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ArticleResearch integrity and peer review2021

Steps toward preregistration of research on research integrity.

Klaas Sijtsma, Wilco H M Emons, Nicholas H Steneck, Lex M Bouter

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Article in Research integrity and peer review, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Klaas SijtsmaDepartment of Methodology and Statistics, TSB, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands. k.sijtsma@uvt.nl.
Wilco H M EmonsCito, P.O. Box 1034, 6801 MG, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Nicholas H SteneckProfessor Emeritus of History, University of Michigan, 127 Grandview Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103, USA.
Lex M BouterDepartment of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2659-5482

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA proposal to encourage the preregistration of research on research integrity was developed and adopted as the Amsterdam Agenda at the 5th World Conference on Research Integrity (Amsterdam, 2017). This paper reports on the degree to which abstracts of the 6th World Conference in Research Integrity (Hong Kong, 2019) reported on preregistered research.

methodsConference registration data on participants presenting a paper or a poster at 6th WCRI were made available to the research team. Because the data set was too small for inferential statistics this report is limited to a basic description of results and some recommendations that should be considered when taking further steps to improve preregistration.

results19% of the 308 presenters preregistered their research. Of the 56 usable cases, less than half provided information on the six key elements of the Amsterdam Agenda. Others provided information that invalidated their data, such as an uninformative URL. There was no discernable difference between qualitative and quantitative research.

conclusionsSome presenters at the WCRI have preregistered their research on research integrity, but further steps are needed to increase frequency and completeness of preregistration. One approach to increase preregistration would be to make it a requirement for research presented at the World Conferences on Research Integrity.

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Open Science frameworkPaper and poster presentersPreregistrationRegistry for research on the responsible conduct of researchResponsible conduct of researchStudy protocolWorld conference on research integrity

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PMID33648609
PMCPMC7923522

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