
The “crisis of reproducibility” has been a significant source of controversy, heated debate, and calls for reform to institutional science in recent years. As a long-term solution to address both the present crisis and future obstacles, I propose the creation of a new form of research organization whose purpose would be to conduct random audits of the scientific literature. I suggest that data analytics of a digitized scientific corpus may play a critical role in allowing broadly educated scientists to identify linchpin results to investigate in further detail across all disciplines. I argue that a simple “mock” trial run of a simplified auditing firm consisting of several researchers over a short time period would provide valuable insight into the feasibility of this proposal.
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Physics - Physics and Society, Bioinformatics, FOS: Physical sciences, Life Sciences, Health Information Technology, Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph), Social and Behavioral Sciences, Science and Technology Studies, Computer Science - Computers and Society, Engineering, Computers and Society (cs.CY), Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Medicine and Health Sciences, Public Health, Translational Medical Research, Library and Information Science
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Physics - Physics and Society, Bioinformatics, FOS: Physical sciences, Life Sciences, Health Information Technology, Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph), Social and Behavioral Sciences, Science and Technology Studies, Computer Science - Computers and Society, Engineering, Computers and Society (cs.CY), Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Medicine and Health Sciences, Public Health, Translational Medical Research, Library and Information Science
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