This comic by Zach Weinersmith summarizes Stuart Ritchie's recent book Science Fiction. To combat the problem of low-quality science papers, one of the panels s

This comic by Zach Weinersmith summarizes Stuart Ritchie's recent book Science Fiction. To combat the problem of low-quality science papers, one of the panels suggests: > [journals] can demand scientists share their data, and to prove that they've written down their analysis plans before they touch the data I wonder if this doesn't gloss over a deeper underlying problem: journals have traditionally assumed the copyright of the paper. Journals themselves have an incentive to obfuscate and protect the underlying data and content. Ultimately, any complex system or institution will be more susceptible to gaming when it is mature and its value proposition clearly established. Anti-gamification is hard to design into the early stages of a system when it is needed most.