Saturday, 18 August 2012 22:52

USA: Reproducibility Initiative Featured

The US-based company Science Exchange is offering researchers the opportunity to have their work validated by independent research institutions, with the goal of using the test results to establish a quality label.

The goal of Science Exchange's "Reproducibility Initiative" is to reduce publication of scientific conclusions which later turn out to be untenable. The company based in Palo Alto, California, intends to connect researchers who want their results reproduced with appropriate working groups. The research group and independent test group can then publish an article in the scientific journal "PLoS One", an open access journal involved in the initiative. Other supporters of the initiative are: figshare, the Mendeley publishing company, Nature and The Rockefeller University Press. Science Exchange would also certify the respective study if the scientists' results are validated. Scientists wanting to have own results put to the test in this manner will have to pay a fee.

More detailed information: https://www.scienceexchange.com/reproducibility