Improve Transparency and Rigor of Research

OSF Registries is a scholarly repository built for sharing, searching, and aggregating registrations of research.

Using OSF Registries, researchers can create robust, timestamped registrations of research projects, or discover existing registrations on OSF and across connected registries like ClinicalTrials.gov, Research Registry, and more.

Create and submit your own registrations, or discover the research being done around you.

Establish a branded registry for your research community to facilitate greater rigor, transparency, and discoverability.

A simple workflow yields valuable results

Registering your research is as simple as answering a few questions about your research plan.

The easy OSF Registries submission interface guides you through an easy workflow. Just enter your responses to the questions, upload any relevant files, and then your responses, files, and metadata are archived into a timestamped, immutable registration. OSF Registries offers various registration form types, enabling researchers to register according to their discipline, study design, or stage in research.

These form types include preregistration, the act of registering a research plan before a study is conducted. Preregistration increases transparency and improves the quality of research through better planning and by drawing clearer distinctions between confirmed findings and unexpected discoveries. Learn more about the benefits of preregistration and its long-term yields at cos.io/prereg.

A customizable, easy-to-use service to improve research rigor and accelerate progress

Discoverability

Create findable resources with DOIs and rich metadata fields. OSF Registrations ensure research is shared FAIRly, and assists with open policy compliance.

Privacy control and accessibility

Make studies public immediately or set an embargo for up to 4 years

Project workspace

Manage your research after preregistering. Upload data, code, and other materials related to your work, then share your preprint when you’ve finished. Learn more about managing your workflow with osf.io and OSF Preprints.

Contributor management

Give your team access when and how they need it. Flexible permissions allow contributor participation across multiple project levels.

Branded Registries

You set the standards. We’ve built the infrastructure.

View and enable open policy compliance

Track outputs and provide an interface where your researchers can quickly adopt the rigorous workflows required by your open policies.

Gather open research outputs

Provide a branded repository for exploring open data, preregistrations, and other transparent materials in your field.

Demonstrate rigor and transparency

Cultivate new norms for open sharing and collaboration among your community.

Choose the right package for your community

Branded Registries base price	$10,000 annual
Branded Registries discounted price*	$5,000 annual
Interfaces	Branded discovery, submission, registration overview
Workflows	Submission, moderation (future)

*Discount criteria: Discounted prices are applied until registry moderation, logic forms functionality, and outcome reporting are made available. Base price will resume at the time of registry renewal, and for any new registries launched after that time. (Expected in 2021)

Additional services	Price	Payment frequency
Moderation	Included
Custom template (simple)	$2,000	Each time
Custom template (complex)	$4,000	Each time
Template update	$1,000	Each time
Training workshop (3 hour intro)	$2,500	Each time
Custom domain	$250	Per year
Integration of storage (80 developer hours)	$5,500	Each time
Integration maintenance (25 developer hours)	$1,800	Per year

Request more information to learn how OSF Registries can support your community.

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