Nature Human Behaviour (NHB), published by Springer Nature, and the Institute for Replication have launched a large-scale initiative to reproduce and replicate research published in the highly selective multi-disciplinary journal. In a first of its kind for a highly selective multidisciplinary journal, the initiative aims to explore how to make reproduction and replication commonplace in the social sciences and drive forward sustainable open research practices for such titles.
Up to €26 billion in Europe, and up to $28bn in the US is wasted due to unnecessary duplication of research because of a lack of awareness of existing work and negative results. Having access to all elements of research, code, data, methods, etc, and being able to replicate and reproduce studies is critical and helps build trust in science. The hope is that the initiative and its outputs will contribute to strengthening the credibility of research, promote the value and visibility of reproduction and replication efforts, and lead to increased transparency and rigor.
The study will include research published in NHB from 2023 onwards. The journal will not have oversight of the papers that are selected for the project, but it will work with the Institute for Replication and all authors to facilitate the process of data and code sharing. Results of the initiative will be available in 2025.
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