A combination of confirmation bias, hindsight bias, and pressure to publish may prompt the
(unconscious) exploration of various methodological options and reporting only the ones …

Preregistration entails researchers registering their planned research hypotheses, methods,
and analyses in a time-stamped document before they undertake their data collection and …

The preregistration of research protocols and analysis plans is a main reform innovation to
counteract confirmation bias in the social and behavioural sciences. While theoretical …

To address widespread perceptions of a reproducibility crisis in the social sciences, a
growing number of scholars recommend the systematic preregistration of empirical studies …

Researchers often focus on the benefits of adopting open science, yet questions remain
whether the general public, as well as academics, value and trust studies consistent with …

In the replication crisis in psychology, a “tone debate” has developed. It concerns the
question of how to conduct scientific debate effectively and ethically. How should scientists …

Open science practices are designed to enhance the utility, integrity, and credibility of
scientific research. This article highlights how preregistration in open science practice can …

Background Preregistration, the open science practice of specifying and registering details
of a planned study prior to knowing the data, increases the transparency and reproducibility …

Practices that introduce systematic bias are common in most scientific disciplines, including
toxicology. Selective reporting of results and publication bias are two of the most prevalent …

Significance The expansion of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) methodology
and analysis tools gives rise to various design and analytical decisions that researchers …