In July 2017, Economics: The Open Access, Open Assessment E-Journal issued a call for papers for a special issue on the practice of replication. The call stated, “This special issue is designed to highlight alternative approaches to doing replications, while also identifying core principles to follow when carrying out a replication.
In September of this year, the journal Economics: The Open Access, Open Assessment E-Journal published a series of Discussion Papers for a special issue on “The Practice of Replication”. The motivation behind the special issue came from the following two facts: First, there has been increasing interest in replications in economics.
The journal Economics: The Open Access, Open Assessment E-Journal is publishing a special issue on “The Practice of Replication.” This is how the journal describes it: “The last several years have seen increased interest in replications in economics. This was highlighted by the most recent meetings of the American Economic Association, which included three sessions on replications (see here, here), and here).
In a recent article in Slate entitled “The Unintended Consequences of Trying to Replicate Research,” IVAN ORANSKY and ADAM MARCUS from Retraction Watch argue that replications can exacerbate research unreliability. The argument assumes that publication bias is more likely to favour confirming replication studies over disconfirming studies. To read more, click here.
As reported in a previous blog post, the Economics E-Journal has launched a new replication section. As part of this initiative, we have developed a set of guidelines for replication submissions. These guidelines seek to strike a reasonable balance among the needs of replicating authors (a fair chance to publish replications), replicated authors (protection against poorly-done replication studies), and readers (who need to know in a timely manner whether or not economics research is robust).
The Economics E-Journal announces the launch of a dedicated replication section. This initiative is a joint effort of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and the German National Library for Economics (ZBW). It provides authors across all fields of economics an outlet for publishing replication studies. This initiative is motivated by the difficulties that authors have had in submitting replication studies to other journals, and by the culture of secrecy within the profession around failed replications.