A qualitative analysis of stakeholder experiences with Registered Reports Funding Partnerships.

ABSTRACT: Background: Registered Reports (RRs) could be a way to increase the quality of scientific research and literature, such as by reducing publication bias and increasing the rigour of study designs. These potential benefits have led to Registered Report funding partnerships (RRFPs or partnerships for short) between research funders and academic journals who collaborate to encourage researchers to publish RRs. In this study we investigated the research question: "What are the experiences of the stakeholders (authors, reviewers, journal editors, funders) in the various partnership models?". Our companion paper addresses a related, but separate, research question. Methods: We conducted a thematic analysis of 32 semi-structured interviews with stakeholders (funders, editors, authors

SUBMITTER: Drax K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8672223 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature