Mastodawn

Too much money? Too much pressure? Only about 12% #replicability:
https://elifesciences.org/articles/67995
and, on top of that, there now appears to be evidence of citation distortion in certain cancer journals:
"Here, we show that molecular cancer articles sharing features with retracted papers from paper mills display citation patterns that suggest systematic inflation. These articles were published in journals in the top decile of journal rankings."
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.25.727627v1

#replicationcrisis #openscience

Reproducibility in Cancer Biology: Challenges for assessing replicability in preclinical cancer biology

A project to repeat experiments from high-impact papers in cancer biology encountered a series of challenges, many of which were caused by a lack of detail in the original papers.

eLife

doctorambient Apr 25

Being connected to two fields that have been dealing with the replication crisis in science for a very long time now, it's fun to watch other areas getting drawn in and going through the stages of grief.

Apparently cell biology has entered the "it's just you guys that suck and we're the real scientists!" phase of the process. 🙄

Always fun to meet a True Scotsman. So few of those around these days.

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#science #replicationcrisis #venting #noReallyJustVenting

Björn Brembs Mar 16

There you have it:

"Together, these dynamics suppress replication and cumulative verification, distort the visible scientific record, and misdirect expert attention away from epistemically stabilizing review."

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41073-026-00193-3

#replicationcrisis #replication #reproducibility

Pedro De Bruyckere Feb 14

Oktoberfest waiters were said to perform worse due to their expertise.

New preregistered replication, 400+ participants.

Result? No effect.

Even Oktoberfest is not immune to the replication crisis. 🍺

#replicationcrisis #psychology

https://theeconomyofmeaning.com/2026/02/14/even-oktoberfest-is-not-immune-to-the-replication-crisis/

Even Oktoberfest is not immune to the replication crisis

A classic study claimed expertise can impair performance. A large preregistered replication at Oktoberfest finds no effect.

From experience to meaning...

Mieli Luukinen Feb 5

Today I gave a presentation at work about how we should change the ways we do #science in order to combat the #replicationcrisis. I think it went well, even though I ended up speaking about twice the time I was meant to, and with such a pathos that I now have a throat ache.

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