It would help a lot if more journals required preregistration of research designs. In 2018 I heard an economist at UCSD who evangelizes preregistration list so

It would help a lot if more journals required preregistration of research designs. In 2018 I heard an economist at UCSD who evangelizes preregistration list something like ten benefits. I can't remember them all, but among them are: (1) It makes impossible most cherry-picking of one's data and model. (2) Journals can choose to accept a paper based on the design, before the outcome, the eliminating publication bias toward positive or interesting results. (3) Studies that don't get published in a journal are still recorded somewhere. (The preregistered design can be updated to include the results.) Not only does this prevent the loss of knowledge, but also unnecessary duplication of effort. I haven't read this Wikipedia article on preregistration but I'm including it anyway just to be dangerous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preregistration_(science) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preregistration_(science)