Open and replicable Science¶
At BRIC we are committed to supporting open science - to make research transparent and data accessible. This can improve the validity and reproducibility of our research, broaden its dissemination, and facilitate new collaborations to make the most use of data.
BRIC commitment towards open and replicable science is distilled from the University of Plymouths’ fundamental commitment to open science facilitated through PEARL, the universities open access research repository.
The Open Journal of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience is an open-access non-for-profit journal focusing on reproducible research and reports, founded and maintainted by Nurture Science Publishing Group from research fellows from the University of Plymouth.
Useful links¶
An article about open and reproducible neuroscience is available here, exploring the current state of reproducibility in literature and outlining steps to improve the field moving forwards.
This paper is a guide for neuroimaging researchers who want to adopt open and reproducible practices throughout their research workflow, from study design to data analysis and publication.
BIDS¶
Our data is served to our researchers in BIDS data structure. This emerging standard facilitates the application of open-science tools for analysis from other centres, the sharing of data between centres, and the archiving of data when published.
Read more about the BIDS data structure here
Note
Although BIDS is commonly associated with organising MRI data, it has since evolved to include an ecosystem of different data types EEG, MEG, iEEG, behavioural data etc.
Preregistration¶
Preregistration of a study design can show readers that the intended design was followed and that ‘p-hacking’ (searching for something significant) was not engaged in. Two widely used preregistration sites are: