Transparency and Openness Guidelines

European Psychiatry believes that research articles should contain sufficient information to allow others to understand, verify, and replicate findings. We therefore believe that whenever possible, authors should make evidence and resources that underpin published findings available to readers without undue barriers to access, and under licences that freely permit reuse.

How to comply with this guideline: If you have made your resources publicly available, for example through a repository, a Data Availability Statement in your manuscript should state where and how they may be accessed.

"Data" is interpreted in the broadest sense to mean any evidence or resources that would be necessary for others to fully evaluate the basis for your findings, and to verify or reproduce your work. This includes raw or processed data sets, code, and protocols, as well as qualitative resources such as images, audio, video, maps, interview transcripts, field notes, and public reports. It also includes any information necessary for others to access, interpret and process these resources.

Some examples of Data Availability Statements are given below:

• The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in [repository name] at http://doi.org/[doi], reference number [reference number].
• The data that support the findings will be available in [repository name] at [URL / DOI link] following a [6 month] embargo from the date of publication to allow for commercialisation of research findings.
• The data that support the findings of this study are available from [third party]. Restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under licence for this study. Data are available [from the authors / at URL] with the permission of [third party].

How to share resources: European Psychiatry encourages the sharing of resources through repositories that make content as Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) as possible. Wherever possible, authors are encouraged to use repositories that:

• Are committed to the long-term preservation and accessibility of their content.
• Are supported and recognised by the community as appropriate for the resources they hold.
• Provide stable, unique identifiers for the information they hold.
• Support linking between their database records and associated published research articles.
• Allow free public access to their holdings, with reasonable exceptions (such as administration charges for the distribution of physical materials).

If necessary, resources may also be shared as supplementary material.

If there are domain-specific, specialised repositories in common use in your research community, we recommend using those to share resources. Generalist repositories, which can host a wide variety of data types, may also be used if no appropriate specialised repository exists. Examples of general repositories include Zenodo, Figshare, Dataverse, Dryad, and the Open Science Framework. Guidance for preparing qualitative data for sharing is provided by bodies such as the Qualitative Data Repository and ICPSR.

For any questions about this guideline, please contact the editorial office.