biostudies-literatureKekecs ZFundação BialRussian Academic Excellence ProjectBasic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics191375https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9890107biostudies-literatureUnknown10(2)The low reproducibility rate in social sciences has produced hesitation among researchers in accepting published findings at their face value. Despite the advent of initiatives to increase transparency in research reporting, the field is still lacking tools to verify the credibility of research reports. In the present paper, we describe methodologies that let researchers craft highly credible research and allow their peers to verify this credibility. We demonstrate the application of these methods in a multi-laboratory replication of Bem's Experiment 1 (Bem 2011 <i>J. Pers. Soc. Psychol.</i> <b>100</b>, 407-425. (doi:10.1037/a0021524)) on extrasensory perception (ESP), which was co-designed by a consensus panel including both proponents and opponents of Bem's original hypothesis. In the stRoyal Society open scienceRaising the value of research studies in psychological science by increasing the credibility of research reports: the transparent Psi project.PMC9890107Grant nº 122/16‘5-100’Liu HBecker MArriaga PZrubka MAriga ASzaszi BGrassi MAczel BSchmidt KCousineau DEvans TRSzecsi PKekecs ZHall BKovacs MWiechert SBakos BEPoldver NTressoldi PSchnepper RKreegipuu KRoer JPDubrov DGiran KYonemitsu FOliveira RMiller JKVerschuere BYamada YPalfi BfalseRaising the value of research studies in psychological science by increasing the credibility of research reports: the transparent Psi project.The low reproducibility rate in social sciences has produced hesitation among researchers in accepting published findings at their face value. Despite the advent of initiatives to increase transparency in research reporting, the field is still lacking tools to verify the credibility of research reports. In the present paper, we describe methodologies that let researchers craft highly credible research and allow their peers to verify this credibility. We demonstrate the application of these methods in a multi-laboratory replication of Bem's Experiment 1 (Bem 2011 <i>J. Pers. Soc. Psychol.</i> <b>100</b>, 407-425. (doi:10.1037/a0021524)) on extrasensory perception (ESP), which was co-designed by a consensus panel including both proponents and opponents of Bem's original hypothesis. In the st2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Feb2026-03-17T15:54:37.201Z2025-04-04T13:07:26.887ZS-EPMC98901073675605510.1098/rsos.191375