The replication crisis has led to positive structural, procedural, and community changes

Korbmacher, Max; Azevedo, Flavio; Pennington, Charlotte R.; Hartmann, Helena; Pownall, Madeleine; Schmidt, Kathleen; Elsherif, Mahmoud; Breznau, Nate; Robertson, Olly; Kalandadze, Tamara; Yu, Shijun; Baker, Bradley J.; O’Mahony, Aoife; Olsnes, Jørgen Ø. -S.; Shaw, John J.; Gjoneska, Biljana; Yamada, Yuki; Röer, Jan P.; Murphy, Jennifer; Alzahawi, Shilaan; Grinschgl, Sandra; Oliveira, Catia M.; Wingen, Tobias; Yeung, Siu Kit; Liu, Meng; König, Laura M.; Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihan; Lecuona, Oscar; Micheli, Leticia and Evans, Thomas (2023). The replication crisis has led to positive structural, procedural, and community changes. Communications Psychology, 1(1), article no. 3.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-023-00003-2

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.