Expert Consensus Procedure (ECO): Facilitating Robust Scientific Outputs

This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide for the implementation of the Expert Consensus procedure (ECO) for scientific projects. The ECO aims to facilitate consensus among a panel of experts about a target scientific output. Consensus is achieved through an iterative process including surveys and feedback to the panel members. Following the procedure can achieve two main aims: (1) to decrease the chance that the target output will be subject to conceptual or methodological mistakes, and (2) to increase the chance that the target output would be acceptable by the stakeholders on the field.