Abstract

Registered Reports are a publishing format in which peer review occurs before results are known. Having been widely promoted in the social sciences for the past 7 years, they are now offered by over 300 peer reviewed journals. What have we learned so far? In this “Concept, Action, Evaluation” session, panelists will consider how Registered Reports are supposed to work in theory, how they are working in practice, and whether they seem to achieve the intended goals. In particular, panelists will discuss editorial adoption across disciplines, the degree to which the format addresses problems such as publication bias, and current evidence of how the format is associated with evaluations of study rigor, quality, importance, and novelty.