May 6, 2024

Provide public access to ethics-approved study protocols

Daniël Lakens argues for methodological review of study protocols before data are collected (Nature 613, 9; 2023). I call, in addition, for all study protocols involving ethics approval to be made publicly available once approval is granted. At a minimum, the protocols should be included in submitted and published research papers.

Competing Interests

B.V.C. is a member of the Research Ethics Committee of the University Hospitals at KU Leuven.

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