Posts tagged with 'top guidelines'

New Preprint Introduces Major Update to the TOP Guidelines
September 18th, 2024
The Center for Open Science (COS) is pleased to introduce a major update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines, dubbed TOP 2025. The TOP Guidelines are an...
Tags: TOP Guidelines, Open Science
Revitalized TOP Guidelines Advisory Board Seeks New Members
February 1st, 2024
As part of efforts to recognize and appreciate volunteer contributors, the Center for Open Science (COS) would like to recognize a long-standing group: the TOP Guidelines Advisory...
Tags: TOP Guidelines, Open Science, Volunteers
Call for Volunteers: TOP Guidelines Advisory Board and Preregistration Template Evaluation Working Group
January 26th, 2024
Are you passionate about promoting transparency and openness in scientific research? The Center for Open Science (COS) is currently seeking volunteers for two opportunities. We...
Tags: Preregistration, TOP Guidelines, Open Science, Volunteers
Text: Call for Volunteers: TOP Guidelines Advisory Board and Preregistration Template Evaluation Working Group
Call for Volunteers: TOP Guidelines Advisory Board and Preregistration Template Evaluation Working Group
April 19th, 2023
Are you passionate about promoting transparency and openness in scientific research? The Center for Open Science (COS) is currently seeking volunteers for two opportunities. We...
Tags: Preregistration, TOP Guidelines, Open Science, Volunteers
Screenshot of TOP Factor homepage with text TOP Factor at 2,000 Journals
TOP Factor at 2,000 Journals: A Growing Resource for the Scientific Community
December 19th, 2022
Launched in January 2020, TOP Factor has grown to include evaluations of over 2,000 journal policies. TOP Factor evaluates journal policies for their alignment with the standards...
Tags: TOP Guidelines, Transparency & Reproducibility, Open Science, TOP Factor
Measuring Research Transparency
May 17th, 2022
Measuring the transparency and credibility of research is fundamental to our mission. By having measures of transparency and credibility we can learn about the current state of...
Tags: Transparency, Community, TOP Guidelines, Open Science
Improvements to TOP Factor
February 28th, 2022
An enhanced TOP Factor journal interface has been released, which provides a more interactive view of journal ratings, increases transparency of the scoring process, and provides...
Tags: Transparency, TOP, TOP Guidelines, Industry
Announcing a joint effort to improve research transparency: FAIRSharing and TOP Guidelines
September 13th, 2019
FAIRsharing and the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines (TOP) are two community efforts that aim to increase the number of journal and research funder policies that...
Tags: Collaboration, TOP Guidelines, FAIRsharing
Towards minimal reporting standards for life scientists
November 1st, 2018
Transparency in reporting benefits scientific communication on many levels. While specific needs and expectations vary across fields, the effective use of research findings...
Tags: Scholarly Publishing, Research Best Practices, TOP Guidelines
The Landscape of Open Data Policies
August 29th, 2018
Note: This post was updated on November 7, 2018 to reflect the changes recently implemented by Wiley, described here. The original version of this post can be found on the ...
Tags: Scholarly Publishing, Research Best Practices, TOP Guidelines, Transparency & Reproducibility

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