Promoting scientific integrity through open science in health psychology: results of the Synergy Expert Meeting of the European health psychology society

Kwasnicka, D. et al. (2021) Promoting scientific integrity through open science in health psychology: results of the Synergy Expert Meeting of the European health psychology society. Health Psychology Review, 15(3), pp. 333-349. (doi: 10.1080/17437199.2020.1844037) (PMID:33198583)

Abstract

The article describes a position statement and recommendations for actions that need to be taken to develop best practices for promoting scientific integrity through open science in health psychology endorsed at a Synergy Expert Group Meeting. Sixteen Synergy Meeting participants developed a set of recommendations for researchers, gatekeepers, and research end-users. The group process followed a nominal group technique and voting system to elicit and decide on the most relevant and topical issues. Seventeen priority areas were listed and voted on, 15 of them were recommended by the group. Specifically, the following priority actions for health psychology were endorsed: (1) for researchers: advancing when and how to make data open and accessible at various research stages and understanding researchers’ beliefs and attitudes regarding open data; (2) for educators: integrating open science in research curricula, e.g., through online open science training modules, promoting preregistration, transparent reporting, open data and applying open science as a learning tool; (3) for journal editors: providing an open science statement, and open data policies, including a minimal requirements submission checklist. Health psychology societies and journal editors should collaborate in order to develop a coordinated plan for research integrity and open science promotion across behavioural disciplines.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: This work was supported by The National Science Centre Poland: [Grant Number 2014/15/B/HS6/00923]; The Foundation for Polish Science: [Grant Number POIR.04.04.00-00-5CF3/18-00].
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Kotzur, Dr Marie
• Authors: Kwasnicka, D., ten Hoor, G. A., van Dongen, A., Gruszczyńska, E., Hagger, M. S., Hamilton, K., Hankonen, N., Heino, M. T. J., Kotzur, M., Noone, C., Rothman, A. J., Toomey, E., Warner, L. M., Kok, G., Peters, G.-J., and Luszczynska, A.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Journal Name: Health Psychology Review
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• ISSN: 1743-7199
• ISSN (Online): 1743-7202
• Published Online: 19 November 2020
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Health Psychology Review 15(3): 333-349
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License