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可复现性与阴性结果
Science corrects itself only when failures are recorded: replications that did not reproduce, experiments that found nothing, errors found after publication. Many of these records never appear, so the published literature overstates effects and certainty. This page sets out how irreproducibility arises, how replication and correction work, which records exist, and what editors, integrity offices and funders rely on when they correct or retract.
Reproducibility and negative results: how the risk develops.
Failure records and corrections. The dossier below sets out how the risk develops, what is measured, where the data come from, how it is modelled and who decides.
Publication bias filters the record
Significant, novel results are more likely to be written up, accepted and cited than null ones. The literature then shows a biased sample of what was studied, and meta-analyses inherit the bias.
Errors propagate through citation
A flawed or retracted paper keeps being cited, often without mention of its status. Reviews, guidelines and later studies that build on it carry the error forward, sometimes long after the notice.
Reproduction fails for ordinary reasons
Missing code, undocumented software versions, unshared reagents, unclear methods and lost raw data stop others from repeating an analysis or experiment, even when the original work was honest.
Correction is slow and uneven
Investigations take time, journals differ in how they flag problems, and retraction notices can be vague. Readers may not learn that a paper was corrected, and databases may not carry the notice forward.
方案与复现看板。
团队跟踪该主题时会使用的界面：其指标、状态与决策。名称为示例，数值仅作示意。
方案与复现看板
Reproducibility and negative results · Labs · Quarter 1
协议
| PR-594 sensor drift | 田野实验 | 是 | 已批准 | 运行中 |
| PR-714 AI triage | 随机化 | 是 | 条件 | 设置 |
| PR-551 message recall | 调查实验 | 是 | 已批准 | 已完成 |
| PR-896 heat exposure | 学员群组 | 否 | 待处理 | 草稿 |
Replication R-20
- 原始效应
- 0.3 SD
- 复现效应
- 0.3 SD
- 结论
- 较小，符号相同
- 已发布
- 附数据和代码
试验平台可用性
Negative results matter in every domain.
Negative results are published in the Labs 证据系列. The National Academies’ report (2019) distinguishes reproducibility from replicability; DORA (2012) supports assessing research on its merits.
- Negative results.
- Replication attempts.
How reproducibility and negative results is modelled, measured and tested.
模型、其假设、数据和不确定性，以科学家或工程师会核查的形式呈现。结构遵循已发表的方法。所取数值仅为示意，不是研究发现。
模型、方程与假设
The model structure used for reproducibility and negative results, the assumptions it makes and how each is tested.
Ri = f(Hi, Ei, Vi, Ci)危害、风险暴露、脆弱性和应对能力EAL = ∑k pk · Lk对年概率为 pkxt+1 = A xt + B ut + εtA carries the couplings, u the shock, ε the error| 假设 | 为何制作 | 如何检验 |
|---|---|---|
| 在一次事件中，危害与暴露相互独立 | 使损失积分保持可计算 | 与基于联合记录拟合的 copula 进行比较 |
| 耦合在工作点附近是线性的 | 让冲击通过 A 传播 | 在线性范围之外施加扰动并比较 |
| 脆弱性曲线可以在不同地点之间迁移使用 | 很少有本地曲线可用 | 在有观测损失的地方据此进行验证 |
- 输入
- 带溯源信息的版本化数据集
- 成果
- 分布，绝不是单一数字
- 代码
- 连同模型卡和测试一起发布
- 复现
- 相同的数据、代码、环境和随机种子
衡量什么，以及衡量得如何。
每个指标都注明其单位、频率、背后的来源类型以及数值将附带的证据标签。此处不显示数值：数值由计划依据其自身权限提供。
| 指标 | 单位 | 节奏 | 来源类型 | 标签 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computational reproducibility | percent of sampled studies regenerated from shared code and data | per audit | Reproducibility audits | 观测 |
| Replication outcome | proportion of replications meeting the prespecified criterion | per programme | Coordinated replication projects | 观测 |
| Retraction notices | count by field and reason | 年度 | Retraction Watch database via Crossref | 已发布统计 |
| Time from concern to correction | 月 | per case | Journal and integrity office records | 已报告 |
| Post-retraction citations | citations per retracted article | 年度 | Citation data linked to retraction records | 观测 |
| Null and negative results deposited | count of records | 年度 | Repositories and registries | 已报告 |
| Data available on request | percent of articles whose data could be obtained | per audit | Data request audits | 观测 |
证据来自何处。
具名公共数据集与机构记录，各自注明许可类别。依协议获得的来源仅按其条款使用，绝不再次发布。
| 来源 | 它提供什么 | 许可类别 |
|---|---|---|
| Retraction Watch database (Crossref) | Retractions, corrections and expressions of concern with reasons | 开放，须署名 |
| Crossref metadata and Crossmark updates | Links from articles to their corrections and retractions | Open metadata, no restrictions |
| OpenAlex | Works, citations, authors and institutions across disciplines | 开放，CC0 |
| FORRT Replication Database | Replication attempts and outcomes, mostly in the social and behavioural sciences | 开放，须署名 |
| OSF projects of coordinated replication programmes | Protocols, data and code of large-scale replications | Open, licence per project |
| PubPeer | Post-publication comments identifying possible problems in papers | Free access, terms of use |
| Zenodo (CERN) | Citable deposits for null results, data and code | Open, licence per record |
由谁决定，以及证据服务于什么。
实验室 prepares evidence. The decisions below are taken by the authorities named, under their own rules, and never by the platform.
| 谁来决定 | 问题 | 本页面服务的证据 |
|---|---|---|
| Journal editors and publishers | Whether to correct, retract or issue an expression of concern | Evidence of error or misconduct, author response, COPE guidance, reproduction attempts |
| Research integrity offices | Whether an allegation is substantiated and what follows | Raw data, records, code, interviews and an independent analysis |
| 研究资助方 | Whether to fund replications and require data and code sharing | Reproducibility audit results, replication evidence by field, cost of sharing |
| Guideline developers and systematic reviewers | Whether to rely on a study that has been questioned or corrected | Retraction and correction status, replication evidence, risk-of-bias assessment |
该主题产生的产出
- Replication protocols registered before data collection, with success criteria fixed
- Reproducibility records listing code, data, environment and the outcome of each rerun
- Deposits of null and negative results with full methods
- Correction logs that link each notice to the works affected
What experts ask about reproducibility.
- Can an independent team re-run the analysis from the published data and code?
- Has the finding been replicated with new data, in a new setting or by a different team?
- Which null or negative results exist, and where are they recorded?
- When an error is found, how is it corrected and how are users of the result told?
- Which parts of a workflow, such as software versions or random seeds, could change the answer?
Why results fail to reproduce.
Many published findings in several disciplines have proved difficult to replicate. The causes are well understood: small samples, flexible analysis, selective reporting, undocumented data processing and incentives that favour novel positive findings. In computational work, results can also depend on software versions, hardware, random seeds and data that change after publication.
Negative results are under-reported because they are harder to publish and seem less interesting. This distorts the evidence base: if only successful trials of an intervention are visible, the intervention looks more effective than it is. Systematic reviews and models built on that evidence inherit the bias.
Corrections matter for the same reason. An error in a widely used dataset or model can propagate into many downstream analyses before it is found.
Practices that support reproducibility.
- 01
Open data and code
Sharing the materials needed to re-run an analysis, within privacy and licensing limits. Some data cannot be shared and must be described instead.
- 02
Computational environments
Recording software versions and environments, a practice developed with 可复现的建模. Long-term preservation remains hard.
- 03
Registered reports
Peer review of the protocol before results exist, so publication does not depend on the outcome.
- 04
Correction records
Dated, visible corrections linked to the original result, rather than silent replacement.
A failed replication does not by itself show the original was wrong; differences in setting, sample or method must be examined before conclusions are drawn.
Where this page’s references lead.
阅读本页时所对照的机构和文件。状态和版本会变化；每个链接都指向发布机构。
问题与解答。
What is the difference between reproducibility and replicability?
Why publish negative results?
Does retraction always mean misconduct?
Can a retracted paper still be cited?
Will Labs publish a study that found nothing?
How do I report an error in a Labs result?
Are corrected results removed?
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