Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
The 2015 OSC psychology replication rate of ~39%.
- Is an instance
The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology's findings on the difficulty of reproducing landmark preclinical results.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A single failed replication of an individual study.
- Not an instance
Normal scientific revision through new evidence.
Editorial commentary
The 'crisis' framing follows Ioannidis (2005) 'Why most published research findings are false', the Open Science Collaboration's 2015 psychology project (~39% of 100 effects successfully replicated), and subsequent large-scale efforts. Subsequent literature debates whether 'crisis' or 'credibility revolution' is the more accurate term; either framing motivates the methodological reforms catalogued under open science.
References
- Ioannidis, 'Why most published research findings are false' (PLOS Medicine, 2005); Open Science Collaboration (Science, 2015); Baker, '1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility' (Nature, 2016).
Also known as
replication crisis · credibility crisis
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