the data-availability statement
19- Deciding whether (and how) to claim an exemption from sharing
20- Linking a preregistration and reporting its status
21- A reviewer or editor flagged transparency, data access, or reproducibility
22
23## What is expected (verify current wording on the official page)
24
251. **Data, materials, and code availability.** Make the dataset, study materials (scales, manipulations,
26 instructions), and analysis scripts available, or state precisely why not. Sensitive personnel /
27 organizational data often need a documented exemption with an access path.
282. **Data-transparency / data-availability statement.** A statement describing what data exist, where
29 they live, how they can be accessed, and whether any portion has appeared in other papers (a
30 **prior-use / overlapping-data disclosure** is expected when datasets are reused across articles).
313. **Persistent identifiers (DOIs).** Provide DOIs for shared data/materials/code (OSF, ICPSR,
32 Dataverse, Zenodo) — not transient personal links.
334. **Preregistration.** Report preregistration honestly and link it (anonymized for masked review); its
34 presence and quality are weighed, and Registered Reports may be available (confirm on the official
35 page; 待核实).
36
37## Build-it-right checklist
38
39- [ ] **Data** deposited with a **DOI**; a **codebook/data dictionary** included (or a justified exemption)
40- [ ] **Analysis code** deposited; results regenerate in a fresh session
41- [ ] **Materials** (scales, manipulations, instructions) deposited with a DOI
42- [ ] **Data-availability / transparency statement** drafted per current TOP requirements
43- [ ] **Prior-use disclosure**: any overlap of this dataset with other papers stated explicitly
44- [ ] **Preregistration** linked (anonymized for review); confirmatory vs. exploratory consistent with it
45- [ ] Shared links **anonymized** for masked submission (no author-identifying repository info)
46
47## Exemptions (do them honestly)
48
49- Personnel and organizational data are often legally or contractually constrained. State exactly
50 **what** is withheld, **why** (confidentiality, proprietary, IRB), and **how** others can access or
51 approximate it (synthetic/aggregated data, application path, full code release). Unjustified opacity
52 counts against the paper.
53
54## Data-availability statement — worked draft (illustrative)
55
56A model statement for the servant-leadership package; confirm the exact required headings against the
57journal's current TOP/author requirements.
58
59```
60Data availability: Team- and individual-level data for the field study and
61 trial-level data for the experiment are available at OSF
62 (DOI 10.XXXX/osf.io/abcde), with a codebook.
63Materials: All scales, the leadership manipulation, and instructions are
64 deposited (DOI 10.XXXX/osf.io/fghij).
65Code: Mplus/R scripts reproduce all reported values in a fresh session; a run
66 log is included (DOI 10.XXXX/osf.io/klmno).
67Preregistration: The experiment was preregistered (osf.io/pqrst) before data
68 collection; one field-study serial-mediation analysis is reported as exploratory.
69Prior use: The field dataset has not been used in any other manuscript.
70 (If applicable, list overlapping papers and the constructs each uses.)
71Exemptions: None. (If applicable: what is withheld, why, and the access path.)
72```
73
74## Transparency-readiness decision table
75
76| Situation | Editorial read | What to deposit / state |
77|-----------|----------------|-------------------------|
78| Fully shareable data + materials + code | expected baseline | DOIs for data, materials, code + run log |
79| Proprietary organizational data | exemption considered if justified | synthetic/aggregated data + access path + full code |
80| Archival / third-party dataset | acceptable with provenance | link source, share derivation scripts, document version |
81| Dataset reused across papers | requires disclosure | state overlap, which constructs each paper uses |
82| "Available on request" | reads as non-compliant | replace with a persistent DOI before submission |
83
84## Reviewer / editor pushback and the venue fix
85
86- "No DOI, just a personal link" → swap every transient link for a persistent identifier before the
87 masked submission goes out.
88- "Statement says open but the repo is empty" → deposit first; draft the statement from the live DOIs.
89- "Is this the same data as your other paper?" → add a prior-use/overlap disclosure; JAP expects it.
90- "Preregistration deviates from the analysis" → add a deviations note; relabel post hoc work exploratory.
91- "OSF page reveals author identity" → use the anonymized view link for masked review.
92
93## Anti-patterns
94
95- Treating data/materials/code sharing as optional or "available on request"
96- Omitting the data-availability/transparency statement or a required prior-use disclosure
97- Personal/transient links instead of DOIs
98- Claiming an exemption without a justification or access path
99- Identifying author info in repository links during masked review
100
101## Output format
102
103```
104【Data】deposited + DOI + codebook (or justified exemption)? [Y/N]
105【Materials】deposited + DOI? [Y/N]
106【Code】deposited + fresh-session reproducible? [Y/N]
107【Transparency statement】drafted per current TOP wording (待核实)? [Y/N]
108【Prior-use disclosure】dataset overlap stated? [Y/N/NA]
109【Preregistration】linked (anonymized) + consistent with reporting? [Y/N/NA]
110【Next】joap-review-process
111```
112
113## Supplementary resources
114
115- [`../../resources/external_tools.md`](../../resources/external_tools.md) — OSF, ICPSR, Dataverse, Zenodo, preregistration templates, DOIs
116- [`../../resources/official-source-map.md`](../../resources/official-source-map.md) — TOP requirements, data-availability statement, preregistration policy
117
118---
119
120**Source:** [`brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills`](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) → `Journal-of-Applied-Psychology-Skills/skills/joap-open-science-and-transparency/SKILL.md`
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