Advancing Scientific Integrity, Transparency, and Openness in Child Development Research: Challenges and Possible Solutions
Publication date
2020-03-01
Authors
Gilmore, Rick O.
Cole, Pamela M.
Verma, Suman
van Aken, Marcel
Worthman, Carol M.
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Abstract
In 2019, the Governing Council of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) adopted a Policy on Scientific Integrity, Transparency, and Openness (SRCD, 2019a) and accompanying Author Guidelines on Scientific Integrity and Openness in Child Development (SRCD, 2019b). In this issue, a companion article (Gennetian, Tamis-LeMonda, & Frank) discusses the opportunities to realize SRCD’s vision for a science of child development that is open, transparent, robust, and impactful. In this article, we discuss some of the challenges associated with realizing SRCD’s vision. In identifying these challenges—protecting participants and researchers from harm, respecting diversity, and balancing the benefits of change with the costs—we also offer constructive solutions.
Keywords
open science, reproducibility, transparency, Taverne, Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Life-span and Life-course Studies
Citation
Gilmore, R O, Cole, P M, Verma, S, van Aken, M A G & Worthman, C M 2020, 'Advancing Scientific Integrity, Transparency, and Openness in Child Development Research : Challenges and Possible Solutions', Child Development Perspectives, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 9-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12360