ArticleNature human behaviour2017
A manifesto for reproducible science.
Article in Nature human behaviour, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 885 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
885 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Machine learning and artificial intelligence in type 2 diabetes prediction: a comprehensive 33-year bibliometric and literature analysis.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- Ecological Momentary Assessment of Self-Harm Thoughts and Behaviors: Systematic Review of Constructs From the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- No evidence for inequity aversion in non-human animals: a meta-analysis of accept/reject paradigms.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Pooled it
- PERM1-An Emerging Transcriptional Regulator of Mitochondrial Biogenesis: A Systematic Review.Genes · 2024Pooled it
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- We need article reporting standards for quantitative research in sport and exercise science: an educational narrative review.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Review
- Evaluation of methodology, reporting and transparency of 50 highly cited randomised trials in neurology: a cross-sectional analysis.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Review
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- Big data and psychiatry: advances, constraints and future directions.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026Article
- Reproducibility in biomedical research.Nature medicine · 2026Review
- From reproducibility to comparability in computational photochemistry: lessons from the PhotoChem explorer prototype.Faraday discussions · 2026Article
- HARKing, transparency, and honesty in reporting: improving reporting of scientific articles.Acta orthopaedica · 2026Article
- FORCE-XR: Minimum reporting set for auditability, integrity, and governance of extended reality and interactive 3D reconstruction in forensic and legal medicine.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- The Uptake of Preregistration, and Its Impact on the Proportion of Supported Hypotheses, in Sports Science.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Learning to detect patterns in 2 × 2 graphs.Journal of vision · 2026Article
- Open Science Policies and Practices Among Medical Journals.JAMA network open · 2026Article
825 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Improving the reliability and efficiency of scientific research will increase the credibility of the published scientific literature and accelerate discovery. Here we argue for the adoption of measures to optimize key elements of the scientific process: methods, reporting and dissemination, reproducibility, evaluation and incentives. There is some evidence from both simulations and empirical studies supporting the likely effectiveness of these measures, but their broad adoption by researchers, institutions, funders and journals will require iterative evaluation and improvement. We discuss the goals of these measures, and how they can be implemented, in the hope that this will facilitate action toward improving the transparency, reproducibility and efficiency of scientific research.
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Registered trials
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