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Research reproducibility and scientific ecosystems

Published: 28 Oct 2015

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Professor Marcus Munafò - MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Professor Munafò discusses the current situation surrounding problems with the reproducibility of scientific results, focusing on the issues caused by incentive structures for scientists, citation distortion and how open science can improve how research is carried out and communicated.

Read Prof Munafò's editorial on open science and research reproducibility here.

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