Replication—an important, uncommon, and misunderstood practice—is gaining
appreciation in psychology. Achieving replicability is important for making research …

We use publicly available data to show that published papers in top psychology, economics,
and general interest journals that fail to replicate are cited more than those that replicate …

Introduction: Reproducibility is a central tenant of research. We aimed to synthesize the
literature on reproducibility and describe its epidemiological characteristics, including how …

The reproducibility of published research has become an important topic in science policy. A
number of large-scale replication projects have been conducted to gauge the overall …

We use information derived from over 40K trials in the Cochrane Collaboration database of
systematic reviews (CDSR) to compute the replication probability, or predictive power of an …

Background The rule of thumb that there is little gain in statistical power by obtaining more
than 4 controls per case, is based on type-1 error α= 0.05. However, association studies that …

Assessing the credibility of research claims is a central, continuous, and laborious part of the
scientific process. Credibility assessment strategies range from expert judgment to …

Statistical significance of both the original and the replication study is a commonly used
criterion to assess replication attempts, also known as the two-trials rule in drug …

Replication studies are increasingly conducted in order to confirm original findings.
However, there is no established standard how to assess replication success, and, in …

To tackle obesity, upgrading the image of healthy food is increasingly relevant. Rather than
focusing on long-term benefits, an effective way to promote healthy food consumption …