The Need for Synergy in Academic Policies: An Introduction to the Dialogue on Pre-registration

Journal of Consumer Psychology · 2021 · Volume 31 · Issue 1

Abstract

There has been much debate on the need for preregistering experimental studies. Opinions differ with some people believing that “pre-registration should be required—for us to believe the results of papers,” and others believing that “pre-registration makes no difference to science and just adds work.” This research dialogue brings differing viewpoints together, in an open academic dialogue. Two target articles and two commentaries discuss what pre-registration does for replicability of studies, and what cost it adds on authors and reviewers. Additionally, in my introduction to the research dialogue, I deliberate on the need for synergy between our journals, review teams, authors, and institutions, in order for any new policies on pre-registration to be successfully adopted.

Keywords

Methodological insights, Preregistration, Open science, Reproducibility crisis, Consumer research

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