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Maybe we need a journal completely dedicated to replication studies? It would attract a lot of attention I think.
by tppiotrowski 7mo ago
Maybe we need a journal completely dedicated to replication studies? It would attract a lot of attention I think.
- pfdietz 7mo agoAnd funding dedicated to replication studies.
- MichaelDickens 7mo agoEconomics has the Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics: https://jcr-econ.org/ https://jcr-econ.org/
- LargeWu 7mo agoIs there a viable career path for researchers who choose to focus on replication instead of novel discoveries? I assume replications are perceived as less prestigious, but it's also important work.
- stanford_labrat 7mo agosadly no, this is not a thing and it's critically needed. top on my list of things to do if i were a billionaire: launch an institute for the sole purpose of reproducing other's findings.
- cvwright 7mo agoThe closest thing we have is, in security / privacy / cryptography, you can write "attack" papers. It's not perfect. You don't get any credit unless you can demonstrate a substantial break of the prior work. But it's better than in a lot of other fields.
- fc417fc802 7mo agoWe already have archival journals. What's missing is funding and any prospect of career advancement.