Reproducibility is another core tenet that is required by many organizations that practice open science. Scientific research and methods that are not reproducible is considered untrustworthy. There is a growing sense of concern that not enough online publications in academic journals are checked if their research is reproducible. Open science seeks to address this issue by expanding the scope of who is allowed to peer review and reproduce published scientific results.
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UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2021):
"Transparency, scrutiny, critique and reproducibility: increased openness should be promoted in all stages of the scientific endeavour, with the view to reinforcing the strength and rigour of scientific results, enhancing the societal impact of science and increasing the capacity of society as a whole to solve complex interconnected problems. Increased openness leads to increased transparency and trust in scientific information and reinforces the fundamental feature of science as a distinct form of knowledge based on evidence and tested against reality, logic and the scrutiny of scientific peers."
"Scientific process and results should be open such that they are reproducible by members of the community."
"A result is reproducible when the same analysis steps performed on the same dataset consistently produces the same answer."
Examples of Reproducibility in Open Science:
