Dear Mrs Rankovic,
I think you may have misread Mr Schoof's email. It says that if the pre-registration documents make it through peer-review, they are "provisionally accepted for publication". I don't think this excludes rejecting the manuscript if the subsequent data collection or analysis is of poor quality. In fact, as this page illustrates, manuscripts can still be rejected at the second stage of review (which happens after the data have been collected and analyzed).
Pre-registration helps tackle important, and sometimes underestimated, problems in scientific publishing, namely lack of replication, selective reporting and publication bias, and shouldn't be dismissed offhand.
All the best,
Mr Besle
On 04/06/2018 14:51, Christine Rankovic wrote:
Mr. Schoof:
It is beyond ridiculous to accept partial manuscripts for publication.
Christine Rankovic, PhD
Scientist, Speech and Hearing
Newton, MA USA
From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@LISTS.MCGILL.
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Sent: Monday, June 04, 2018 4:06 AM
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Subject: Registered reports
Dear list,
I'm going to try and get hearing science journals to start offering registered reports. These reports are basically peer-reviewed pre-registration documents where you outline your methods and proposed analyses. If this document makes it through peer-review, the manuscript is provisionally accepted for publication. This process should reduce certain questionable research practices, such as selective reporting of results and publication bias. If you're sceptical about registered reports, the Center for Open Science has compiled a nice FAQ list that might address some of your concerns: https://cos.io/rr/
I think this is the direction science is going in now and it would be great if hearing science joined in. I plan to contact as many hearing science journals as possible. I'm compiling a list of journals to contact. Please add to this list if I'm missing anything: https://tinyurl.com/yaf9r7bk. I don't think any of these journals offer (or are in the process of offering) registered reports yet, but correct me if I'm wrong.
If you agree that registered reports are a good idea and want to sign the letter I intend to send (see here for a template: https://osf.io/3wct2/wiki/
Journal%20Requests/ ), let me know and I'll add you to the list. And please spread the word of course. The more people agree, the more likely it is we can get some of these journals on board!
Best,
Tim Schoof
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