First of its kind initiative launched to explore reproducibility and replication across highly selective journal | Springer Nature Group | Springer Nature

"Nature Human Behaviour (NHB), published by Springer Nature, and the Institute for Replication have launched a large-scale initiative to reproduce and replicate (1) research published in the highly selective multi-disciplinary journal. In a first of its kind for a highly selective multidisciplinary journal, the initiative aims to explore how to make reproduction and replication commonplace in the social sciences, and drive forward sustainable open research practices for such titles. 

Up to €26 billion in Europe, and up to $28bn in the US (2) is wasted due to unnecessary duplication of research because of a lack of awareness of existing work and negative results. Having access to all elements of research, code, data, methods etc, and being able to replicate and reproduce studies is critical, not only in supporting efficiency and building on scientific advancement, but also to build trust in science...."