Study Registration and Data Management

Open science mandates require that studies are registered and data management planned before data collection begins. OSF supports pre-registration and registered reports, reducing publication bias by committing hypotheses and analysis plans in advance. Registered Reports is a journal publication format, adopted by over 300 journals as of 2022, in which peer review occurs before data collection begins and acceptance is granted on the quality of study design rather than the direction of results. For clinical trials, registration in ClinicalTrials.gov or the EU CTIS is legally mandatory. OPIDoR provides the French national infrastructure for data management plans, aligned with ANR Open Science Policy and FAIR Principles.