As part of efforts to recognize and appreciate volunteer contributors, the Center for Open Science (COS) would like to introduce a new community working group: the Preregistration Template Working Group. Preregistration is a transparency enhancing practice that lets researchers disclose their research designs and (if relevant) their analysis plans prior to beginning their studies. Later readers of research articles can gain insight into what was planned for the studies before they began. Specialized preregistration templates are available on the Open Science Framework (OSF) for different types of research. These templates simplify the preregistration process by helping researchers include all of the necessary information about their studies.
First convened in August 2023, the Preregistration Template Working Group is working to:
The initial group consists of nine members from a variety of academic backgrounds and world regions, with expertise in research methodology, reporting guidelines, and preregistration.
Agata Bochynska Discipline: Linguistics / psychology / open science |
Fiona Fidler Discipline: Metascience |
Emma Ganley Discipline: Molecular biology / publishing |
Roger Giner-Sorolla Discipline: Psychology |
Elliot Gould Discipline: Ecology |
Luciana A.C. Machado Discipline: Epidemiology / public Health |
Paul Montgomery Discipline: Criminology |
Ingo Rohlfing Discipline: Political science |
Paul Whaley Discipline: Methodology / |
COS intends to continually invite new members to join the working group. If you have interest to be involved, please self-nominate. Applications are open on a rolling basis; we intend to invite additional members starting in mid-2024. If you have feedback on the process of preregistration in OSF, please write support@osf.io.
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