生物医学研究人员对研究可重现性的观点
Kelly D Cobey1,2, Sanam Ebrahimzadeh3, Matthew J Page4
1University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
PLoS biology
|November 5, 2024
概括
一项调查显示,大多数生物医学研究人员认为复制性危机,并将"出版压力"作为一个关键原因. 机构经常低复制研究的价值,为可复制性工作提供很少的资金或培训.
科学领域:
- 生物医学研究生物医学研究
- 科学复制性 科学复制性
背景情况:
- 2016年的一项调查强调了可重复性问题;这项研究提供了一个当代的,生物医学特定的视角.
- 研究可重复性对于科学完整性和可靠的进步至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估当前生物医学研究人员对研究可重现性的看法.
- 识别不可重复性的感知原因,并评估机构对可重复性的支持.
主要方法:
- 生物医学研究人员的国际横截面在线调查.
- 随机抽取400个MEDLINE索引期刊的作者招聘.
- 收集了1630个可用的答案,涉及可重现性感知,原因和机构支持.
主要成果:
- 72%的参与者认为生物医学存在可再生性危机 (27%称之为"重大").
- "出版压力" (62%) 是被认为是不可重复性的主要原因.
- 很少有机构 (16%) 拥有可重复性程序;67%的人重视新研究而不是复制;可重复性资金稀缺 (83%认为更难获得).
结论:
- 调查结果突出了由于出版压力导致的可复制性危机的普遍看法.
- 机构对复制的值和缺乏资金/培训阻碍了研究的可复制性.
- 结果可以为干预,政策和文化转变提供信息,以提高研究质量和可重复性.
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