Dr. Andreia Sofia Teixeira and team received a commendation from the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) for their work on Recommendations for sharing network data and materials, published in the Journal of Network Science.

SIPS brings together scholars working to improve methods and practices in psychological science and its commendations recognize projects that support the Society's Mission, including (but not limited to) contributions that are not typically formally recognized by professional societies (e.g., blog posts, podcasts).

These are some of the recommendations presented by the study and that earned SIPS recognition:

• Researchers should share their network data and materials, but may restrict access when necessary to prevent harm, comply with regulations, or protect privacy.
  
• Researchers should share the network data and materials necessary to reproduce reported results, but researchers may choose to share additional data and materials that facilitate their re-use for other purposes.
  
• Researchers should share their network data and materials when an associated manuscript is published, but researchers may choose to share earlier in the dissemination and peer review process.
  
• Researchers should share their network data and materials in a repository that is publicly accessible, searchable, versionable, and offers Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).

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