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    Replication Crisis and Credibility Revolution
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    29 October 2026
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    Improvements since the Replication Crisis: The Structural, Procedural, and Community Changes

    By M. Korbmacher, F. Azevedo, C. R. Pennington, H. Hartmann, M. Pownall, K. Schmidt, M. Elsherif, N. Breznau, O. Robertson, T. Kalandadze, S. Yu, B. J. Baker, A. O’Mahony, J. Ø. S. Olsnes, J. J. Shaw, B. Gjoneska, Y. Yamada, J. P. Röer, J. Murphy, S. Alzahawi, S. Grinschgl, C. M. Oliveira, T. Wingen, S. K. Yeung, M. Liu, L. M. König, N. Albayrak-Aydemir, O. Lecuona, L. Micheli, T. Evans, FORRT

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    Level College / Upper Division (Undergraduates), Graduate / Professional · For Teacher, Administrator, Librarian · Language English

    Abstract

    The emergence of large-scale replication projects yielding successful rates substantially lower than expected caused the behavioural, cognitive, and social sciences to experience a so-called ‘replication crisis’. In this Perspective, we reframe this ‘crisis’ through the lens of a credibility revolution, focusing on positive structural, procedural and community-driven changes. Second, we outline a path to expand ongoing advances and improvements. The credibility revolution has been an impetus to several substantive changes which will have a positive, long-term impact on our research environment.

    Keywords Replication Crisis · Reproducibility · Academic Reform