Replicating research in ecology and evolution: feasibility, incentives, and the cost-benefit conundrum

Shinichi Nakagawa; Timothy H. Parker

doi:10.1186/s12915-015-0196-3

Replicating research in ecology and evolution

feasibility, incentives, and the cost-benefit conundrum

Shinichi Nakagawa^*, Timothy H. Parker

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Abstract

We believe that replicating studies in ecology and evolution is extremely valuable, but replication within species and systems is troublingly rare, and even `quasi-replications' in different systems are often insufficient. We make a case for supporting multiple types of replications and point out that the current incentive structure needs to change if ecologists and evolutionary biologist are to value scientific replication sufficiently.

Original language	English
Article number	88
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	BMC Biology
Volume	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-015-0196-3
Publication status	Published - 28 Oct 2015
Externally published	Yes

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