The May 26, 2016 issue of Nature has a very interesting report on a survey that they conducted on scientific reproducibility, as well as an editorial. Both of these are available online without a paywall.
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Reality check on reproducibility | Nature
A survey of Nature readers revealed a high level of concern about the problem of irreproducible results. Researchers, funders and journals need to work together to make research more reliable.
for the editorial, and the main article can be found at:
1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility | Nature
Survey sheds light on the ‘crisis’ rocking research.
Clifford Lynch Director, CNI
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