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Open science, preregistration & publishing playbook
Practical templates and checklists for preregistration, preprints, data sharing, consent, and publishing reproducible research for researchers and teams.
Open science, preregistration & publishing playbook
Concrete guidance, checklists, and templates to make your study plans, protocols, preprints, and data publications clear, usable, and reproducible.
Why this matters
Transparent preregistration, well-documented protocols, and responsibly shared data increase confidence in results, speed reuse, reduce duplication of effort, and make it easier for others to reproduce or extend your work. Whether you run a lab, lead a small R&D team, supervise students, manage clinical studies, or coordinate nonprofit research, clearer documentation changes how knowledge travels and lasts.
What you'll understand and be able to do
Use this playbook to: recognize when preregistration is appropriate; draft a clear, reproducible protocol; prepare preprints and accompanying data packages; choose ethical consent language and IRB-ready forms for sharing human data; and create a dissemination plan that balances openness, attribution, and legal constraints. You will also learn common pitfalls to avoid—selective reporting, undocumented analysis choices, and insufficient metadata—and practical remedies for each.
Practical resources included
This collection brings together field-ready materials you can adapt for your project: the Preregistration & Preprint Readiness Checklist (Interactive Template), a Protocol preregistration & preprint checklist, a Publication & Dissemination Template Pack, and a Consent & Ethics Template Pack with IRB-ready drafts and checklists. Use the interactive checklist to assess readiness, attach consent templates when preparing human data, and adapt dissemination templates for conferences, preprints, or institutional repositories.
Who benefits
Principal investigators, lab managers, graduate students, clinical research coordinators, industry R&D teams, technical writers, and nonprofit research leads will find directly applicable tools here. Example uses: a PI preparing a preregistration before data collection, a clinical team aligning consent language with planned data sharing, a materials lab packaging protocols and datasets for a preprint, or an applied research group creating a clear dissemination timeline for stakeholders.
How to use this playbook
Start with the readiness checklist to identify gaps (methods, metadata, licensing, or consent). Then adapt protocol templates and consent drafts to your context. Use the dissemination pack to map audiences and repositories, and document licensing and embargo needs. Consider reviewing outputs with colleagues or a librarian to improve discoverability and reuse.
Ready to begin? Open the Preregistration & Preprint Readiness Checklist to assess a current project, or browse the protocol, consent, and dissemination templates to tailor them to your study.
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