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

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 results of papers,” and others makes no difference science just adds work.” This research dialogue brings differing viewpoints together, in an open academic dialogue. Two target articles two commentaries discuss what pre-registration does replicability studies, cost it authors reviewers. Additionally, my introduction dialogue, I deliberate synergy between our journals, review teams, authors, institutions, order any new policies successfully adopted.