Further action toward valid science in Law and Human Behavior: Requiring open data, analytic code, and research materials

Bradley D McAuliff; David DeMatteo; Jennifer Cox; Jennifer S Hunt; Lora M Levett; Kyle C Scherr

doi:10.1037/lhb0000519

Further action toward valid science in Law and Human Behavior: Requiring open data, analytic code, and research materials

Law Hum Behav. 2022 Dec;46(6):395-397. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000519.

Authors

Bradley D McAuliff¹, David DeMatteo², Jennifer Cox³, Jennifer S Hunt⁴, Lora M Levett⁵, Kyle C Scherr⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, California State University, Northridge.
² Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences and Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University.
³ Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama.
⁴ Department of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Kentucky.
⁵ Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Central Michigan University.

PMID: 36521111
DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000519

Abstract

In 2019, the inaugural editorial of Law and Human Behavior promised a measured approach to increasing transparency, openness, and replicability practices in the journal. Now, 3 years later, and on the brink of the present authors' last year as the editorial team, it seems only fitting that they take further action to bolster the validity of science published in the journal by requiring that authors openly report data, analytic code, and research materials. The purpose of this editorial is to briefly outline Law and Human Behavior's new requirements. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).