In this presentation, we welcome Dr Suzanne Stewart (University of Chester, UK) to introduce what the TOP guidelines are, why and how they have been updated, and how you can use the TOP guidelines in your own research.
The TOP guidelines set out standards for open research practices that can be applied at varying levels of stringency. Based on feedback from the research community the guidelines have been revised and updated. There is a preprint on this - 2025: An Update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/nmfs6_v2
Dr Emma Norris will then present the results of a study evaluating the adoption of TOP standards within health psychology and behavioural medicine journal policies. This study was completed within an EHPS Open Science SIG Hackathon event at EHPS 2024.
Speaker Bio:
Dr Suzanne Stewart is Associate Professor of Psychological Science at the University of Chester (UK). Suzanne is the current Chair of the TOP Advisory Board. Situated within an Open Research context, Suzanne’s research examines social cognition using quantitative and experimental methods within collaborations that have applied the findings to cognitive, clinical, developmental, and forensic contexts. Suzanne is a champion of the adoption of open and transparent research practices and the improvement of research culture.
Dr Emma Norris is Senior Lecturer in Public Health at Brunel University of London (UK). Emma is the Co-Chair of the EHPS Open Science SIG. Emma’s research is in health behaviour change intervention development and evaluation, also including the development of strategies to increase uptake of Open Research practices.
