scholarly journals Analytic Transparency, Radical Honesty, and Strategic Incentives

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (02) ◽  
pp. 416-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Yom
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Strategic Incentives ◽  
Research Transparency ◽  
Institutional Strategies

ABSTRACTAs a pillar of Data Access and Research Transparency (DA-RT), analytic transparency calls for radical honesty about how political scientists infer conclusions from their data. However, honesty about one’s research practices often means discarding the linguistic template of deductive proceduralism that structures most writing, which in turn diminishes the prospects for successful publication. This dissonance reflects a unique dilemma: transparency initiatives reflect a vision of research drawn from the biomedical and natural sciences, and struggle with the messier, iterative, and open-ended nature of political science scholarship. Analytic transparency requires not only better individual practices, such as active citations, but also institutional strategies that reward radical honesty. Journals can provide authors with protected space to reveal research practices, further blind the review process, and experiment with special issues. More broadly, analytic openness can be mandated through procedural monitoring, such as real-time recording of research activities and keystroke logging for statistical programs.

scholarly journals Research Openness in Canadian Political Science: Toward an Inclusive and Differentiated Discussion

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 311-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genevieve Fuji Johnson ◽  
Mark Pickup ◽  
Eline A. de Rooij ◽  
Rémi Léger
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
Science Community ◽  
Research Transparency ◽  
Political Science Journals

AbstractIn this paper, we initiate a discussion within the Canadian political science community about research openness and its implications for our discipline. This discussion is important because the Tri-Agency has recently released guidelines on data management and because a number of political science journals, from several subfields, have signed the Journal Editors’ Transparency Statement requiring data access and research transparency (DA-RT). As norms regarding research openness develop, an increasing number and range of journals and funding agencies may begin to implement DA-RT-type requirements. If Canadian political scientists wish to continue to participate in the global political science community, we must take careful note of and be proactive participants in the ongoing developments concerning research openness.

Can We Do Better? Replication and Online Appendices in Political Science

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Jonathan Grossman ◽  
Ami Pedahzur
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Online Appendix ◽  
Research Transparency ◽  
Political Science Journals

Replicability in political science is on the rise, as disciplinary journals have been placing a growing emphasis on data access and research transparency (DA–RT) practices and policies. As a result, nearly every article that is published today in leading political science journals offers an online appendix that includes data, code, and methodological explanations necessary for replication. While these developments are laudable, many appendices still do not enable satisfactory replication because they are inaccessible, compartmentalized, and difficult to understand. In this article and in its accompanying online appendix, we demonstrate this problem and make the case for more accessible and comprehensive appendices whose contribution can fulfill and go beyond mere replicability. We propose several ways in which authors and journals can produce better appendices, namely, by making appendices more intuitive, integrated, and standardized, and by choosing an adequate online platform on which to create and host the appendix.

scholarly journals How Are We Doing? Data Access and Replication in Political Science

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (02) ◽  
pp. 268-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen M. Key
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Data Repositories ◽  
Institutional Data ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Research Transparency ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mandatory Provision

ABSTRACTData access and research transparency (DA-RT) is a growing concern for the discipline. Technological advances have greatly reduced the cost of sharing data, enabling full replication archives consisting of data and code to be shared on individual websites, as well as journal archives and institutional data repositories. But how do we ensure that scholars take advantage of these resources to share their replication archives? Moreover, are the costs of research transparency borne by individuals or by journals? This article assesses the impact of journal replication policies on data availability and finds that articles published in journals with mandatory provision policies are 24 times more likely to have replication materials available than articles those with no requirements.

Openness in Political Science: Data Access and Research Transparency

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (01) ◽  
pp. 19-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Lupia ◽  
Colin Elman
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Data Access ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Research Transparency ◽  
New Policies ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

In 2012, the American Political Science Association (APSA) Council adopted new policies guiding data access and research transparency in political science. The policies appear as a revision to APSA'sGuide to Professional Ethics in Political Science. The revisions were the product of an extended and broad consultation with a variety of APSA committees and the association's membership.

scholarly journals Notes from the Editors

2015 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. iii-viii
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Research Traditions ◽  
Research Transparency ◽  
Political Science Journals

We would like to begin this issue with an announcement. As you may know, we, as editors of the APSR, along with the editors of many other leading political science journals, have committed to implementing the principles recommended by the APSA Ad Hoc Committee on Data Access and Research Transparency (DART). The statement from the DART group can be found here: http://www.dartstatement.org/. We are currently in the process of revising our submission guidelines to be consistent with these recommendations. We are very mindful of the diversity of research traditions in our discipline, and realize that “one size does not fit all”—so we wish to proceed with due care. However, we believe that these are timely changes that need to be made to promote research transparency and trust in our scholarship, and hence we are committed to implementing these changes in 2016. We will be discussing the proposed changes at the annual meeting in San Francisco at a special panel, and we invite everyone to attend.

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