Opening up autism research: Bringing open research methods to our field

Hobson, H., Poole, D., Pearson, A., & Fletcher‐Watson, S. (2022). Opening up autism research: Bringing open research methods to our field. Autism, 26(5), 1011-1013. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221105385

Publication date: 1 Jul 2022 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Article language: English

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Abstract

Participating in autism research costs autistic people time and energy. Participants give that time in the hope of supporting researchers to generate new evidence and insights that could help autistic people to enjoy happier and healthier lives. A key element of translating research into this kind of meaningful impact is that findings are reliable and that the process for arriving at them is clear. Open research is a system for producing a reliable evidence base by facilitating greater transparency and robustness in research practices (Munafò et al., 2017). It draws on a wide toolkit of different methods and techniques that aim to open up the research process from start to finish. They include preregistering study protocols and hypotheses, making research methods and materials freely available, and publishing study data so it is accessible to others. (...)

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