Studies show only 10% of published science articles are reproducible. What is happening?
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RR Phantom
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Subject: Studies show only 10% of published science articles are reproducible. What is happening? Sun May 29, 2016 9:57 pm
Studies show a very low reproducibility for articles published in scientific journals, often as low as 10-30%. Here is a partial list:
The biotech company Amgen had a team of about 100 scientists trying to reproduce the findings of 53 “landmark” articles in cancer research published by reputable labs in top journals. Only 6 of the 53 studies were reproduced (about 10%). Scientists at the pharmaceutical company, Bayer, examined 67 target-validation projects in oncology, women’s health, and cardiovascular medicine. Published results were reproduced in only 14 out of 67 projects (about 21%). The project, PsychFileDrawer, dedicated to replication of published articles in experimental psychology, shows a replication rate 3 out of 9 (33%) so far.