ABSTRACT
Methodological transparency constitutes a central tenet of the open science movement sweeping across many disciplines. This chapter outlines key characteristics of methodological transparency, focusing on the reporting and availability of materials, data, coding, and analysis procedures. The burgeoning meta-science into the state of the field’s methodological transparency is described, set in the context of the wider open science movement. The chapter summarizes empirical evidence of the negative consequences of a lack of methodological transparency, such as how it severely weakens our capacity to understand, evaluate, and replicate research. Following an account of the challenges to achieving greater transparency, the chapter concludes by recommending practical steps and infrastructure that are now available to researchers, institutions, funders, and editors to promote a more collaborative, sustainable, and replicable research effort (Marsden, Morgan-Short, Thompson & Abugaber, 2018).
