Open Science & Transparency (joap-open-science-and-transparency)

JAP is a TOP-aligned APA journal. Empirical submissions (including meta-analyses) are held to the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) standards: share data, materials, and analysis code with persistent identifiers, provide a data-availability / transparency statement, and report preregistration where applicable — with transparency weighed in evaluation. Prepare this early, not at acceptance. Verify the current TOP level and exact statement wording on the official APA page (待核实).

When to trigger

• Building the data/materials/code deposits and the data-availability statement
• Deciding whether (and how) to claim an exemption from sharing
• Linking a preregistration and reporting its status
• A reviewer or editor flagged transparency, data access, or reproducibility

What is expected (verify current wording on the official page)