A Quick Guide to TOP Guidelines and TOP Factor
Channel: Center for Open Science
Date: 2021-03-18

The Transparency and Open Promotion (TOP) Guidelines are eight modular recommendations and standards (with varying levels of stringency) for journals and funders to incentivize open science practices. TOP Factor is a transparent evaluation rubric showing the degree of a journal or funder's implementation of and compliance with TOP Guidelines.

Visit cos.io/top to view the TOP Guidelines and for more resources for implementing TOP.