Table 1

A total of 13 studies published in 2023 were screened from a Web of Science core collection search to assess if the raw data were available and if the respective journals have open data policies for Twitter (and social media)-based research1

Paper DOIRaw data available/visible?Policy existent?
Journal; publisher
10.1007/s11192-023-04678–6No/noNo, only general
Scientometrics; Springer Nature
https://www.springer.com/journal/11192/submission-guidelines
10.14235/bas.galenos.2022.50479No/noNo, only general
Bezmialem Science; Galenos Publishing House
https://www.bezmialemscience.org/instructions-to-authors
10.1108/GKMC-07–2021–0124No/noNo, only general, but claim to follow TOP Guidelines2
Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication; Emerald Publishing Ltd
https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/gkmc
10.3928/01477447–20221024–02No/noNo, only general
Orthopedics; SLACK Journals
https://journals.healio.com/journal/ortho/submit-an-article
10.1629/uksg.593Yes/yesNo, only general
Insights; United Kingdom Serials Group
https://insights.uksg.org/about/editorialpolicies
10.1177/15563316221115723No/noNo, only general
HSS Journal®; Sage
https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/HSS
10.1177/17456916221113759No/noNo, only general
Perspectives on Psychological Science; Sage
https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/PPS; https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/perspectives/pps-submissions
10.1111/jnu.12827No/no3No, only general
Journal of Nursing Scholarship; Wiley https://sigmapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/15475069/about/forauthors; https://authorservices.wiley.com/ethics-guidelines/index.html4
10.1007/s10530-022-02901–8Yes5/noNo, only general
Biological Invasions; Springer Nature
https://www.springer.com/journal/10530/submission-guidelines
10.1007/s11192-023-04653–1No/noNo, only general
Scientometrics; Springer Nature
https://www.springer.com/journal/11192/submission-guidelines
10.1108/GKMC-07–2021–0122No/noNo, only general, but claim to follow TOP Guidelines2
Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication; Emerald Publishing Ltd
https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/gkmc
10.1016/j.jdent.2022.104385No/noNo, only general
Journal of Dentistry; Elsevier
https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-dentistry/0300-5712/guide-for-authors
10.1007/s11192-022-04569–2No/noNo, only general
Scientometrics; Springer Nature
https://www.springer.com/journal/11192/submission-guidelines

Note(s):1See  Supplementary file for the full list of 329 papers found in a search (12 July 2023). Search parameters: Citation Topics: 6.238 Bibliometrics, Scientometrics & Research Integrity (only English articles, Twitter within all fields). We note that Foderaro and Lorentzen (2023) are indexed in Web of Science Core Collection Citation Topic: 6.153 Climate Change - 6.153.742 Science Communication, and thus does not appear in the  Supplementary file

2Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines: https://www.cos.io/initiatives/top-guidelines

3Not only do we not see a link to the data, but there is also no description of how the authors calculated the number of tweets

4The journal's and publisher's policies regarding raw data do not appear to be compatible

5Available, but not publicly, only upon request: “The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.”

Source(s): Table by authors

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