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Registered reports present a substantial departure from traditional publishing models with the goal of enhancing the transparency and credibility of the scientific literature. We map the evolving universe of registered reports to assess their growth, implementation and shortcomings at journals across scientific disciplines.

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Fig. 1: An idealized publication pipeline for registered reports.

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Fig. 2: The rise of registered reports and access to IPA protocols.

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All data and materials related to this study are publicly available on the Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/7dpwb/).

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Acknowledgements

We thank the journal editors who took the time to participate in our survey. The Center for Open Science, D. Mellor, T. Errington, C. Chambers and The Registered Reports Steering Committee all provided valuable information and feedback on the study. This work was supported in part by a general support grant to METRICS from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript

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  1. Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Tom E. Hardwicke & John P. A. Ioannidis

  2. Departments of Medicine, of Health Research and Policy, of Biomedical Data Science, and of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    John P. A. Ioannidis

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T.E.H. and J.P.A.I. designed the study. T.E.H. conducted the data collection and performed the data analysis. T.E.H. and J.P.A.I. wrote the manuscript.

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Hardwicke, T.E., Ioannidis, J.P.A. Mapping the universe of registered reports. Nat Hum Behav 2, 793–796 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0444-y

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