What Should You Do When You Can’t Replicate a Study?
A Process Based on Assumptions!
When a replication study is commissioned, much of the initial work is based on a series of assumptions:
The initial study was conducted by…
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Scientific Transparency
Were There Ever “Good Old Days” for Academic Research?
The Only Constant is Change
Any young scientist struggling with the competitive challenges of modern research can be forgiven for wondering if the “old days” of academic research…
Why Don’t Journals Like Replication Studies?
Validation is Not News
Academic journals face something of a quandary in their publication cycles. Publishing monthly or quarterly gives you the luxury of curating your content…
Can Research Be Truly Independent?
Defining research as "independent" is not as simple as it might first appear. Which criteria are you considering for independence?
Freedom of Influence – you have the money…
Research Reproducibility and Credibility — Replication Studies
A Self-Correcting Process!
Scientific research has never been a perfect process of discovery. We have never expected to get the results right the first time, and so we have…
Fair Use in Academic and Research Libraries
Librarians serve many individuals while performing their daily tasks.
Students count on them for assistance in navigating through increasingly complex databases and accessing…
Experts’ Take: Why Is It Important to Publish Negative Results
Often, it has been noticed that most of the basic and preclinical research cannot be reproduced. In fact, the studies that cannot be reproduced continue to remain in the…
Importance of Replication Studies
What is Replication of a Study?
Replication of a study is repeating a study’s procedure and observing if the prior findings repeat in similar conditions. A study is replicated…
Why False Positive Results Are Harmful to Scientific Research?
Who are We Researching for?
If research is conducted in the name of discovery and improving human wellbeing, shouldn’t the benchmark for ‘successful’ research incorporate the same…
What Happens When Someone Fails to Reproduce My Research Study?
When you are conducting research under the pressure to "publish or perish," the likelihood that your findings will not be reproducible at the first attempt. The chances of such an…
Why Should You Replicate Research Data with Caution in Your Research Study?
Are We Obsessed with Applied Research?
The debate between the respective merits of basic or pure research and applied research is a heated one, especially when research budgets…
Should Whistleblowers in Academic Research Be Financially Rewarded
Lincoln’s Law
The False Claims Act, also known as “Lincoln’s Law” after the President who signed the legislation into law during the Civil War, was written to curb the rampant…