The primary means of disseminating sport and exercise science research is currently through journal articles. However, not all studies, especially those with null findings, make it to formal publication. This publication bias towards positive findings may contribute to questionable research practices. Preregistration is a solution to prevent the publication of distorted evidence resulting from this system. This process asks authors to register their hypotheses and methods before data collection on a publicly available repository or by submitting a Registered Report. In the Registered Report format, authors submit a stage 1 manuscript to a participating journal that includes an introduction, methods, and any pilot data indicating the exploratory or confirmatory nature of the study. After a stage 1 peer review, the manuscript can then be offered in-principle acceptance, rejected, or sent back for revisions to improve the quality of the study. If accepted, the project is guaranteed publication, assuming the authors follow the data collection and analysis protocol. After data collection, authors re-submit a stage 2 manuscript that includes the results and discussion, and the study is evaluated on clarity and conformity with the planned analysis. In its final form, Registered Reports appear almost identical to a typical publication, but give readers confidence that the hypotheses and main analyses are less susceptible to bias from questionable research practices. From this perspective, we argue that inclusion of Registered Reports by researchers and journals will improve the transparency, replicability, and trust in sport and exercise science research. The preprint version of this work is available on SportR[Formula: see text]iv: https://osf.io/preprints/sportrxiv/fxe7a/.

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推动体育运动科学的发展：呼吁采用更加透明的研究实践。

当前传播体育和运动科学研究的主要手段是通过期刊文章。但是，并非所有研究，特别是那些没有发现的研究都可以正式发表。该出版物偏向积极的发现可能会助长可疑的研究实践。预注册是一种解决方案，可以防止发布因该系统而导致的失真证据。此过程要求作者在公共可用存储库上收集数据之前或通过提交注册报告来注册其假设和方法。采用注册报告格式，作者向参与的期刊提交了第一阶段的手稿，其中包括引言，方法以及任何表明该研究具有探索性或确认性的试验数据。经过第一阶段的同行评审，然后可以在原则上接受，拒绝或将手稿发回以进行修订以提高研究质量。如果被接受，则假定作者遵循数据收集和分析协议，则可以保证该项目的出版。收集数据后，作者重新提交包含结果和讨论的第二阶段手稿，并对研究进行了评估，以明确其是否与计划的分析相符。在最终形式中，注册报告看起来与典型出版物几乎相同，但是使读者相信，假设和主要分析不容易受到有问题的研究实践的偏见。从这个角度来看，我们认为研究人员和期刊将注册报告包括在内将提高体育和运动科学研究的透明度，可复制性和信任度。