Quality shines when scientists use publishing tactic known as registered reports, study finds
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/quality-shines-when-scientists-use-publishing-tactic-known-registered-reports-study
Registered reports, which peer review methods and analyses before results are known, measure up on quality and creativity.
In 2013, the journals Cortex, Social Psychology, and Perspectives on Psychological Science launched a groundbreaking publishing format—called a registered report—that they hoped would solve several problems worsened by conventional publishing practices. One issue was that many journals declined to publish important negative results, judging them not sufficiently novel. In addition, many authors analyzed their data in multiple ways but only reported the most interesting results.
Quality shines when scientists use publishing tactic known as registered reports, study finds
Jun 24, 2021, 5:58pm UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/quality-shines-when-scientists-use-publishing-tactic-known-registered-reports-study
> Registered reports, which peer review methods and analyses before results are known, measure up on quality and creativity.
> In 2013, the journals Cortex, Social Psychology, and Perspectives on Psychological Science launched a groundbreaking publishing format—called a registered report—that they hoped would solve several problems worsened by conventional publishing practices. One issue was that many journals declined to publish important negative results, judging them not sufficiently novel. In addition, many authors analyzed their data in multiple ways but only reported the most interesting results.