Data Sharing Policies in Social Sciences Academic Journals: Evolving Expectations of Data Sharing as a Form of Scholarly Communication

This study consists of data files that code the data availability policies of top-20 academic journals in the fields of Business & Finance, Economics, International Relations, Political Science, and Sociology. Journals that were ranked as top-20 titles based on 2003-vintage ISI Impact Factor scores were coded on their data policies in 2003 and on their data policies in 2015. In addition, journals that were ranked as top-20 titles based on most recent ISI Impact Factor scores were likewise coded on their data polices in 2015. The included Stata .do file imports the contents of each of the Excel files, cleans and labels the data, and produces two tables: one comparing the data policies of 2003-vintage top-20 journals in 2003 those journals' policies in 2015, and one comparing the data policies of 2003-vintage top-20 journals in 2003 to the data policies of current top-20 journals in 2015.