Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Sixth Report - Reproducibility and Rese…
Deferred
Despite significant delays, we welcome the establishment of UK Committee on Research Integrity (UK CORI) as a potential answer to existing research integrity challenges. We ask UK CORI to commit to produce an annual state of the nation report on research integrity, including reproducibility, issues. These reports should contain a …
Government response. The response does not cover those recommendations which are addressed to UKCORI, who will respond separately.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Recommendation
Sixth Report - Reproducibility and Rese…
Deferred
It is disappointing that UK CORI’s recently published strategy did not mention reproducibility, especially since our inquiry highlighted that this is a major research integrity issue. UK CORI should make sure reproducibility challenges are given due attention and not overlooked in deference to other pressing research integrity issues. UK CORI …
Government response. The response does not cover those recommendations which are addressed to UKCORI, who will respond separately.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Recommendation
Sixth Report - Reproducibility and Rese…
Deferred
The increased application of artificial intelligence (AI) in scientific research presents a challenge to traditional research methods. The UK Committee on Research Integrity (UK CORI) should specifically: investigate the impact of deploying AI— and other increasingly complex software—on reproducibility in research; consider whether specialised action is needed; and set out …
Government response. The response does not cover those recommendations which are addressed to UKCORI, who will respond separately.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Recommendation
Sixth Report - Reproducibility and Rese…
Deferred
Aside from some notable exceptions, publishing routes for negative and confirmatory findings are not pursued thoroughly enough by the scholarly publishing industry. Publishers should review their journal portfolios to ensure that there are sufficient options for the publication of negative and confirmatory science, in line with the proportion of submissions …
Government response. The government partially accepts, welcoming the concept of registered reports for enhancing reproducibility but stating that further evaluation of their costs and benefits is needed. UKRI will continue to facilitate discussions and contribute to addressing challenges in this area.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology