TY  - JOUR
A1  - Calnan, Michael
A1  - Kirchin, Simon
A1  - Roberts, David L.
A1  - Wass, Mark N.
A1  - Michaelis, Martin
T1  - Understanding and tackling the reproducibility crisis – Why we need to study scientists’ trust in data
T2  - Pharmacological research
N2  - In the life sciences, there is an ongoing discussion about a perceived ‘reproducibility crisis’. However, it remains unclear to which extent the perceived lack of reproducibility is the consequence of issues that can be tackled and to which extent it may be the consequence of unrealistic expectations of the technical level of reproducibility. Large-scale, multi-institutional experimental replication studies are very cost- and time-intensive. This Perspective suggests an alternative, complementary approach: meta-research using sociological and philosophical methodologies to examine researcher trust in data. An improved understanding of the criteria used by researchers to judge data reliability will provide crucial, initial evidence on the actual scale of the reproducibility crisis and on measures to tackle it.
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/81568
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-815681
SN  - 1043-6618
VL  - 199.2024
IS  - 107043
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -