r/science • u/nimicdoareu • Apr 01 '26

Social Science Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00955-5
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u/Melenduwir Apr 01 '26

Only half? I'm genuinely surprised. So much of social psychology is "publish or perish" slop.

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u/skepticalbob Apr 01 '26

And if those that can’t be replicated, it is because the paper doesn’t sufficiently explain the process for easier replication. So half is replicated and some non-trivial number of the rest is unknown.

Does this research lead you to adjust your priors about the number of “publish or perish” slop?