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The long horizon of animal study preregistration: Attitudes, barriers, and myths

  • Pasquale Pellegrini, Ulf Toelch--Plos.org
  • published date: 2026-07-29 14:00:00 UTC

Nearly half of Swiss animal researchers have never heard of preregistration. This Primer explores a survey published in PLOS Biology that maps their attitudes, barriers and misconceptionsm, and identifies what it would take to change minds.

Citation: Pellegrini P, Toelch U (2026) The long horizon of animal study preregistration: Attitudes, barriers, and myths. PLoS Biol 24(7): e3003905. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003905 P… [+7477 chars]