Another simple thing you can test in a paper to see if it is credible is p-curve and related methods from Uri Simonsohn et al. http://www.p-curve.com/ http://w

Another simple thing you can test in a paper to see if it is credible is p-curve and related methods from Uri Simonsohn et al. http://www.p-curve.com/ http://www.p-curve.com/ You just look at the distribution of p values that are used to support the authors' hypotheses. If the distribution is skewed high, then something fishy is going on.