Open Psychology

Directory

• OpenDOAR is a directory of OA repositories (can browse by country).
• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals offers a diverse index of global open access journals. Search for "psychology" under the subject limiter to find discipline specific OA journals.             

Institutional repositories

• Spectrum is Concordia University's open-access research repository. 

• Explore articles, book sections and more created by researchers from Concordia University’s Department of Psychology.  

• Explore Concordia’s Master’s and Doctoral thesis (1969 to present) in Psychology.

Disciplinary repositories

• PsychArchives – one of the few open access repositories worldwide that specialise in psychology. In addition to the actual manuscripts, it also includes in many cases accompanying material (e.g. data and code).
• Cogprints – A repository comprised of self-archived works predominantly in the areas of the cognitive sciences, including psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, philosophy, biology, medicine, and anthropology. The archive resides and is maintained by the University of Southampton. 
• PsyArXiv – A free preprint service for the psychological sciences maintained by The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science
• Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR) – contains documents from the social sciences, some of which are also assigned to psychology.

To find out more about Diamond Open Access (OA) journals that are published in psychology and adjacent areas, check out Daniel Nettle’s post, ​​Diamond open access journals in psychology and adjacent areas. 

Quality Diamond OA Journals listed in the DOAJ

The journals below have a DOAJ seal:

• Consortium Psychiatricum

Publishes on a variety of topics including: clinical psychiatry, biological and social psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, public mental health, epidemiology of mental disorders, neuroscience and fundamental research, interdisciplinary research.

Types of articles published include reviews, research articles, commentaries, clinical cases, special views and discussions.

• Europe’s Journal of Psychology (part of PSYCH Open)

  Articles published in this journal are written by and intended for psychologists, are international in scope and can come from a wide range of topics in psychology. Types of articles published include original studies, replication studies, registered reports, and practical tutorials.

• International Review of Social Psychology

Publishes empirical research and theoretical notes in all areas of social psychology.

• Journal of Numerical Cognition

  Focused forum on research in numerical cognition. Research can come from all branches of mathematics (including spatial reasoning), and welcomes research from (Cognitive) Psychology, Education, Anthropology, or other disciplines.

• Journal of Social and Political Psychology

  Publications focus on the intersection of social and political psychology from various epistemological, methodological, theoretical, and cultural perspectives. Advances the understanding and reduction of social problems, and promotion of social justice.

• Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations (PHAIR)

Publications focus on a variety of topics related to a person’s perception, treatment and interaction with non-human animals. This journal accepts studies from interrelated areas of scholarship, such as: moral and social psychology, attitudes and persuasion, diet and health, human-animal relationships, individual differences, and sustainability and environmental psychology.

Other Diamond OA Journals

• International Journal of Comparative Psychology

Publishes studies on the evolution and development of behavior in all animal species. It accepts research articles and reviews, letters and audiovisual submissions. 

• Open Mind

Publishes articles in the multidisciplinary field of cognitive science (e.g., cognitive psychology, computer science and mathematical psychology, cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology, comparative psychology and behavioral anthropology, decision sciences, and theoretical and experimental linguistics).

• Meta-Psychology

Publishes theoretical and empirical contributions that advance psychology as a science.

Concordia Borealis is a research data repository for Concordia faculty, students, and staff. Files are held in a secure environment on Canadian servers.

Databrary is based at NYU, and is a restricted database library that specializes in storing, streaming and sharing video/audio recordings that are collected as part of research data. Supports data sharing among researchers in social, behavioural, developmental, neural, educational and computer sciences.

Dryad is a curated open data publishing platform and community committed to the open availability and routine re-use of all research data (see Psychology subject keyword examples). Publishes exclusively under a Creative Commons Public Domain License (CC0).

Figshare is a repository where users can make all of their research outputs available to discover, along with functionality related to making data easily citable and shareable. Can store any file type and visualizes hundreds of file formats. View the psychology category to browse data. 

Zotero can be used to create or find a public library for bibliographic exchange and research. A range of Zotero libraries in psychology already exist. 

Experiment Design and Data Collection

• PsychoPy
  • Open-source package for designing and conducting behavioral experiments in Python.
• OpenSesame
  • Another versatile tool for creating experiments, with a focus on ease of use. Can integrate Python and Javascript.
• PsyToolkit
  • A web-based tool that allows researchers to create and run online cognitive-psychological experiments and surveys (including personality tests).

Data Analysis

• Python
  •  A powerful statistical programming language with a vast ecosystem of packages for data analysis, visualization, and modeling.
• R
  • A general-purpose programming language that can be used for data analysis (data manipulation, calculation and graphical display). 
• JASP
  • A graphical user-friendly interface for R, making it more accessible to researchers who are not proficient in programming, supported by University of Amsterdam.

Other Tools

• OpenNeuro
  • A platform for finding, sharing, and analyzing neuroimaging data (BIDS-compliant (MRI, PET, MEG, EEG, iEEG data).
• Open Science Framework
  •  A collaborative platform for sharing research materials, data, and publications.

• Arduino 
  • A versatile microcontroller platform that can be used to build a variety of experimental devices, such as stimulus presentation systems, response boxes, and physiological sensors (available at the Technology Sandbox and Vanier Circulation Desk).
• Raspberry Pi 
  • A single-board computer that can be used to control experimental setups, process data, and run analysis software (available at the Technology Sandbox).

Thanks to Erin Barker, Lifespan Development – A Psychological Perspective by Martha Lally and Suzanne Valentine-French has been adopted in PSYC 333: Fundamentals of Lifespan Development. 

Thanks to Lucy Farisello History of Psychology (Noba) by David B. Baker and Heather Sperry has been adopted into PSYC 305: History and Systems. 

OER Commons

OER Commons is a public library and platform that houses open textbooks in psychology at the university level as well as a range of modules, lesson plans, activities and more.

Search subject area: psychology + educational level: college/upper division + material type.

To strengthen our university’s contributions to wider world of open education, Concordia members sharing their OER materials in OER Commons are encouraged to indicate Concordia University as the provider. 

MERLOT Psychology Portal

MERLOT Psychology Portal is a specialized section of MERLOT (an OA digital repository of teaching and learning materials used in higher education) containing new materials in open education related to psychology.

The collection includes 20 different types of material (such as online texts and courses) across 15 psychology disciplines. The MERLOT Psychology Editorial Board manages the collection and the peer review process which evaluates content of materials added to the collection.