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Making prepublication independent replication mainstream

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2018

Warren Tierney
Affiliation:
Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Castletroy, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland. warrentierney@hotmail.comhttps://ie.linkedin.com/in/warrentierney
Martin Schweinsberg
Affiliation:
ESMT Berlin, 10178 Berlin, Germany. martin.schweinsberg@esmt.orghttps://www.esmt.org/person/martin-schweinsberg
Eric Luis Uhlmann
Affiliation:
Organisational Behaviour Area, INSEAD, 138676, Singapore. eric.luis.uhlmann@gmail.comhttp://socialjudgments.com/

Abstract

The widespread replication of research findings in independent laboratories prior to publication is suggested as a complement to traditional replication approaches. The pre-publication independent replication approach further addresses three key concerns from replication skeptics by systematically taking context into account, reducing reputational costs for original authors and replicators, and increasing the theoretical value of failed replications.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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