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. 2014 Dec 2;12(12):e1002010. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002010

Table 3. Recommended incremental transparency measures.

Item Should this item be published?
Abstracts (or lay abstracts) Yes
Impact statements Yes
Full proposals (funded only) No*
Names of external reviewers and scientific review board members Yes, in aggregated form, following the selection process
Detailed (external) reviews No*
Review summaries of failed proposals No
Review summaries of funded proposals Yes
Ranking of proposals Yes, only for funded proposals
Funding budget granted to projects Yes
Call success rate Yes
Final reports Yes

*Starred items may be considered as radical transparency measures; at this time we deem it premature to recommend their open publication by default but would welcome small-scale experimentation in this area.