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Scientists are promoted for first-time discoveries and journal prestige, not for replicating others' work or sharing data. A structured section in tenure and promotion dossiers for replications conducted, data and code shared, and registered reports, weighted explicitly in decisions, would change what scientists spend their time on.
Career incentives drive the reproducibility problem: novelty and journal prestige are rewarded, replication and data sharing are not. Institutions signing DORA have pledged to reduce reliance on journal metrics. A concrete step is a structured section in tenure and promotion dossiers for replication studies conducted, data and code shared, registered reports and independent verification of one's own findings, weighted explicitly in decisions.
Shares Funders set aside a fixed share of budget for independent replication, Preclinical results do not reproduce.
Shares Funders set aside a fixed share of budget for independent replication, Preclinical results do not reproduce.
Shares Funders set aside a fixed share of budget for independent replication, Preclinical results do not reproduce.
Shares Preclinical results do not reproduce, Incentives reward me-too drugs and marginal gains.