Data Archiving Permissions
JBTM supports open science through flexible data sharing and archiving policies for behavioral therapy and mental health research.
Commitment to Research Transparency
The Journal of Behavior Therapy and Mental Health recognizes the importance of data sharing for advancing mental health science and enabling replication of research findings. Our data archiving policies balance the benefits of open data with necessary protections for research participant confidentiality and privacy, which is particularly critical in psychological and psychiatric research.
Authors retain flexibility in how they share research data while meeting expectations of funders, institutions, and the broader scientific community. We encourage authors to make data available whenever ethically and legally possible, contributing to transparency and reproducibility of behavioral therapy research.
JBTM supports multiple approaches to data sharing for behavioral therapy research, recognizing that different studies have different requirements based on participant consent, institutional policies, and data sensitivity.
Public Repositories
Authors may deposit anonymized research data in public repositories such as Open Science Framework, Figshare, Dryad, or discipline-specific archives. Repository DOIs should be included in the Data Availability Statement for permanent access and citation.
Controlled Access
For sensitive mental health data, authors may describe procedures for requesting access rather than public posting. This approach protects participant privacy while enabling legitimate research access to appropriately qualified researchers.
Supplementary Materials
Summary data, analytical code, treatment protocols, and assessment instruments may be submitted as supplementary materials published alongside the article. These materials receive DOI registration and permanent availability.
JBTM grants authors extensive permissions for archiving their published work to maximize impact and meet institutional or funder requirements.
- Authors may deposit accepted manuscripts in institutional repositories immediately upon acceptance
- Published versions may be shared on personal websites and departmental pages
- Preprint versions may remain available on preprint servers with links to final publication
- Social media sharing and academic networking sites are encouraged and permitted
- Authors retain copyright and grant JBTM a license to publish under CC BY 4.0
Participant Confidentiality
Mental health research data requires careful attention to participant privacy. Authors should ensure that shared data is fully anonymized and cannot be used to identify individual participants. Consent forms should specify data sharing intentions. Authors should consult their institutional review board regarding data sharing plans for psychological research involving sensitive information.
All manuscripts must include a Data Availability Statement describing how readers can access data underlying the findings. This statement should describe the repository location, access conditions, or explain why data cannot be shared due to ethical or legal restrictions. Examples of appropriate statements are provided in our author guidelines for mental health research manuscripts.
Behavioral therapy clinical trials should make participant-level data available following appropriate anonymization. Summary data should be shared within twelve months of publication per ICMJE recommendations.
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