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Research Software Directory: Honouring the Role of Software and Supporting Reproducibility | ZBW MediaTalk

Research Software Directory: Honouring the Role of Software and Supporting Reproducibility | ZBW MediaTalk

The Research Software Directory makes software tools used in research easily discoverable and usable. Thus, it also helps other researchers to reproduce and verify research results.

Recent Claims Cast Doubt on Legitimacy of Behavioral Science

Recent Claims Cast Doubt on Legitimacy of Behavioral Science

Assessing allegations of data manipulation in psychological studies involving a Harvard Business School professor, Paul Eccleson asks whether we can trust research on behavioral science.

Replicating Scientific Results is Tough - but Essential

Replicating Scientific Results is Tough - but Essential

A high-profile replication study in cancer biology has obtained disappointing results. Scientists must redouble their efforts to find out why.

Reproducibility of Research During COVID‐19: Examining the Case of Population Density and the Basic Reproductive Rate from the Perspective of Spatial Analysis

Reproducibility of Research During COVID‐19: Examining the Case of Population Density and the Basic Reproductive Rate from the Perspective of Spatial Analysis

The emergence of the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 led to explosive growth in scientific research. Given the high stakes of the situation, it is essential that scientific findings, on which good policy depends, are as robust as possible; as the empirical example shows, reproducibility is one of the keys to ensure this.

Towards Improved Data Reproducibility

Towards Improved Data Reproducibility

In this article, we look at some of the measures we can take as individual scientists and as a global community to improve the reproducibility and rigor of scientific endeavor.

Replication Studies for Undergraduate Theses to Improve Science and Education | FULL TEXT

Replication Studies for Undergraduate Theses to Improve Science and Education | FULL TEXT

FULL TEXT.  Requiring undergraduate students to perform what is termed original research for their thesis, an investigation that cannot constitute a replication of an existing study, is a failed opportunity for science and education, argues Daniel Quintana.

Replication Studies for Undergraduate Theses to Improve Science and Education

Replication Studies for Undergraduate Theses to Improve Science and Education

Requiring undergraduate students to perform what is termed original research for their thesis, an investigation that cannot constitute a replication of an existing study, is a failed opportunity for science and education.

Three Questions to Address Rigour and Reproducibility Concerns in Your Grant Proposal

Three Questions to Address Rigour and Reproducibility Concerns in Your Grant Proposal

Addressing weaknesses and limitations in your science will reassure potential funders, say grant-writing coaches.

Open Science Factsheet: Practical Steps Towards Open and Reproducible Research

Open Science Factsheet: Practical Steps Towards Open and Reproducible Research

This factsheet is a result of the 57th online seminar "Practical Steps Towards Open and Reproducible Research" (10 February 2021), organised by the Helmholtz Open Science Office.

ELife and Stencila Announce Roadmap for Bringing Reproducible Publishing to More Authors

ELife and Stencila Announce Roadmap for Bringing Reproducible Publishing to More Authors

The next phase of the Executable Research Article project will focus on reducing barriers to the authoring and publication of reproducible research papers.

NISO's Recommended Practice on Reproducibility Badging and Definitions Now Published

NISO's Recommended Practice on Reproducibility Badging and Definitions Now Published

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) today announces the publication of its Recommended Practice on Reproducibility Badging and Definitions. This new Recommended Practice provides a set of recognition standards that can be deployed across scholarly publishing outputs to easily recognize and reward the sharing of data and methods.

Science Has Been in a "Replication Crisis" for a Decade. Have We Learned Anything?

Science Has Been in a "Replication Crisis" for a Decade. Have We Learned Anything?

Bad papers are still published. But some other things might be getting better.

The Two Cultures of Science: the Movement for Reproducibility and the Movement for Open Science

The Two Cultures of Science: the Movement for Reproducibility and the Movement for Open Science

In the world of scientific research today, there’s a revolution going on – over the last decade or so, scientists across many disciplines have been seeking to improve the workings of science and its methods. To do this, scientists are largely following one of two paths: the movement for reproducibility and the movement for open science. Both movements aim to create centralized archives for data, computer code and other resources, but from there, the paths diverge. 

Challenge to Scientists: Does Your Ten-year-old Code Still Run?

Challenge to Scientists: Does Your Ten-year-old Code Still Run?

Missing documentation and obsolete environments force participants in the Ten Years Reproducibility Challenge to get creative.