Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- Cover letter
- Preprint - Linked in cover letter
- Preregistration (if applicable), Linked in Cover letter
- OSF project - Linked in Cover letter
- Dataset (if applicable) on OSF
- Data analysis (if applicable), on OSF
- Materials (if applicable), on OSF
Original articles
This section contains original articles on the topic of Meta-Pscyology. All articles in this section have been peer-reviewed according to the journal policy.
Registered Reports
This section contains Registered Reports. These articles were initially submitted as proposal and given an in-principle acceptance prior to carrying out the study.
Commentaries
This section contains commentaries on articles published in Meta-Psychology as well as commentaries on articles published in other journals. Re-analysis of own research are essentially a self-commentary and should also be part of this section.
File-Drawer Reports
This section contains File-Drawer Reports. Unlike Original articles, these need not be on the topic of Meta-Psychology but can be on any topic of Psychology. The requirments are complete emptying of a file-drawer on a topic, including - but not limited to - null results and failed studies.
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