Preregistration templates as a new addition to the evidence-based toxicology toolbox

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Figure 1. How preregistration templates work. Researcher 1 develops a method for their study. Recognising that other researchers may benefit from a detailed operationalisation of their approach, they convert their method to a preregistration template. They have their template peer-reviewed and published, for example by a journal such as EBT. Researcher 2 discovers the template and uses it to preregister their own similar study, thus building on Researcher 1’s experience and gaining the benefits of preplanning their own work.