Publish your test on Match.hr
Offer your instrument to employers on a platform that runs in five languages. You keep the rights to your test; we take care of administration, scoring and reports, and the Lab checks the evidence before anything goes live.
Publishing starts with a manual review of every test: we go through each application with you directly. Open self-publishing comes later.
Who this is for
Psychologists and test developers
An instrument you built and use in your practice, which you would like more organisations to be able to use properly.
Publishers and assessment providers
An existing catalogue you want to offer to more employers, or in more languages, without building the delivery yourself.
Universities and research groups
An instrument developed in research that deserves a life beyond the project, with its documentation kept up to date.
From application to listing
Apply as a publisher
Tell us who you are and which instrument you want to offer. Describe the construct, the target group, the scoring and who holds the rights.
Add research and norms
Share the items and scales, the scoring rules, existing norm tables and any research reports or manual. If something is missing, say so: we would rather know.
Lab review
The Lab checks content, licences and quality, and agrees with you on the intended use and the review level the evidence supports.
Listing and revenue
The test appears in the library with its psychometric label. You earn per administration or through an agreed licence.
What the Lab checks before listing
The review asks whether a test does what it claims, for the use it claims. Our criteria follow the structure of the COTAN and EFPA test review models; Match.hr is not affiliated with or endorsed by either organisation.
- You hold the rights, or a licence, to offer the test and its translations
- The construct and the intended use are described clearly
- Items, scales and scoring rules are complete and reproducible
- Norm groups are described: size, composition, country and year
- Reliability evidence fits the intended use
- Validity evidence is available, or there is a plan to collect it
- Language versions have been adapted, not only translated
- The test and its report do not suggest automatic decisions about people
How you earn
The terms are agreed per test, before it goes live.
Per administration
You receive a share of the price each time an organisation uses your test. Pricing follows the credits that employers already use for the rest of the library.
Licence
A fixed fee for an agreed period or volume, which suits instruments with a known group of users or a high volume.
Clear reporting
The publisher agreement sets out the split, payment terms and reporting. In the first phase we report administrations to you directly; a publisher dashboard is being built.
If the evidence is still thin
A test can be listed with limited evidence, but its label then says so and it is not marked for selection until reliability and validity support that use. If you would rather strengthen the evidence first, the Lab can run a validation study with you. We decline applications where the rights are unclear or where a test claims more than it can measure.
Frequently asked questions
Do I keep the rights to my test?
Yes. You grant Match.hr a licence to offer and administer the test for as long as the agreement runs; copyright and other rights stay with you or the rights holder. If you want to offer a translated or adapted version, check that your rights cover it. When the agreement ends, the test is withdrawn from the library.
Who owns the data from administrations?
Candidate data is processed for the organisations that use the test, under the GDPR, and candidates keep their rights. As a publisher you do not receive individual results. The publisher agreement sets out which anonymised statistics you receive, such as item statistics and norm updates, so that you can maintain the test.
How much will I earn?
That depends on the model and the instrument. With revenue per administration you receive a share of each administration; with a licence a fixed fee. We do not publish a standard percentage, because price, support and the work needed in the Lab differ per test. You will know the terms before your test goes live.
What happens if the Lab finds the evidence weak?
We tell you what is missing and what it would take to fill the gap. Often the test can still be listed for a narrower use, such as development rather than selection, while data comes in. Where the evidence does not support any responsible use yet, we advise a validation study before listing.
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