How can we make sound replication decisions?
Replication and the reported crises impacting many fields of research have become a focal point for the sciences. This has led to reforms in publishing, methodological design and reporting, and increased numbers of experimental replications coordinated across many laboratories. While replication is rightly considered an indispensable tool of science, financial resources and researchers' time are quite limited. In this perspective, we examine different values and attitudes that scientists can consider when deciding whether to replicate a finding and how. We offer a conceptual framework for assessing the usefulness of various replication tools, such as preregistration.
Authors
- Daniel J. Schad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2586-6823)
- Juliana Freire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3915-7075)
- Alexandra Sarafoglou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0031-685X)
- Clintin P. Davis‐Stober (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6836-6979)
- Odd Erik Gundersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9754-5941)
- Don van Ravenzwaaij (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5030-4091)
- Klaus Oberauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3902-7318)
- Susanne Ressl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6442-4780)
- Judith ter Schure (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2147-5510)
- Balázs Aczél (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9364-4988)
- Suyog Chandramouli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3450-1909)
- Sarahanne Field (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-1261)
- Timothy M. Errington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4959-5143)
- Katya Tentori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5968-9936)
- Ayelet Fishbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7923-4237)
- Franco Pestilli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2469-0494)
- John P. A. Ioannidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-6859)
- Joachim Vandekerckhove (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2600-5937)
Institutions
- Eötvös Loránd University (HU)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- University of Trento (IT)
- Princeton University (US)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Center for Open Science (US)
- University of California System (US)
- Booth University College (CA)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology (CZ)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Innovative Research (United States) (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of Missouri (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Hologic (Germany) (DE)
- Stanford University (US)
- Aalto University (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401236121
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.99
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Defense
- University of Chicago
- University of Texas at Austin
- Wellcome Trust
- Nokia Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition