Opinion: “The Peer Reviewers’ Openness Initiative: Incentivizing Open Research Practices Through Peer Review”

The following op/ed was published in Royal Society Open Science.
Title
Incentivizing Open Research Practices Through Peer Review
Authors
Richard D. Morey
Cardiff University
Christopher D. Chambers
Cardiff University
Peter J. Etchells
Bath Spa University
Christine R.Harris
University of California, San Diego
Rink Hoekstra
University of Groningen
Daniël Lakens
Eindhoven University of Technology
Stephan Lewandowsky
University of Bristol
University of Western Australia, Perth
Candice Coker Morey
University of Edinburgh
Daniel P.>Newman
Monash University
Felix D. Schönbrodt
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Wolf Vanpaemel
KU Leuven
Eric-Jan>Wagenmakers
University of Amsterdam
Rolf A. Zwaan
Erasmus University
Source
Royal Science Open Science
3: 150547
Abstract

Openness is one of the central values of science. Open scientific practices such as sharing data, materials and analysis scripts alongside published articles have many benefits, including easier replication and extension studies, increased availability of data for theory-building and meta-analysis, and increased possibility of review and collaboration even after a paper has been published. Although modern information technology makes sharing easier than ever before, uptake of open practices had been slow. We suggest this might be in part due to a social dilemma arising from misaligned incentives and propose a specific, concrete mechanism—reviewers withholding comprehensive review—to achieve the goal of creating the expectation of open practices as a matter of scientific principle.

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