TY - JOUR T1 - Lessons learned from advocacy to promote Registered Reports JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 564 LP - 565 DO - 10.3399/bjgp22X721241 VL - 72 IS - 725 AU - Stephen H Bradley AU - Kelly E Lloyd AU - David Mellor AU - Peter J Gill AU - Georgia C Richards Y1 - 2022/12/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/72/725/564.2.abstract N2 - Registered Reports (RRs) are a publication format whereby initial peer review is undertaken based on proposed methods, prior to commencement of data collection, following which an in-principle agreement to publication may be made, regardless of the results.1 RRs are a powerful mechanism to tackle publication bias and also help discourage problematic practices such as ‘outcome switching’,2 Hypothesising after the Result is Known (HARKing), and ‘p hacking’. Emerging evidence … ER -