Supporting data openness, transparency & sharing

"In the latest demonstration of our firm commitment to the above principles, we are pleased to confirm that, as a reflection of our journal data-sharing policies and practices being aligned with the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines, Elsevier has become a signatory to TOP. The TOP guidelines are a community-driven effort, led by the Center for Open Science (COS), aiming to align research behaviors with the scientific values of transparency, open sharing, and reproducibility. Journals, funders, and institutions can increase reproducibility of research by aligning their author or grantee guidelines with the TOP guidelines."