Daryl has been a keen advocate of promoting Open Science/Research practices through his previous work as Chair of the British Psychological Society's Research Board (2015-2021), Convenor of the European Federation of Psychology Associations Board of Scientific Affairs (2017-2021), joint Editor-in-Chief of Psychology and Health (2011-2019), now as Editor-in-Chief of Cogent Psychology, Associate Editor at Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine and University of Leeds Institutional Lead for the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN).
February 2026
"UKRN Publishes Findings from Pilot Projects on Automating Open Research Indicators".
This was a fantastic collaborative project to be part of, working with excellent colleagues at the University of Leeds (Sally Dalton, Nick Sheppard, Nicola Barnett ) and partner universities from across the country. Promising findings on automated indicators for preregistration and the use of CRediT contributor roles.
Podcast (Feb 2024): Daryl is interviewed by Nick Sheppard and Ruth Winden for their Research Culture Uncovered talking about his own journey through open research. Listen here.
Daryl's presentation at our very own University of Leeds entitled "Preregistration and the Architecture of Science" in July 2021
Daryl gives presentation entitled "Psychological science as a trailblazer for science" at Replicability and Reproducibility Event at the Royal Society in London (2018).
What might Leonardo da Vinci have made of open science and preregistration? Find out here :-)
Open Science/Research-related publications
O’Connor, D.B. (2025). Registered Reports in Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine: To infinity and beyond. Biospsychosocial Science and Medicine, 87, 57-58. pdf.
Matvienko-Sikar, K., O’Shea, J., Kennedy, S., Thomas, S.D., Avery, K., Byrne, M., McHugh, S., O’Connor, D.B., Saldanha, I.J.,, Smith, V., Toomey, E., Dwan, K., & Kirkham, J.J. (2024). Selective outcome reporting in trials of behavioural health interventions in health psychology and behavioural medicine journals: a systematic review. Health Psychology Review, 18, 824-838. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2024.2367613.
Silverstein, P., Pennington, C.R., Branney, P., O’Connor, D.B., Lawlor, E., O’Brien, E., & Lynott, D. (2024). A registered report survey of open research practices in psychology departments in the UK and Ireland. British Journal of Psychology, 115, 497-534. pdf
Segerstrom, S., Diefenbach, M., Hamilton, K., O’Connor, D.B., Tomiyama, A.J. and the Behavioral Medicine Research Council. (2023). Open Science in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: A Statement from the Behavioral Medicine Research Council. Now published simultaneously by Psychosomatic Medicine, Annals of Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology. preprint
Psychosomatic Medicine Open Science Working Group. (2023). Editorial: Open Science in Psychosomatic Medicine. Psychosomatic Medicine, 85, 220. [Kupper, N., O’Connor, D.B., Segerstrom, S]. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001189
Bosnjak, M., Fiebach, C., Mellor, D., Muller, S., O’Connor, D.B., Oswald, F.L., & Sokol-Chang, R. A. (2022). A Template for Preregistration of Quantitative Research in Psychology: Report of the Joint Societies Preregistration Task Force. American Psychologist, 77, 601-615. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000879 preprint.
O’Connor, D.B. (2021). Leonardo da Vinci, pre-registration and the architecture of science: Towards a more open and transparent research culture. Health Psychology Bulletin, 5, 39-45. http://doi.org/10.5334/hpb.20. pdf.
O’Connor, D.B. (2020). The future of health behaviour change interventions: Opportunities for open science and personality research. Health Psychology Review, 14, 176-181. pdf
Norris, E., & O’Connor, D.B. (2019). Science as behaviour: Using a behaviour change approach to increase uptake of Open Science. Psychology and Health, 34, 1397-1406. pdf
Joint Psychological Societies Preregistration Template
Daryl is Editor-in-Chief of Cogent Psychology. This journal offers registered reports, brief replication reports and promotes open science practices, as well as all other regular publishing formats. Find out more below.
Past news and statements on Open Science initiatives
Open Data: Position Statement by the British Psychological Society