A decade-long project that attempted to replicate experiments from several high-profile papers in the field of preclinical cancer biology has found that around half of the experiments couldn’t be replicated on most criteria. ‘This suggests the credibility of published findings in cancer biology are less certain than thought,’ said Brian Nosek, executive director of the […]
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Biomedical research is becoming more open about its funding and data
More journal articles are now including statements about conflicts of interest and data sharing. Biomedical research is shifting to become more open and transparent by providing increasing amounts of information about funding, conflicts of interest and data sharing in its publications, according to a survey of recent papers. Read more in Nature.
Replication failures in psychology not due to differences in study populations
Half of 28 attempted replications failed even under near-ideal conditions. A large-scale effort to replicate results in psychology research has rebuffed claims that failures to reproduce social-science findings might be down to different study populations being used. The drive recruited labs around the world to try to replicate the results of 28 classic and contemporary […]
Most insect studies lack crucial species information
Survey results suggest that a lot of entomology research could be impossible to replicate. More than 98% of entomology papers contain so little species information on the insects being studied that they are essentially impossible to replicate, according to a survey of more than 550 articles published in 2016. Read more in Nature.