Table 6 Examples of mentions of each practice, divided by policy type (empty sections indicate that no section regarding the metric was found)
PhD regulation | Habilitation requirement | Tenure (application form) | Tenure (regulation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study registration | – | – | – | – | ||
Reporting of results | “Doctoral theses must meet high quality standards; after peer review, the written doctoral work should be made accessible to the public and the scientific community as openly as possible through publication.” “Accordingly, the following requirements arise: […] 3. they should lead to a publication in a professional journal or to another kind of publication with a high scientific standard” “According to the recommendations of the DFG (German Research Foundation) […] the following general principles apply to good scientific practice: […] Publication of results” | “The habilitation thesis, or at least its essential parts, are to be published by the habilitated person. The publication should take place within 2 years after awarding of the teaching qualification.” | – | – | ||
Data/code sharing | “If possible, supervisors should address the following points: […] publication of the full original dataset (e.g., via Figshare, Dryad) of all figures (graphs, tables, in-text data, etc.) in the article.” | – | – | – | ||
Open access | “If possible, supervisors should address the following points: […] Open Access” “The work can be published: […] 2. As an electronic Open Access publication in the university repository operated by the university library.” “The University Library shall be granted the right to make and distribute further copies of the dissertation as well as to make the dissertation publicly accessible in data networks within the scope of the legal duties of the University Library” | “In the event of publication in accordance with sentence 3 no. 4, the university library shall be granted the right to produce and distribute further copies of the habilitation thesis within the scope of the university library's statutory duties, and to make the habilitation thesis publicly accessible in data networks.” | – | – | ||
Robustness | “If possible, supervisors should address the following points: […] Reduction of bias by appropriate measures (blinding, randomisation, a priori definition of inclusion and exclusion criteria, etc.), a priori power calculations.” | – | – | – | ||