Data Archiving Permissions
Guidelines for sharing and preserving psychotherapy research data to advance mental health science transparency and reproducibility.
Supporting Open Science in Psychotherapy Research
IJPPR encourages responsible data sharing practices that enhance research transparency while protecting participant confidentiality in mental health studies and therapeutic outcome research.
Our policies balance open science principles with the ethical requirements unique to clinical psychology and psychotherapy research involving sensitive patient information.
IJPPR supports data sharing as a means to enhance research reproducibility and advance psychotherapy science. Authors are encouraged to make underlying clinical data available where ethically appropriate and scientifically valuable for the mental health research community.
Repository Deposit
Authors may deposit de-identified clinical datasets in recognized psychology data repositories with appropriate access controls protecting participant confidentiality.
Data Availability Statements
All manuscripts should include clear statements regarding data availability, access restrictions, and procedures for requesting psychotherapy research data.
Ethics Compliance
Data sharing must comply with original informed consent, IRB requirements, and applicable regulations for mental health research participant protection.
IJPPR authors retain rights to archive their work in institutional repositories and personal websites. Published versions may be deposited in open repositories immediately upon publication without embargo periods, supporting maximum accessibility of psychotherapy research.
- Preprints may be posted to preprint servers and updated with links to published versions of therapeutic research
- Accepted manuscripts may be deposited in institutional repositories supporting mental health research access
- Published PDFs may be shared for educational and non-commercial research purposes in psychology
- Authors retain rights to include articles in dissertations and teaching materials for clinical training
Clinical data sensitivity: Given the sensitive nature of psychotherapy and mental health data, IJPPR recognizes that complete data sharing may not always be appropriate. Authors should clearly explain any restrictions necessary to protect participant confidentiality.
IJPPR partners with digital preservation services ensuring permanent accessibility of published psychotherapy articles. Our archiving arrangements protect the scholarly record for future mental health researchers and clinician-scientists worldwide.
Our data policies support compliance with major research funders including NIH, NIMH, and foundations requiring data sharing for funded psychotherapy and mental health research studies. Authors should consult specific funder requirements when planning data management for clinical psychology research.
Questions About Data Sharing?
Contact our editorial team for guidance on data archiving, repository selection, or compliance with funder requirements.
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