Mary Sutherland

Mar 16, 2023 | spectrumnews.org | Laura Dattaro |Mary Sutherland

Illustration by Laurène Boglio February was a big month in null world: Nature’s editors announced that the journal would begin accepting registered reports, an article format for studies that undergo peer review before data collection. If the reviewers deem the study’s research questions and methodology sound, the journal commits to publishing the findings regardless of the results.

Mar 5, 2023 | spectrumnews.org | Michael Fergenson |Mary Sutherland |Aki Nikolaidis |Kimberly A Aldinger

Illustration by Laurène BoglioThis week, researchers on Twitter discussed the announcement that Nature plans to consider registered reports, a type of research article that a journal commits to publishing — before the results are known — so long as the research questions and methods pass peer review.