Hype Trumps Rigorous Science in Social Science Publications
Hype Trumps Rigorous Science in Social Science Publications Nonreplicable studies in psychology, economics, and social science journals are more likely to be cited than replicable ones. 15 A new review of publicly available data shows that papers published in top psychology, economics, and general interest journals based on non-replicable studies are cited more than those that can replicate their results. Further, awareness of the failure to replicate appears to have no impact on citation rates and is rarely acknowledged in the citing publications. In other words, there appears to be no impe...
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