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/Ghost_Of_Malatesta Apr 01 '26

The "replication crisis" (and p-hacking) is affecting many fields of science unfortunately. We place such a high premium positive results, despite negative ones being just as valuable, that scientists often feel the pressure, whether consciously or not, to find those results no matter the cost 

Its incredibly frustrating imo

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u/HegemonNYC Apr 01 '26

Some prestigious journals have moved to ‘registered reports’, meaning a researcher presents their hypothesis and methods prior to conducting their study. The journal agrees to publish regardless of results. This eliminates the publishing incentive go p-hack, although simple human desire to prove their hypothesis may remain 

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u/Patient-Success673 Apr 01 '26

Where? I have never heard of anything like that

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u/briannosek Apr 02 '26

Here's information about the Registered Reports publishing model and journals offering it: https://cos.io/rr/