The Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines

The Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines are a set of standards designed to encourage researchers to share their data, methods, and findings openly. By doing so, they promote trust, reproducibility, and accountability in scientific research. The guidelines outline best practices, such as sharing data publicly, documenting methods clearly, and pre-registering studies, which help others verify and build upon research results. Overall, TOP aims to make scientific work more transparent and accessible, enhancing the integrity and usefulness of research for everyone.