Research Transparency, Data Access, and Data Citation: A Call to Action for Scholarly Publications

Abstract

This document summarizes the Data Citation and Research Transparency Standards for the Social Sciences Meeting held in Ann Arbor, MI, June 13-14, 2013. It describes the emergent consensus about research transparency and then challenges scholarly journals and publishers to play a leadership role in this movement. At the same time, journals cannot do this work alone. Success will require the coordinated efforts of all stakeholders including professional associations, funding agencies, universities and their constituent academic departments, data repositories, researcher training programs, and researchers themselves.