Why and How We Share Reproducible Research at Yale University’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies

In the United States, as elsewhere, calls for public access to scientific research, including data and code, are intensifying (e.g., ; ; ). These calls are motivated by the goal of getting more value out of public investment in science, achieved by making research more reproducible and transparent. Open research is understood as better science and is increasingly expected. Research institutions have an interest in verifying the reproducibility of their research before it is published. This is because of research institutions’ commitment to responsible research and the need to build competencies and capacity around open research in light of a changing research culture. I offer this perspective as the manager of a data archive at Yale University’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS), where we have been verifying and sharing reproducible research for more than 10 years.