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Reproducible Research Practices (RRP)

The set of disciplinary norms, tools, and habits that together raise the probability that published research will be reproducible: literate programming, version control, dependency pinning, data deposit, code release, and reporting standards.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

  • Is an instance

    A laboratory adopting Git, renv, and Zenodo deposit as standard for every paper.

  • Is an instance

    A graduate-school curriculum requiring an RRP module before thesis submission.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

  • Not an instance

    A single pre-registered study without other RRP elements.

  • Not an instance

    An institutional open-data policy on its own.

Editorial commentary

RRP is not a single intervention but a portfolio. Adoption varies sharply by field: biostatistics and computational biology have advanced toolchains (Snakemake, Nextflow, renv); behavioural science centres on pre-registration and OSF deposits; clinical research emphasises trial registries and CONSORT. RRP is the operational layer of the broader reproducibility-and-open-science agenda.

References

  • Stodden, McNutt, Bailey et al., 'Enhancing reproducibility for computational methods' (Science, 2016).

Also known as

RRP · reproducible research workflow

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