Papers in high-impact journals ‘have more statistical errors’

Analysis of more than 50,000 behavioural and brain sciences articles also suggests their results are less likely to be replicated by others

Published on
August 17, 2022
Last updated
August 18, 2022
Ben Upton
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Flashy but flawed: findings in highly cited titles were less often replicated
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