An open database of experience sampling datasets with standardized metadata and easy access through a web interface and packages.
Visit openesmdata.org to explore the database.
- openesm – Website to browse and search datasets
- openesm-r – R package
- openesm-python – Python package
- openesm-metadata – Metadata repository, linked with Zenodo
- openesm-cleaning – Cleaning repository for all data
- openesm-paper – Repository containing the code for our introductory paper and the example analyses on positive and negative affect
Please cite our work by citing our introduction paper:
Siepe, B. S., Haslbeck, J. M. B., Kloft, M., Büchner, A., Zhang, Y., Fried, E. I., & Heck, D. W. (2026). Introducing openESM: A database of openly available experience sampling datasets. Behavior Research Methods, 58(8), 240. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-026-03112-y