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title: (Pre)registration
description: "Essentially the same idea as [protocol papers](https://www.psyctc.org/psyctc/glossary2/protocol-paper/) (q.v.) but registering a protocol for a study in an open repository rather than publishing it as a paper."
url: "https://www.psyctc.org/psyctc/glossary2/preregistration/"
updated: "2023-09-15"
category: All OM book glossary entries
---

# (Pre)registration

Essentially the same idea as [protocol papers](https://www.psyctc.org/psyctc/glossary2/protocol-paper/) (q.v.) but registering a protocol for a study in an open repository rather than publishing it as a paper.