Psychology

Open research

Publication

Social psychology

Promotion (chess)

Engineering

Developmental psychology

Comparability

Transparency (behavior)

Openness to experience

Combinatorics

Physics

Scholarly communication

Mathematics

Politics

Astronomy

Political science

Best practice

Publishing

Generalizability theory

Open data

Public relations

Computer science

Science communication

World Wide Web

Open science

Science education

Engineering ethics

Journal of Communication

In the last 10 years, many canonical findings in the social sciences appear unreliable. This so-called “replication crisis” has spurred calls for open science practices, which aim to increase the reproducibility, replicability, and generalizability of findings. Communication research is subject to many of the same challenges that have caused low replicability in other fields. As a result, we propose an agenda for adopting open science practices in Communication, which includes the following seven suggestions: (1) publish materials, data, and code; (2) preregister studies and submit registered reports; (3) conduct replications; (4) collaborate; (5) foster open science skills; (6) implement Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines; and (7) incentivize open science practices. Although in our agenda we focus mostly on quantitative research, we also reflect on open science practices relevant to qualitative research. We conclude by discussing potential objections and concerns associated with open science practices.

An Agenda for Open Science in Communication