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While reproducibility has long been a cornerstone of the scientific method, it is currently an active area for reaffirming scientific standards. Medicine, psychology, neuroscience, genetics, and economics are examples of fields actively working to assess the quality of their science.

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  1. New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Arthur L. Caplan & Barbara K. Redman

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  1. New York University Langone Medical Center, William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty, New York, New York, USA

    Arthur L. Caplan

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    Barbara K. Redman

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Caplan, A.L., Redman, B.K. (2018). Reproducibility. In: Caplan, A., Redman, B. (eds) Getting to Good. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51358-4_3

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