FASEB issues reproducibility recommendations

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) issued Enhancing Research Reproducibility, a set of recommendations that give guidance on the more rigorous reproducibility requirements NIH will require in its grant applications starting Jan. 25. The document includes actions for scientists, institutions, journals, federal agencies and professional societies.

The report highlights three principal causes of irreproducible results: lack of standardized definitions, inadequate reporting of experimental details and insufficient training in good research practices. ...