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 multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of ...

A seven-year study analysing thousands of social science research papers reveals insights into the reproducibility and ...

A study reveals a reproducibility crisis in social sciences, with only half of analyzed research findings being reliably ...

"If researchers want to build on knowledge, they should be able to replicate results to fully comprehend the research that has been done before," says Daniel J. Stekhoven, Ph.D., director of NEXUS ...

A package of papers looking at the social and behavioural sciences shows the value of researchers collaborating to further ...

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) today announced that its official journal, Stem Cell Reports, has ...

A major US study has assessed the reproducibility of research papers in the social sciences, revealing insights into the ...

A comprehensive seven-year project in the US analyzed 3,900 claims from research papers in social sciences, revealing that ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American There are lots of ways to mess with the heads ...