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Operations

Science

184Titles in the inventory
105From problem folders
4From solution folders

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Problems / Solutions

A result that will run twice

The result that will not rerun, the method behind a ticket, the journal that wants the yes. A FOIA ticket is on the Information pages. Open access as a public file is on the Information pages. Ghostwriting in a clinic is on the Health pages. A closed official number is on the Data pages. A chatbot as homework is on the Education pages.

Problem
Irreproducible results

Cobey and colleagues, 2024: 72 percent of 1,630 biomedical researchers agree there is a reproducibility crisis. Forty-seven percent tried another team’s study and failed.

Solution
Replication as a job

Rerun it. Publish the rerun. A novelty is not a finding.

Problem
Paywalled methods

NIH, July 1, 2025: the paper must go to PubMed Central on the day it is published. The protocol, the data, and the code can still sit behind a door.

Solution
Open methods and data

Post the protocol. Post the data. A PDF is not a bench.

Problem
Publication bias

Cobey: 62 percent said pressure to publish always or very often contributes to irreproducibility. Sixty-seven percent said their institution values new work over a rerun.

Solution
Registered reports

Register the question before the answer. A yes is not a paper.

Issue index

Opt-Out / Opt-In

Opt out. Opt in.

Liberation vehicle

Decentralized Open Source Technology

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