In praise of open research measures

摘要

On behalf of the Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global), we applaud the significant, timely steps Nature is taking to ensure reproducibility and transparency in life-sciences articles (Nature496,398; 2013 and go.nature.com/oloeip). We discussed Nature's Reporting Checklist for Life Sciences at our annual workshop last month (see www.delsaglobal. org). By encouraging researchers to make their data and metadata available, and to clarify their analysis methods, the checklist will help to prevent mistakes from being propagated and resources from being wasted on dead-end experiments.