Measures for scientific journals to cope with crisis of paper repeatability
[Purposes]This article aims to explore measures for scientific journals to address the crisis of paper reproducibility through case analysis,so as to help scientific journals better play the role of academic gatekeepers.[Methods]This article conducted an in-depth analysis of the implementation process,experimental results,and reasons for low reproducibility of the Reproducibility Project:Cancer Biology(RP:CB)through online research and literature review methods and explored the process and results of the RP:CB.[Findings]The replicability data of the RP:CB has generated a total of 158 effects,including positive and ineffective effects.For the original positive effects reported in numerical form,the median effect size of the repeated experiment is only 0.43,which is 85%lower than the median of the original effect size of 2.96.This indicates that the results of the repeated experiment are far from reaching the effect size of the original research results.[Conclusions]Scientific journals can promote the development of scientific research towards transparency and repeatability by using a new generation of journal evaluation system,namely TOP Factor,increasing the proportion of registered reports and publications,and calling on researchers to pay attention to the repeatability of research.
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