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    Education level(s)
    College / Upper Division (Undergraduates), Graduate / Professional
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    Student, Teacher
    Subject area(s)
    Life Science, Social Science
    Language(s)
    English
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    Last updated
    9 November 2026
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    Demystifying Open Science in health psychology and behavioral medicine: a practical guide to Registered Reports and Data Notes

    By Emma Norris, Aoife O’Mahony, Rory Coyne, Tugce Varol, James A. Green, James Reynolds, Elaine Toomey

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    Level College / Upper Division (Undergraduates), Graduate / Professional · For Student, Teacher · Language English

    Abstract

    Open Science practices are integral to increasing transparency, reproducibility, and accessibility of research in health psychology and behavioral medicine. Drives to facilitate Open Science practices are becoming increasingly evident in journal editorial policies, including the establishment of new paper formats such as Registered Reports and Data Notes. This paper provides: (i) an overview of the current state of Open Science policies within health psychology and behavioral medicine, (ii) a call for submissions to an Article Collection of Registered Reports and Data Notes as new paper formats within the journal of Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine, (iii) an overview of Registered Reports and Data Notes, and (iv) practical considerations for authors and reviewers of Registered Reports and Data Notes.

    Keywords Open Scholarship · Open Research · Registered Reports · Data Notes · Health Psychology · Behavioral Medicine