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. 2023 Jan 24;21(1):e3001949. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001949

Table 3. Prioritization of traditional open science practices and broader transparency practices.

No. Practice Score
Traditional open science practices
1 Reporting whether clinical trials were registered before they started recruitment 9.71
2 Reporting whether study data were shared openly at the time of publication (with limited exceptions) 9.18
3 Reporting what proportion of articles are published open access with a breakdown of time delay 8.12
4 Reporting whether study code was shared openly at the time of publication (with limited exceptions) 7.94
5 Reporting whether systematic reviews have been registered before data collection began 6.76
6 Reporting whether clinical trials results appeared in the registry from 1 year after study completion 6.76
7 Reporting whether there was a statement about study materials sharing with publications 6
8 Reporting whether a reporting guideline checklist was used 5.88
9 Reporting citations to data 5.53
10 Reporting trial results in a manuscript-style publication (peer reviewed or preprint) 4.82
11 Reporting the number of preprints 4.35
12 Reporting systematic review results in a manuscript-style publication (peer reviewed or preprint) 2.94
Broader transparency practices
1 Reporting whether author contributions were described 5.12
2 Reporting whether author conflicts of interest were described 4.71
3 Reporting the use of persistent identifiers when sharing data/code/materials 4.65
4 Reporting whether ORCID identifiers were used 4.47
5 Reporting whether data/code/materials are shared with a clear license 3.47
6 Reporting whether research articles include funding statements 3
7 Reporting whether the data/code/materials license is open or not 2.59