What Can Journals Do to Increase the Reliability of Scientific Research?

It has been 15 years since the publication of John Ioannidis’ paper, provocatively titled “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False,” 1 Ioannidis J.P.A. Why most published research findings are false. PLoS Med. 2005; 2: e124 Crossref PubMed Scopus (5899) Google Scholar and as we enter the third decade of the 21st century, a majority of scientists surveyed by the journal Nature have claimed that science is experiencing a “crisis of...