David Mellor and Maryam Zaringhalam

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Sunsetting TOPFactor.org: What’s Changing and Why
February 18th, 2026
Since its 2020 launch, TOPFactor.org has served as a resource for researchers seeking to understand how journal policies support open and transparent research practices through...
Tags: TOP, TOP Guidelines, TOP Factor
TOP in Action: Modeling TOP Implementation for Funders
January 15th, 2026
The Center for Open Science (COS) envisions research that is open across the lifecycle — linking the plans to research outputs to final outcomes. By making the basis of research...
Tags: TOP Guidelines, Funders, Policy
From Policy to Practice
From Policy to Practice: COS’s Commitment to Applying the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines
November 20th, 2025
The Center for Open Science’s (COS) mission is to increase the openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research by promoting research that is transparent, linked, and...
Tags: TOP, TOP Guidelines, Policy

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