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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "Preregistration at Open Science Framework (OSF): A tutorial" |
| 3 | +description: How to preregister a research project at OSF. |
| 4 | +date: "2025-09-01" |
| 5 | +# Update this whenever a change has been made. |
| 6 | +# date-modified: "" |
| 7 | +author: |
| 8 | + # Order alphabetical by last name |
| 9 | + - name: Eeva-Liisa Røssell Johansen |
| 10 | + affiliations: |
| 11 | + - ref: sdca |
| 12 | +metadata-files: |
| 13 | + - ../../_affiliations.yml |
| 14 | +--- |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +If you need to preregister a research project based on observational |
| 17 | +data online to be able to upload an analysis plan, analysis code, or |
| 18 | +other files or pre-defined plans, you can do it at Open Science |
| 19 | +Framework (OSF): [OSF Registries](https://osf.io/registries/). If |
| 20 | +instead you are looking to register a clinical trial you should go to |
| 21 | +[clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/)---here we only |
| 22 | +consider OSF registrations. After registering at OSF, you can upload |
| 23 | +results and preprints if necessary as well as other things. In this way, |
| 24 | +OSF can be thought of as a public logbook for your research project. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +## Introduction and overview of OSF |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +To get an overview of OSF Registries, you can read more about the |
| 29 | +possibilities and how to create an account here (including videos with |
| 30 | +help and instructions): [OSF Support](https://help.osf.io/) |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +For a more dedicated introduction to preregistrations and a video: |
| 33 | +[Welcome to Registrations & Preregistrations! (Overview) - OSF |
| 34 | +Support](https://help.osf.io/article/330-welcome-to-registrations) |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +## Creating a preregistration at OSF |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +First step for a preregistration is to select a template. You can read |
| 39 | +more about the different templates here: [Select a Registration |
| 40 | +Template - OSF |
| 41 | +Support](https://help.osf.io/article/229-select-a-registration-template) |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +The general template "OSF Preregistration" will work for many projects. |
| 44 | +The template "Secondary Data Preregistration" is also useful, when data |
| 45 | +have previously been collected for other purposes. |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +When making a preregistration, you can select a copyright license for |
| 48 | +the project. Other projects have previously used "CC-By Attribution 4.0 |
| 49 | +International". With this license, others can use and refer to the |
| 50 | +content in the registration, as long as they credit/reference the |
| 51 | +original work. Read more about licensing here: [Licensing - OSF |
| 52 | +Support](https://help.osf.io/article/148-licensing) |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +If you want to see an example of preregistration with analysis plan for |
| 55 | +a project based at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus consider the following: |
| 56 | +[OSF Registries \| Effectiveness of the Check Your Health Preventive |
| 57 | +Programme Based on Register Data](https://osf.io/79usw/) |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +## Contact persons |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +This document was drafted by Eeva-Liisa Røssell Johansen (eevjoh\@rm.dk) |
| 62 | +based on personal experience with OSF. Henrik Støvring (hersto\@rm.dk) |
| 63 | +gave minor input to the document. If you have any questions regarding |
| 64 | +registration of a project, you are welcome to contact us. |
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