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ASL lexicon and reporting recommendations: A consensus report from the ISMRM Open Science Initiative for Perfusion Imaging (OSIPI)

The 2015 consensus statement published by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Perfusion Study Group and the European Cooperation in Science and Technology ( COST) Action ASL in Dementia aimed to encourage the …

Clinical trial registration: A statement from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

Altruism and trust lie at the heart of research on human subjects. Altruistic individuals volunteer for research because they trust that their participation will contribute to improved health for others and that researchers will minimise risks to …

Clinical trial registration: Looking back and moving ahead

In 2005, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) initiated a policy requiring investigators to deposit information about trial design into an accepted clinical trials registry before the onset of patient enrolment. 1 This …

Clinical trial registration: transparency is the watchword

All parties associated in clinical trials—patients, doctors, scientists, industry—share a common desire for a vigorous clinical research enterprise that brings innovations to patients as quickly as possible. However, recent scandals in the UK and …

Exploring Pre-registration and Pre-analysis Plans for Qualitative Inference

In recent years, the discipline of political science has experienced demands and moves toward greater research transparency. While in quantitative research increased transparency through replication has become a fairly accepted convention, in …

Improving evidence-based practice through preregistration of applied research: Barriers and recommendations

Preregistration is the practice of publicly publishing plans on central components of the research process before access to, or collection, of data. Within the context of the replication crisis, open science practices like preregistration have been …

Improving transparency in observational social science research: A pre-analysis plan approach

Social science research has undergone a credibility revolution, but these gains are at risk due to problematic research practices. Existing research on transparency has centered around randomized controlled trials, which constitute only a small …

In Praise of Moderation: Suggestions for the Scope and Use of Pre-Analysis Plans for RCTs in Economics

Pre-Analysis Plans (PAPs) for randomized evaluations are becoming increasingly common in Economics, but their definition remains unclear and their practical applications therefore vary widely. Based on our collective experiences as researchers and …

Open Science Practices Need Substantial Improvement in Prognostic Model Studies in Oncology Using Machine Learning

Objective: To describe the frequency of open science practices in a contemporary sample of studies developing prognostic models using machine-learning methods in the field of oncology. Study design and setting: We conducted a systematic review, …

PBFJ Editorial … Engaging with responsible science. “OPEN FOR BUSINESS” – Launching the PBFJ pre-registration publication initiative

This editorial note is an “action-based” follow-up to the previous PBFJ Editorial published in September 2021 … “A Declaration about Responsible Science” (Faff, 2021a). In that prior editorial, I made a very clear statement that “PBFJ is moving on a …
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