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Methods reproducibility

The degree to which a study's methods are reported in sufficient detail that another investigator could re-implement them, independent of whether the same numerical or empirical results would follow.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

  • Is an instance

    A clinical trial paper that follows CONSORT 2010 with full protocol deposit on a registry.

  • Is an instance

    An animal-study paper following ARRIVE 2.0 with complete husbandry and randomisation details.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

  • Not an instance

    A bit-identical re-run of code (computational, not methods).

  • Not an instance

    A new study on a new sample (replicability).

Editorial commentary

Methods reproducibility is the bar set by reporting standards (CONSORT, ARRIVE, PRISMA, STROBE). It is a property of the published record itself: a study can have perfect methods reproducibility yet fail computational or empirical reproducibility, and vice versa.

References

  • Goodman, Fanelli, Ioannidis (Science Translational Medicine, 2016).

Also known as

transparent reporting · reporting reproducibility

Machine-readable encodings

Use in your systems

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