Yesterday the US National Academies released a committee report addressing Reproducibility and Replicability in Science. This has many implications not only for scientific practice broadly, but also for the scholarly communications system and for research data management.
The announcement can be found at
New Report Examines Reproducibility and Replicability in Science, Recommends Ways to Improve Transparency and Rigor in Research
The report (or the executive summary) can be downloaded as a free PDF at
Reproducibility and Replicability in Science
One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produced it. When a scientific effort fails to independently confirm the computations or results of a previous study, some fear that it may be a symptom of a lack of rigor in science, while others argue that such an observed inconsistency can be an important precursor to new discovery. Concerns about reproducibility and replicability have been expressed in b...
Clifford Lynch Director, CNI
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