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Uliana Kachnova
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Authors
Olmo R. van den Akker1,*, Gjalt-Jorn Ygram Peters2,*, Caitlin J. Bakker3, Rickard Carlsson4, Nicholas A. Coles5, Katherine S. Corker6, Gilad Feldman7, David Moreau8, Thomas Nordström4, Jade S. Pickering9, Amy Riegelman10, Marta K. Topor11, Nieky van Veggel12, Siu Kit Yeung7, Mark Call13, David T. Mellor13, & Nicole Pfeiffer13
1 Department of Methodology & Statistics, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
2 Department of Theory, Methodology & Statistics, Open University, The Netherlands
3 Discovery Technologies Unit, University of Regina, Canada
4 Department of Psychology, Linnaeus University, Sweden
5 Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University, United States
6 Department of Psychology, Grand Valley State University, United States
7 Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
8 School of Psychology and Center for Brain Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand
9 Department of Psychology, University of York, United Kingdom
10 Social Sciences Library, University of Minnesota, United States
11 School of Psychology, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
12 School of Animal and Human Sciences, Writtle University College, United Kingdom
13 Center for Open Science, United States
* Olmo R. van den Akker and Gjalt-Jorn Ygram Peters contributed equally to this project
Abstract
This paper presents a generalized registration form for systematic reviews that can be used when currently available forms are not adequate. The form is designed to be applicable across disciplines (i.e., psychology, economics, law, physics, or any other field) and across review types (i.e. scoping review, review of qualitative studies, meta-analysis, or any other type of review). That means that the reviewed records may include research reports as well as archive documents, case law, books, poems, etc. Items were selected and formulated to optimize broad applicability instead of specificity, forgoing some benefits afforded by a tighter focus. This PRISMA 2020 compliant form is a fallback for more specialized forms and can be used if no specialized form or registration platform is available. When accessing this form on the Open Science Framework website, users will therefore first be guided to specialized forms when they exist. In addition to this use case, the form can also serve as a starting point for creating registration forms that cater to specific fields or review types.
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