A checklist for methods and results reporting for neuroimaging studies
Try the app HERE!
You can navigate each section on the left and then answer the questions corresponding to your fMRI analysis. This is meant to make sure that you have not forgotten any of the essential information during data collection or later in the methods and results parts of your article.
At the end, you can click on Export (bottom left) to get a zip file containing machine readable json files that captures information about your method/results section: our next step is to use this to automate the part of the methods writing and to submit the information alongside data submission to a journal and other data archives.
Poor methods and results description hinders the reproducibility and the replicability of research. It also makes it hard to compare new and old results and generally increases inefficiency in the research process. This project is built on the hope that improving methods and results reporting could improve our research.
Follow the link if you want to know more about the motivations behind this project.
We have a list of short, middle, long term goals: if you are interested by any of those get in touch. Many of them do not necessarily require super-advanced technical skills (except maybe a certain love for working with spreadsheet and wanting them to be super organized) 😉.
We are currently working on trying to expand the number of items used in the checklist. All of this work is done in google spreadsheets.
- The MRI spreadsheet is accessible here
- The M/EEG spreadsheet is accessible here
- The M/EEG spreadsheet is accessible here
For more information on the content and organization of these spreadsheets, see the dedicated document
- Most of the information is on this github repository. Open an issue there if something does not work or if you want a new feature.
- There is also an OSF project to centralize all the information and repos.
- Want to get in touch: drop us an email on our google group.
- You can also leave a message on the
cobidas_checklistchannel on the brainhack mattermost.Join our channel
Join our channel The list of the people involved in this project can be found here.
The protocol is licensed CC-BY-4.0
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