Opinion: The science ‘reproducibility crisis’ - and what can be done about it

Reproducibility is the idea that an experiment can be repeated by another scientist and they will get the same result. It is important to show that the claims of any experiment are true and for them to be useful for any further research. However, science appears to have an issue with reproducibility. A survey by Nature revealed that 52% of researchers believed there was a 'significant reproducibility crisis' and 38% said there was a 'slight crisis'. We asked three experts how they think the situation could be improved. Open Research is the answer. Danny Kingsley, head of the Office of Scholarly Communication, University of Cambridge The solution to the scientific reproducibility crisis is to move towards Open Research - the idea that scientific knowledge of all kinds should be openly shared as early as it is practical in the discovery process.