International initiatives to enhance awareness and uptake of open research in psychology: a systematic mapping review

Abstract

Concerns about the replicability, reproducibility and transparency of research have ushered in a set of practices and behaviours under the umbrella of ‘open research’. To this end, many new initiatives have been developed that represent procedural (i.e. behaviours and sets of commonly used practices in the research process), structural (new norms, rules, infrastructure and incentives), and community-based change (working groups, networks). The objectives of this research were to identify and outline international initiatives that enhance awareness and uptake of open research practices in the discipline of psychology. A systematic mapping review was conducted in three stages: (i) a Web search to identify open research initiatives in psychology; (ii) a literature search to identify related articles; and (iii) a hand search of grey literature. Eligible initiatives were then coded into an overarching theme of procedural, structural or community-based change. A total of 187 initiatives were identified; 30 were procedural (e.g. toolkits, resources, software), 70 structural (e.g. policies, strategies, frameworks) and 87 community-based (e.g. working groups, networks). This review highlights that open research is progressing at pace through various initiatives that share a common goal to reform research culture. We hope that this review promotes their further adoption and facilitates coordinated efforts between individuals, organizations, institutions, publishers and funders.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241726
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences
College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Institute of Health & Neurodevelopment (AIHN)
College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Psychology
Aston University (General)
Funding Information: C.R.P. was supported by an internal Research England grant awarded by Aston University.
Additional Information: Copyright © 2025 The Author(s). Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
Uncontrolled Keywords: systematic review,research reform,open science,open research,initiatives
Publication ISSN: 2054-5703
Data Access Statement: The PRISMA 2020 checklist, screening, article records and supporting materials are available on OSF [203].<br/>Supplementary material is available online [204].
Last Modified: 26 Mar 2025 11:11
Date Deposited: 20 Mar 2025 10:48
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PURE Output Type: Review article
Published Date: 2025-03
Published Online Date: 2025-03-19
Accepted Date: 2025-02-07
Authors: Skubera, Magda
Korbmacher, Max
Evans, Thomas Rhys
Azevedo, Flavio
Pennington, Charlotte R. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-5259-642X)

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