8 Answers About Registered Reports, Research Preregistration, and Why Both Are Important | Wiley

"Open Science is about connecting each part of the research that went into the final results. Traditionally, we didn’t have the means to easily share data, or to point to time-stamped research plans, or disseminate materials beyond the appendix section of a printed journal. However, now we have the means to realize that ideal workflow, and to make science work in the way it was meant to work."