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  • Psychology
  • Scientific Publishing

Background:

  • Journals altered policies during the COVID-19 pandemic to expedite knowledge dissemination.
  • Concerns arose that accelerated publication might compromise scientific rigor and accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the methodological rigor of COVID-19-related psychological research with non-COVID and pre-COVID research.
  • To assess changes in design features, sampling, and transparency practices.

Main Methods:

  • A comparative analysis of 100 COVID-19 articles (2020-2022) against 100 non-COVID articles from the same issues and 100 pre-COVID articles (2017-2019).
  • Articles were systematically coded for design, sampling, and openness/transparency practices.

Main Results:

  • COVID-19 research, while often observational, utilized stronger longitudinal designs over cross-sectional ones.
  • COVID-19 studies demonstrated increased sample sizes, justified by a priori power analyses.
  • Higher rates of pre-registration for hypotheses and analysis plans were observed in COVID-19 research.
  • Open data, materials, and code sharing were more prevalent in COVID-19 studies.

Conclusions:

  • Psychological research on COVID-19 did not exhibit diminished methodological rigor.
  • Pandemic-era research practices in psychology, including openness and robust design, met or exceeded pre-pandemic standards.