A consensus-based transparency checklist

Balazs Aczel¹, Barnabas Szaszi², Alexandra Sarafoglou³, Zoltan Kekecs², Šimon Kucharský³, Daniel Benjamin⁴, Christopher D Chambers⁵, Agneta Fisher³, Andrew Gelman⁶, Morton A Gernsbacher⁷, John P Ioannidis⁸, Eric Johnson⁶, Kai Jonas⁹, Stavroula Kousta¹⁰, Scott O Lilienfeld^{11

12}, D Stephen Lindsay¹³, Candice C Morey⁵, Marcus Munafò¹⁴, Benjamin R Newell¹⁵, Harold Pashler¹⁶, David R Shanks¹⁷, Daniel J Simons¹⁸, Jelte M Wicherts¹⁹, Dolores Albarracin¹⁸, Nicole D Anderson²⁰, John Antonakis²¹, Hal R Arkes²², Mitja D Back²³, George C Banks²⁴, Christopher Beevers²⁵, Andrew A Bennett²⁶, Wiebke Bleidorn²⁷, Ty W Boyer²⁸, Cristina Cacciari²⁹, Alice S Carter³⁰, Joseph Cesario³¹, Charles Clifton³², Ronán M Conroy³³, Mike Cortese³⁴, Fiammetta Cosci³⁵, Nelson Cowan³⁶, Jarret Crawford³⁷, Eveline A Crone³⁸, John Curtin⁷, Randall Engle³⁹, Simon Farrell⁴⁰, Pasco Fearon¹⁷, Mark Fichman⁴¹, Willem Frankenhuis⁴², Alexandra M Freund⁴³, M Gareth Gaskell⁴⁴, Roger Giner-Sorolla⁴⁵, Don P Green⁶, Robert L Greene⁴⁶, Lisa L Harlow⁴⁷, Fernando Hoces de la Guardia⁴⁸, Derek Isaacowitz⁴⁹, Janet Kolodner⁵⁰, Debra Lieberman⁵¹, Gordon D Logan⁵², Wendy B Mendes⁵³, Lea Moersdorf⁴³, Brendan Nyhan⁵⁴, Jeffrey Pollack⁵⁵, Christopher Sullivan⁵⁶, Simine Vazire²⁷, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers³

Affiliations

¹ ELTE, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. aczel.balazs@ppk.elte.hu.
² ELTE, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary.
³ University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
⁶ Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
⁸ Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁹ Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
¹⁰ Nature Human Behaviour, Springer Nature, London, UK.
¹¹ Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
¹² University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹³ University of Victoria, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.
¹⁴ University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
¹⁵ University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁶ University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
¹⁷ University College London, London, UK.
¹⁸ University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
¹⁹ Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands.
²⁰ Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
²¹ University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
²² Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
²³ University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
²⁴ University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.
²⁵ University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
²⁶ Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
²⁷ University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
²⁸ Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA.
²⁹ University of Modena-Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
³⁰ University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston, MA, USA.
³¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
³² University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
³³ Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
³⁴ University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA.
³⁵ University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
³⁶ University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
³⁷ The College of New Jersey, Ewing Township, NJ, USA.
³⁸ Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
³⁹ Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴⁰ University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁴¹ Carnegie Mellon University, New York, NY, USA.
⁴² Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
⁴³ University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴⁴ University of York, York, UK.
⁴⁵ University of Kent, Kent, UK.
⁴⁶ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴⁷ University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, USA.
⁴⁸ University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
⁴⁹ Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵⁰ Boston College, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵¹ University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
⁵² Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁵³ University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁵⁴ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁵⁵ North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
⁵⁶ University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

PMID: 31792401
PMCID: PMC8324470
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0772-6

A consensus-based transparency checklist

Balazs Aczel et al. Nat Hum Behav. 2020 Jan.

. 2020 Jan;4(1):4-6.

doi: 10.1038/s41562-019-0772-6.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ ELTE, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. aczel.balazs@ppk.elte.hu.
² ELTE, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary.
³ University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
⁶ Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
⁸ Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁹ Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
¹⁰ Nature Human Behaviour, Springer Nature, London, UK.
¹¹ Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
¹² University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹³ University of Victoria, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.
¹⁴ University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
¹⁵ University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁶ University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
¹⁷ University College London, London, UK.
¹⁸ University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
¹⁹ Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands.
²⁰ Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
²¹ University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
²² Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
²³ University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
²⁴ University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.
²⁵ University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
²⁶ Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
²⁷ University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
²⁸ Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA.
²⁹ University of Modena-Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
³⁰ University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston, MA, USA.
³¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
³² University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
³³ Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
³⁴ University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA.
³⁵ University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
³⁶ University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
³⁷ The College of New Jersey, Ewing Township, NJ, USA.
³⁸ Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
³⁹ Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴⁰ University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁴¹ Carnegie Mellon University, New York, NY, USA.
⁴² Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
⁴³ University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴⁴ University of York, York, UK.
⁴⁵ University of Kent, Kent, UK.
⁴⁶ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴⁷ University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, USA.
⁴⁸ University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
⁴⁹ Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵⁰ Boston College, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵¹ University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
⁵² Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁵³ University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁵⁴ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁵⁵ North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
⁵⁶ University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

PMID: 31792401
PMCID: PMC8324470
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0772-6

Erratum in

Author Correction: A consensus-based transparency checklist.
Aczel B, Szaszi B, Sarafoglou A, Kekecs Z, Kucharský Š, Benjamin D, Chambers CD, Fisher A, Gelman A, Gernsbacher MA, Ioannidis JP, Johnson E, Jonas K, Kousta S, Lilienfeld SO, Lindsay DS, Morey CC, Munafò M, Newell BR, Pashler H, Shanks DR, Simons DJ, Wicherts JM, Albarracin D, Anderson ND, Antonakis J, Arkes HR, Back MD, Banks GC, Beevers C, Bennett AA, Bleidorn W, Boyer TW, Cacciari C, Carter AS, Cesario J, Clifton C, Conroy RM, Cortese M, Cosci F, Cowan N, Crawford J, Crone EA, Curtin J, Engle R, Farrell S, Fearon P, Fichman M, Frankenhuis W, Freund AM, Gaskell MG, Giner-Sorolla R, Green DP, Greene RL, Harlow LL, de la Guardia FH, Isaacowitz D, Kolodner J, Lieberman D, Logan GD, Mendes WB, Moersdorf L, Nyhan B, Pollack J, Sullivan C, Vazire S, Wagenmakers EJ. Aczel B, et al. Nat Hum Behav. 2020 Jan;4(1):120. doi: 10.1038/s41562-019-0812-2. Nat Hum Behav. 2020. PMID: 31873202 Free PMC article.

Abstract

We present a consensus-based checklist to improve and document the transparency of research reports in social and behavioural research. An accompanying online application allows users to complete the form and generate a report that they can submit with their manuscript or post to a public repository.

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Conflict of interest statement

S.K. is Chief Editor of the journal Nature Human Behaviour. S.K. has recused herself from any aspect of decision-making on this manuscript and played no part in the assignment of this manuscript to in-house editors or peer reviewers. She was also separated and blinded from the editorial process from submission inception to decision. The other authors declared no competing interests.

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**Fig. 1**
The Shortened Transparency Checklist 1.0. After each section, the researchers can add free text if they find that further explanation of their response is needed. The full version of the checklist can be found at http://www.shinyapps.org/apps/TransparencyChecklist/.

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