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Lesson Learned from Registered Reports From Somebody Who Was There at the Beginning
[Excerpts taken from “The registered reports revolution: Lessons in cultural reform” by Chris Chambers, published in Significance, a publication of the Royal Statistical Society”] “On 12 November 2012, as my train sped towards London, I received one of the most…
Read MoreTwenty Years and Over a Thousand Citations, But It Couldn’t Be Reproduced
[From the commentary “Novelty in science should not come at the cost of reproducibility” by Andrew Holding, published in The FEBS Journal] “Oestrogen receptor (ER) cycling is a dogma of the Oestrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer field.” “For nearly 20…
Read MoreWhat Can Universities Do?
[From the blog “A manifesto for reproducible science” by Marcus Munafò, published at wonke.com] “…several initiatives exist that can support universities keen to improve their research quality and culture. The Forum for Responsible Research Metrics promotes the better use of metrics,…
Read MoreIncentives to Replicate: Show Me the Money!
[From the article “Go Forth and Replicate: On Creating Incentives for Repeat Studies” by Michael Schulson at the web magazine Undark] “Suggested reasons for the [replication] crisis are many. Some researchers have blamed the scientific publishing culture itself …. But some…
Read MoreDo Research Assessment Systems like the UK’s Research Excellence Framework Discourage Replication?
[From the article “Why is so much research dodgy? Blame the Research Excellence Framework” in The Guardian] “In the UK, the Ref [Research Excellence Framework] ranks the published works of researchers according to their originality (how novel is the research?), significance…
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