Archives of Scientific Psychology is no longer in operation as of July 1, 2021. Please visit APA PsycNetopens in new window to access the journal’s previously published articles.
Authors whose articles were published in Archives of Scientific Psychology (hereafter, Archives) deposited the data that underlie the analyses presented in their manuscripts to an approved repository, either through APA’s data repository or another repository of the author’s choosing.
Only those variables used in the analyses reported in the published article are initially made available to qualified next users. Contact APAopens in new window to confirm the scope of the available data.
Requesting data access
APA receives and considers all requests to access the Archives data from ICPSR. If approved, access will be granted for 12 months (with data analysis and any resulting publication to be submitted within this time period). Access approval is renewable for a further 12-month period per project. Continued access for the same study beyond this time will require a new access request. Complete either the Data Access Request Form for Teaching (PDF,115KB)opens in new window or the Data Access Request Form for Research (PDF,150KB)opens in new window to begin the application process. The form and related materials must be submitted via emailopens in new window together in a single package. This package should identify a single principal investigator who will serve as primary contact for the research team.
Ethical clearance from a properly constituted Ethics Institutional Review Board should be sought before making a request to the Archives Review Committee. A copy of the full application and corresponding clearance letter must be included with your Data Access Request Form.
Co-authorship requirement: As part of the Data Access Request Form, next-users of data must formally agree to offer co-authorship to the generator(s) of the data on any subsequent publications. This stipulation is based on the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct regarding publication credit, which states: "Principal authorship and other publication credits accurately reflect the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their relative status" (Section 8.12). It is the opinion of the Archives editors that designing and conducting the original data collection is a scientific contribution that cannot be exhausted after one use of the data; it resides in the data permanently.
Citation requirement: Regardless of whether the data generators agree to co-authorship, the next-users of data shared by authors of articles in Archives and deposited with APA at ICPSR must agree to properly acknowledge the original source of the data in any resulting publications or presentations. In addition to data citation, the next-users are also encouraged to include the following statement in author acknowledgements (or other appropriate section of the publication): Data analyzed for this study was originally submitted to the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Researchopens in new window (ICPSR) in connection with a publication in Archives of Scientific Psychology, the open-access, open-data, and open-methods journal of APA. The next users will be contacted annually by APA for an update on data use and references to any resulting publications.
As part of the Data Access Request Form, applicants must disclose funding sources.
Once APA has considered the application, investigators will be informed of the decision by email. Upon the initial approval of the data access request, a letter from the prospective data user's host institution must be provided confirming the prospective user's full affiliation and good standing within the institution, as well as the institution's willingness to receive and store the data on the investigators' behalf. This letter must be signed by the institution's main signing official (e.g., University Vice President for Research) and is a requirement for formalizing data access.
Following the receipt of all necessary documentation from the applicant's host institution and upon final review, APA will make arrangements with the ICPSR, who will deliver the dataset(s).
Investigators must seek formal approval from APA before instituting significant changes to the approved research proposal, undertaking subsequent studies, or conducting additional follow-up research using the Archives data stored at ICPSR.
Any deviations from the above must be approved in writing in each instance by APA.
Fill out this form to request access to the datasets related to APA's open access journal Archives of Scientific Psychology for teaching purposes. The form and related materials must be submitted together in a single package.
Fill out this form to request access to the datasets related to APA's open access journal Archives of Scientific Psychology for research purposes. The form and related materials must be submitted together in a single package.
