In line with our field’s goals of improving openness, methodological rigor, and reproducibility of science, graphical descriptives (GDs) — the visualization of research data — can be used in the research process and eventually be developed into a routine component of the publication process. GDs can serve as quick and efficient checks for authors, reviewers, and the general scientific audience to assess data distributions, variable relations, outliers, and the appropriateness of statistical analyses while maintaining a level of information privacy and security.