Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A journal declaring TOP Level 2 for data citation and Level 1 for materials transparency.
- Is an instance
A funder requiring TOP-compliant journals for its grantees' outputs.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A journal's open-data policy described in free text without TOP levels.
- Not an instance
Internal author guidelines without external rating.
Editorial commentary
Launched by the Center for Open Science in 2014 (Nosek et al., Science, 2015), TOP defines three levels of stringency for each of its eight standards. Journals declare TOP levels for each standard, enabling cross-journal comparison and progressive ratcheting of open-science practice. TOP Factor scores aggregate these declarations into a per-journal index.
References
- Nosek et al., 'Promoting an open research culture' (Science, 2015); Center for Open Science TOP Guidelines.
Also known as
TOP · Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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