Catalyzing communities of research rigour champions

Audrey C. Brumback; William X.Q. Ngiam; Dana M. Lapato; David B. Allison; Christin L. Daniels; Michael Dougherty; Haley F. Hazlett; Kara L. Kerr; Susan Pusek; Naomi Schrag; Mathew Abrams; Eryn Adams; David B. Allison; Juan Pablo Alperin; Gundula Bosch; Audrey Brumback; Damon Centola; Lique Coolen; April Clyburne-Sherin; Jennifer Croker; Sophia Crüwell; Christin Daniels; Michaela Debolt; Ulrich Dirnagl; Michael Dougherty; Timothy Errington; Maryrose Franko; Anna Hatch; Kari Jordan; Kara Kerr; Halil Kilicoglu; Konrad Kording; Dana Lapato; Carole Lee; Daniella Lowenberg; Rebecca Lundwall; Malcolm MacLeod; Carmen Maldonaldo-Vlaar; Marcus Munafo; Alexandra Nelson; Nicole Nelson; William Ngiam; Sarah Nusser; Roger Peng; Jessica Polka; Russell Poldrack; Ishwar Puri; Susan Pusek; Pradeep Reedy Raamana; Pamela Reinagel

doi:10.1093/braincomms/fcae120

Catalyzing communities of research rigour champions

Audrey C. Brumback, William X.Q. Ngiam, Dana M. Lapato, David B. Allison, Christin L. Daniels, Michael Dougherty, Haley F. Hazlett, Kara L. Kerr, Susan Pusek, Naomi Schrag, Mathew Abrams, Eryn Adams, David B. Allison, Juan Pablo Alperin, Gundula Bosch, Audrey Brumback, Damon Centola, Lique Coolen, April Clyburne-Sherin, Jennifer CrokerSophia Crüwell, Christin Daniels, Michaela Debolt, Ulrich Dirnagl, Michael Dougherty, Timothy Errington, Maryrose Franko, Anna Hatch, Kari Jordan, Kara Kerr, Halil Kilicoglu, Konrad Kording, Dana Lapato, Carole Lee, Daniella Lowenberg, Rebecca Lundwall, Malcolm MacLeod, Carmen Maldonaldo-Vlaar, Marcus Munafo, Alexandra Nelson, Nicole Nelson, William Ngiam, Sarah Nusser, Roger Peng, Jessica Polka, Russell Poldrack, Ishwar Puri, Susan Pusek, Pradeep Reedy Raamana, Pamela Reinagel

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Abstract

The biomedical sciences must maintain and enhance a research culture that prioritizes rigour and transparency. The US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke convened a workshop entitled 'Catalyzing Communities of Research Rigor Champions' that brought together a diverse group of leaders in promoting research rigour and transparency (identified as 'rigour champions') to discuss strategies, barriers and resources for catalyzing technical, cultural and educational changes in the biomedical sciences. This article summarizes 2 days of panels and discussions and provides an overview of critical barriers to research rigour, perspectives behind reform initiatives and considerations for stakeholders across science. Additionally, we describe applications of network science to foster, maintain and expand cultural changes related to scientific rigour and opportunities to embed rigourous practices into didactic courses, training experiences and degree programme requirements. We hope this piece provides a primer for the wider research community on current discussions and actions and inspires individuals to build, join or expand collaborative networks within their own institutions that prioritize rigourous research practices.

Original language	English
Article number	fcae120
Journal	Brain Communications
Volume	6
Issue number	3
Early online date	9 Apr 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae120
Publication status	Published - 9 Apr 2024

Data Availability Statement

Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analysed.

Acknowledgements

We thank rigour champions Devon C. Crawford and Shai D. Silberberg for their contributions to the success of the workshop and their ongoing efforts through the Office of Research Integrity at NINDS. CRediT statement: Project administration: A.C.B.; Writing—original draft: A.C.B., D.M.L., W.X.Q.N., D.B.A., C.L.D., M.D., H.F.H., K.L.K., S.P., M.L.R. and N.S.; and Writing—review & editing: A.C.B., D.M.L., W.X.Q.N., D.B.A., C.L.D., M.D., H.F.H., K.L.K., S.P. and N.S.

Funding

A.C.B. is supported by R01 MH131857 and R01 MH133243 from the US National Institute of Mental Health. D.M.L. is supported by K01 MH131847 from the US National Institute of Mental Health. S.P. is supported by UM1TR004406 and UL1TR002489 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.

Keywords

open science
reproducibility
scientific rigour

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Biological Psychiatry

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Brumback, A. C., Ngiam, W. X. Q., Lapato, D. M., Allison, D. B., Daniels, C. L., Dougherty, M., Hazlett, H. F., Kerr, K. L., Pusek, S., Schrag, N., Abrams, M., Adams, E., Allison, D. B., Alperin, J. P., Bosch, G., Brumback, A., Centola, D., Coolen, L., Clyburne-Sherin, A., ... Reinagel, P. (2024). Catalyzing communities of research rigour champions. Brain Communications, 6(3), Article fcae120. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae120

Brumback, AC, Ngiam, WXQ, Lapato, DM, Allison, DB, Daniels, CL, Dougherty, M, Hazlett, HF, Kerr, KL, Pusek, S, Schrag, N, Abrams, M, Adams, E, Allison, DB, Alperin, JP, Bosch, G, Brumback, A, Centola, D, Coolen, L, Clyburne-Sherin, A, Croker, J, Crüwell, S, Daniels, C, Debolt, M, Dirnagl, U, Dougherty, M, Errington, T, Franko, M, Hatch, A, Jordan, K, Kerr, K, Kilicoglu, H, Kording, K, Lapato, D, Lee, C, Lowenberg, D, Lundwall, R, MacLeod, M, Maldonaldo-Vlaar, C, Munafo, M, Nelson, A, Nelson, N, Ngiam, W, Nusser, S, Peng, R, Polka, J, Poldrack, R, Puri, I, Pusek, S, Raamana, PR & Reinagel, P 2024, 'Catalyzing communities of research rigour champions', Brain Communications, vol. 6, no. 3, fcae120. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae120

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