Question 1

What does the Preregistered De Plus icon mean?

Accepted Answer

The Preregistered-DE-Plus icon represents an enhanced Design and Endpoint preregistration badge indicating exceptional transparency with additional documentation beyond standard DE requirements. This symbol identifies the highest tier of preregistration commitment, often including detailed analysis code, power analyses, and comprehensive procedural documentation. The Plus designation signals exemplary methodological transparency valued by rigorous research communities.

Question 2

Where is the Preregistered De Plus icon used?

Accepted Answer

In exceptional transparency workflows, researchers provide not just design and endpoint specifications but complete analysis scripts, simulation code for power analyses, and detailed procedural protocols. Meta-science projects demonstrate maximum transparency documenting every methodological decision, while methodological papers showcase best practices with comprehensive preregistration documentation. The Plus badge represents verification of gold-standard transparency exceeding typical preregistration requirements.

Question 3

What does the Preregistered De Plus icon tell users?

Accepted Answer

From a research excellence perspective, this icon signifies more than compliance - it represents aspirational transparency standards, enables complete methodological reproducibility, and provides the highest credibility signals for research findings. This distinction helps users recognize DE-Plus preregistration as exceptional commitment to transparent science.

Question 4

Can I download the Preregistered De Plus icon as SVG or PNG?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

Question 5

How do I install the Preregistered De Plus icon with the shadcn CLI?

Accepted Answer

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds the icon to components/icons/academicons-preregistered-de-plus.tsx.

Question 6

How do I use the Preregistered De Plus icon in Next.js or React?

Accepted Answer

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed PreregisteredDePlusIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Question 7

How do I use the Preregistered De Plus icon in Vue, Svelte or Angular?

Accepted Answer

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside.

Question 8

Can my AI agent install it for me?

Accepted Answer

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Preregistered De Plus icon, or any of 158 Academicons icons, and install it from a prompt.

Question 9

Can I use the Preregistered De Plus icon in commercial projects?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Open Font License allows commercial use; the icons can't be sold on their own. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Question 10

Is the Preregistered De Plus icon free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

Question 11

How do I change the color of the Preregistered De Plus icon?

Accepted Answer

It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.

Question 12

How do I change the size of the Preregistered De Plus icon?

Accepted Answer

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 448 × 512 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.

Question 13

How do I make the Preregistered De Plus icon accessible?

Accepted Answer

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Preregistered De Plus", so screen readers say what it does.

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