72% of participants agreed there was a reproducibility crisis in biomedicine, with 27% of participants indicating the crisis was “significant.” The leading perceived cause of irreproducibility was a ...
From preprints to peer-reviewed papers, reproducibility and transparency are the backbone of scientific trust. Yet, challenges like misunderstood preprints, irreproducible results, and AI-driven ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some research teams work on replicating prior studies to assess the value of a body of work. AzmanL/E+ via Getty Images Back in ...
A multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of published results are replicated by new studies.
Even after decades of study, scientists are still divided on what drives diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Why? Turns out, the literature is littered with different hypotheses, some pointing in different ...
As the result of a mandate from Congress, the National Academies will explore the issues of reproducibility and replication in scientific and engineering research. The committee will explore what is ...
A meadow grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus parallelus). This species is widespread across most of Europe and is commonly used as a model organism in evolutionary biology. If an experiment is repeated ...
Despite decades of discussion around reproducibility, many of the same problems, such as selective reporting, publication bias, and overworked peer reviewers, persist. The question is no longer ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Amanda Kay Montoya, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Back in ...