Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Science aspires to be cumulative. Reproducibility efforts strengthen science by testing the reliability of published findings, promoting self-correction, and informing policy-making. Computational reproductions, whereby independent researchers reproduce the results of published studies, are an essential diagnostic tool. Such efforts should have greater visibility. However, little social science reproduction and robustness has been conducted at scale. Here we reproduced original analyses and conducted robustness checks of 110 articles that were published in leading economics and political science journals with mandatory data and code sharing policies. We found that more than 85% of published claims were computationally reproducible. In robustness checks, our reanalyses showed that 72% of statistically significant estimates remain significant and in the same direction, and the median reproduced effect size is nearly the same as the originally published effect size (that is, 99% of the published effect size). Additionally, 6 independent research teams examined 12 pre-specified hypotheses about determinants of robustness. Research teams with more experience found lower levels of robustness, and robustness did not correlate with author characteristics or data availability.
Authors: Brodeur, Abel, Mikola, Derek, Cook, Nikolai, Fiala, Lenka, Brailey, Thomas, Briggs, Ryan, de Gendre, Alexandra, Dupraz, Yannick, Gabani, Jacopo, Gauriot, Romain, Haddad, Joanne, Lima, Goncalo, Ankel-Peters, Jörg, Dreber, Anna, Campbell, Douglas, Kattan, Lamis, Marino Fages, Diego, Mierisch, Fabian, Sun, Pu, Wright, Taylor, Connolly, Marie, Hoces de la Guardia, Fernando, Johannesson, Magnus, Miguel, Edward, Vilhuber, Lars, Abarca, Alejandro, Acharya, Mahesh, Adjisse, Sossou Simplice, Akhtar, Ahwaz, Ramirez Lizardi, Eduardo Alberto, Albrecht, Sabina, Andersen, Synøve Nygaard, Andlib, Zubaria, Arrora, Falak, Ash, Thomas, Bacher, Etienne, Bachler, Sebastian, Bacon, Félix, Bagues, Manuel, Balogh, Timea, Batmanov, Alisher, Barschkett, Mara, Basdil, Barış Kaan, Baxa, Jaromír, Becker, Sascha O., Beeder, Monica, Beland, Louis Philippe, Bello, Abdel Hamid, Markovits, Daniel Benenson, Benjamin, Grant, Bergeron, Thomas, Blimpo, Moussa P., Binetti, Marco, Bonander, Carl, Bonneau, Joseph, Borbáth, Endre, Borgen, Nicolai, Borgen, Solveig Topstad, Borowsky, Jonathan, Brini, Elisa, Brown, Myriam, Brun, Martin, Bruns, Stephan, Buliskeria, Nino, Calef, Andrea, Cameron, Alistair, Campa, Pamela, Campos-Rodríguez, Santiago, Cantone, Giulio Giacomo, Carpena, Fenella, Carter, Perry Jess, Dower, Paul Castañeda, Castek, Ondrej, Caviglia-Harris, Jill, Strand, Gabriella Chauca, Chen, Shi, Chzhen, Sya In, Chung, Jong, Collins, Jason, Coppock, Alexander, Cordeau, Hugo, Couillard, Ben, Crechet, Jonathan, Crippa, Lorenzo, Cui, Jing, Czymara, Christian, Daarstad, Haley, Dao, Danh Chi, Dao, Daniel, Schmandt, Marco David, de Linde, Astrid, De Melo, Lucas, Deer, Lachlan, De Vera, Micole, Dimitrova, Velichka, Dollbaum, Jan Fabian, Dollbaum, Jan Matti, Donnelly, Michael, Huynh, Luu Duc Toan, Dumbalska, Tsvetomira, Duncan, Jamie, Duong, Kiet Tuan, Duprey, Thibaut, Dworschak, Christoph, Ellingsrud, Sigmund, Elminejad, Ali, Eissa, Yasmine, Erhart, Andrea, Etingin-Frati, Giulian, Fatemipour, Elaheh, Federice, Alexa, Feld, Jan, Fenig, Guidon, Firouzjaeiangalougah, Mojtaba, Fleisje, Erlend, FortiFriter-Chouinard, Alexandre, Engel, Julia Francesca, Fréchet, Nadjim, Fortier, Reid, Fries, Tilman, Frith, Michael James, Galipeau, Thomas, Gallegos, Sebastian, Gangji, Areez, Gao, Xiaoying, Garnache, Cloé, Gáspár, Attila, Gavrilova, Evelina, Ghosh, Arijit, Gibney, Garreth, Gibson, Grant, Godager, Geir, Goff, Leonard, Gong, Da, González, Javier, Gretton, Jeremy D., Griffa, Cristina, Grigoryeva, Idaliya, Grøtting, Maja, Guntermann, Eric, Guo, Jiaqi, Gugushvili, Alexi, Habibnia, Hooman, Häffner, Sonja, Hall, Jonathan D., Hammar, Olle, Kordt, Amund Hanson, Hashimoto, Barry, Hartley, Jonathan S., Hausladen, Carina I., Havránek, Tomáš, He, Harry, Hepplewhite, Matthew, Herrera-Rodriguez, Mario, Heuer, Felix, Heyes, Anthony, Ho, Anson T.Y., Holmes, Jonathan, Holzknecht, Armando, Hsu, Yu Hsiang Dexter, Hu, Shiang Hung, Huang, Yu Shiuan, Huebener, Mathias, Huber, Christoph, Huynh, Kim P., Irsova, Zuzana, Isler, Ozan, Jakobsson, Niklas, Jananji, Raphaël, Jayalath, Tharaka A., Jetter, Michael, John, Jenny, Forshaw, Rachel Joy, Juan, Felipe, Kadriu, Valon, Karim, Sunny, Kelly, Edmund, Hoang Dang, Duy Khanh, Khushboo, Tazia, Kim, Jin, Kjellsson, Gustav, Kjelsrud, Anders, Kotsadam, Andreas, Korpershoek, Jori, Krashinsky, Lewis, Kundu, Suranjana, Kustov, Alexander, Lalayev, Nurlan, Langlois, Audrée, Laufer, Jill, Lee-Whiting, Blake, Leibing, Andreas, Lenz, Gabriel, Levin, Joel, Li, Peng, Li, Tongzhe, Lin, Yuchen, Listo, Ariel, Liu, Dan, Lu, Xuewen, Lukmanova, Elvina, Luscombe, Alex, Lusher, Lester R., Lyu, Ke, Ma, Hai, Mäder, Nicolas, Makate, Clifton, Malmberg, Alice, Maitra, Adit, Mandas, Marco, Marcus, Jan, Margaryan, Shushanik, Márk, Lili, Martignano, Andres, Marsh, Abigail, Masetto, Isabella, McCanny, Anthony, McManus, Emma, McWay, Ryan, Metson, Lennard, Kinge, Jonas Minet, Mishra, Sumit, Mohnen, Myra, Moeller, Jakob, Montambeault, Rosalie, Montpetit, Sébastien, Morin, Louis Philippe, Morris, Todd, Moser, Scott, Motoki, Fabio Yoshio Suguri, Muehlenbachs, Lucija, Musulan, Andreea, Musumeci, Marco, Nabin, Munirul, Nchare, Karim, Neubauer, Florian, Nguyen, Quan M.P., Nguyen, Tuan, Nguyen-Tien, Viet, Niazi, Ali, Nikolaishvili, Giorgi, Nordstrom, Ardyn, Nüß, Patrick, Odermatt, Angela, Olson, Matt, Øien, Henning, Ölkers, Tim, Oliver i Vert, Miquel, Oral, Emre, Oswald, Christian, Ousman, Ali, Özak, Ömer, Pandey, Shubham, Pavlov, Alexandre, Pelli, Martino, Penheiro, Romeo, Park, Ryu Gyung, Martel, Eva Pérez, Petrovičová, Tereza, Phan, Linh, Prettyman, Alexa, Procházka, Jakub, Putri, Aqila, Quandt, Julian, Qiu, Kangyu, Thi Nguyen, Loan Quynh, Rahman, Andaleeb, Rea, Carson H., Reiremo, Adam, Renée, Laëtitia, Richardson, Joseph, Rivers, Nicholas, Rodrigues, Bruno, Roelofs, William, Roemer, Tobias, Rogeberg, Ole, Rose, Julian, Roskos-Ewoldsen, Andrew, Rosmer, Paul, Sabada, Barbara, Saberian, Soodeh, Salamanca, Nicolas, Sator, Georg, Scates, Daniel, Schlüter, Elmar, Sells, Cameron, Sen, Sharmi, Sethi, Ritika, Shcherbiak, Anna, Sogaolu, Moyosore, Soosalu, Matt, Sørensen, Erik, Sovani, Manali, Spencer, Noah, Staubli, Stefan, Stans, Renske, Stewart, Anya, Stips, Felix, Stockley, Kieran, Strobel, Stephenson, Struby, Ethan, Tang, John P., Tanrisever, Idil, Yang, Thomas Tao, Tastan, Ipek, Tatić, Dejan, Tatlow, Benjamin, Seuyong, Féraud Tchuisseu, Thériault, Rémi, Thivierge, Vincent, Tian, Wenjie, Toma, Filip Mihai, Totarelli, Maddalena, Tran, Van Anh, Truong, Hung, Tsoy, Nikita, Tuzcuoglu, Kerem, Ubfal, Diego, Villalobos, Laura, Walterskirchen, Julian, Wang, Joseph Tao yi, Wattal, Vasudha, Webb, Matthew D., Weber, Bryan S., Weisser, Reinhard, Weng, Wei Chien, Westheide, Christian, White, Kimberly, Winter, Jacob, Wochner, Timo, Woerman, Matt, Wong, Jared, Woodard, Ritchie, Wroński, Marcin, Yazbeck, Myra, Yang, Gustav Chung, Yap, Luther, Yassin, Kareman, Ye, Hao, Yoon, Jin Young, Yurris, Chris, Zahra, Tahreen, Zaneva, Mirela, Zayat, Aline, Zhang, 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Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
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