title: What does research reproducibility mean?
abstract: The language and conceptual framework of "research reproducibility" are nonstandard and unsettled across the sciences. In this Perspective, we review an array of explicit and implicit definitions of reproducibility and related terminology, and discuss how to avoid potential misunderstandings when these terms are used as a surrogate for "truth."
authors.affiliation: Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. steve.goodman@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Steven N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.affiliation: Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fanelli
authors.affiliation: Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: John P A
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ioannidis
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results