Editorial Perspective: Misaligned incentives in mental health research – the case for Registered Reports

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‘Editorial Perspective: Misaligned incentives in mental health research – the case for Registered Reports’

Open Access paper from the JCPP

Current incentive structures reward mental health researchers for producing positive, novel, and clean results. This can promote questionable research practices which contribute to a distorted evidence base, in turn limiting progress in mental health research. Registered Reports (RRs) offer a solution to realign the incentives towards conducting high-quality, rigorous, and accurate studies, by preventing publication and reporting biases. However, the uptake of RRs in mental health research has so far been limited. This editorial perspective highlights the advantages of RRs for mental health research, before discussing potential challenges and how they can be addressed. Greater uptake of RRs in mental health research could help to promote a fairer research culture, limit publication bias and questionable research practices, and ultimately, improve understanding of mental health.

Authors: Jessie R. Baldwin

First published: 02 October 2023

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13898

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