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. 2022 May 30;11:100144. doi: 10.1016/j.cpnec.2022.100144
Actor Proposed actions to foster reproducibility
Scientific societies Immediately implementable
  • explicitly encourage the implementation of open science practices through public statements to the members

  • raise awareness through dedicated symposia or panel discussions at conferences and meetings

  • offer workshops and trainings on open science practices and PNE specific methodology

  • sign the Declaration of Research Assessment (DORA) statement (https://sfdora.org)

Implementable on medium term
  • form open science task forces and task forces on methodological questions

  • explicitly reward open and reproducible science practices, e.g., through specific prizes

Implementable on long term
  • create spaces for and encourage team science and multi-analyst projects, e.g., by founding grants that fund collaborative, open science projects

Individual researchers Immediately implementable
  • take part in workshops and trainings on open science

  • adopt open science practices in own research

  • value open science practices in the work of others, e.g., as a reviewer

  • encourage transparency as a reviewer (e.g., by using the Standard Reviewer Statement for Disclosure of Sample, Conditions, Measures, and Exclusions, https://osf.io/hadz3/)

Implementable on medium term
  • join open science task forces

  • educate own students and co-workers

Implementable on long term
  • consider open science practices in grant applications, committee work, etc.

PNE as a field Immediately implementable
  • collaboratively develop best practice guidelines, e.g., on how to use and report methods and procedures

  • collaboratively develop harmonization of processing and analysis steps

Implementable on medium term
  • kick-off multi-center studies/many analysts studies

  • start data pooling projects that are openly available

Implementable on long term
  • form consortia that regularly update and expand best practice guidelines based on new developments in the field

Journals Immediately implementable
  • actively encourage and value open science practices such as preregistrations, e.g., through open science batches (e.g., https://osf.io/6q7nm/)

  • publish null findings and (independent) replication attempts

  • commit to TOP guidelines (https://osf.io/9f6gx/wiki/home/)

  • offer open access waivers for best practice guidelines to ensure availability to whole field

  • make data and code sharing statements compulsory

Implementable on medium term
  • ensure rigor methodology via author guidelines and implement checks of minimal requirement standards for publication in accordance with best-practice guidelines

  • implement reproducibility checklist in peer review process

  • regularly call for special issues focusing on methodological questions

  • implement registered report format

Implementable on long term
  • switch to open access model

  • make data and code sharing compulsory (if data sensitivity does not prohibit)

Teachers Immediately implementable Implementable on medium and long term
● regularly offer open science workshops and trainings