The GLES Open Science Challenge 2021 in Hindsight: Experiences Gained and Lessons Learned



Open science
Meta science
Registered Report
Electoral research

Bucher, H., Stroppe, AK., Burger, A.M. et al. Special Issue Conclusion. Polit Vierteljahresschrift 64, 207–219 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-022-00437-z

Authors
Affiliations

Hannah Bucher

GESIS—Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

Anne-Kathrin Stroppe

GESIS—Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

Axel M. Burger

GESIS—Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

Thorsten Faas

Freie Universität Berlin

Harald Schoen

University of Mannheim

Marc Debus

University of Mannheim

Sigrid Roßteutscher

Goethe University Frankfurt

Denis Cohen

University of Mannheim

Robert A. Huber

University of Salzburg

Michael Jankowski

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Melvin John

University of Mannheim

Jan Menzner

University of Mannheim

Chistian H. Schimpf

Université du Québec à Montréal

Christian Schnaudt

University of Mannheim

Nils D. Steiner

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Richard Traunmüller

University of Mannheim

Fabienne Unkelbach

University of Mannheim

Vera Vogel

University of Mannheim

Carsten Wegscheider

University of Salzburg

Robert Welz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Published

November 2022

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Abstract

The GLES Open Science Challenge 2021 was a pilot project aimed at demonstrating that registered reports are an appropriate and beneficial publication format in quantitative political science that helps to increase transparency and replicability in the research process and thus yields substantial and relevant contributions to our discipline. The project resulted in the publication of this special issue, which includes seven registered reports based on data from the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) collected in the context of the 2021 German federal election. This concluding article of the special issue brings together the perspectives of the participating authors, reviewers, organizers, and editors in order to take stock of the different experiences gained and lessons learned in the course of the project. We are confident that future projects of a similar nature in political science, as well as authors, reviewers, and editors of registered reports, will benefit from these reflections.

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@article{bucherSpecialIssueConclusion2023,
    title = {Special {Issue} {Conclusion}},
    volume = {64},
    issn = {1862-2860},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-022-00437-z},
    doi = {10.1007/s11615-022-00437-z},
    abstract = {The GLES Open Science Challenge 2021 was a pilot project aimed at demonstrating that registered reports are an appropriate and beneficial publication format in quantitative political science that helps to increase transparency and replicability in the research process and thus yields substantial and relevant contributions to our discipline. The project resulted in the publication of this special issue, which includes seven registered reports based on data from the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) collected in the context of the 2021 German federal election. This concluding article of the special issue brings together the perspectives of the participating authors, reviewers, organizers, and editors in order to take stock of the different experiences gained and lessons learned in the course of the project. We are confident that future projects of a similar nature in political science, as well as authors, reviewers, and editors of registered reports, will benefit from these reflections.},
    number = {1},
    journal = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift},
    author = {Bucher, Hannah and Stroppe, Anne-Kathrin and Burger, Axel M. and Faas, Thorsten and Schoen, Harald and Debus, Marc and Roßteutscher, Sigrid and Cohen, Denis and Huber, Robert A. and Jankowski, Michael and John, Melvin and Menzner, Jan and Schimpf, Christian H. and Schnaudt, Christian and Steiner, Nils D. and Traunmüller, Richard and Unkelbach, Fabienne and Vogel, Vera and Wegscheider, Carsten and Welz, Robert and Wuttke, Alexander},
    month = mar,
    year = {2023},
    pages = {207--219}}