Registered Reports: tackling conflicting incentives and publication bias
What is best for science does not always correspond to what is best for scientists. In academia, researchers are almost exclusively evaluated by the number of papers they publish and in which journals. One of the tokens of success that helps researchers climb the career ladder of academia is publishing in prestigious journals with a high impact factor (how meaningful this metric is has been questioned, for example see here). However, publishing in these journals usually requires novel and exciting results that will significantly impact the field. ...