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Reproducible research in computational science

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Peng, Roger D.·2011·Science

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Computational science has led to exciting new developments, but the nature of the work has exposed limitations in our ability to evaluate published findings. Reproducibility has the potential to serve as a minimum standard for judging scientific claims when full independent replication of a study is not possible.

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  • The difficulty in auditing spreadsheets makes them generally incompatible with the principles of computational reproducibility.

    “The difficulty in auditing spreadsheets makes them generally incompatible with the principles of computational reproducibility [5].”

    From Gene name errors: Lessons not learned (2021) · cites this paper as [5]

    The paper's discussion of reproducibility (indexed as Abstract; no page given) says that analyses need available code and data, and that interactive software often fails to retain a record of users’ actions. This supports the concern about auditability, but the paper does not address spreadsheets specifically or say they are generally incompatible with computational reproducibility. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Reproducible analyses require preserving data, code, and runtime environment; all three are necessary and none is sufficient alone.

    “The rough consensus reduces to three ingredients.”

    From Designing reproducible large-language-model-assisted scientific analyses (2026) · cites this paper as [2]

    The passage labeled Abstract defines the reproducibility standard in terms of making data and analysis code available. It does not identify preservation of the runtime environment as a third ingredient or say that all three are necessary and none is sufficient alone. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • The authors develop a two-step attribution process which combines a transparent and reproducible machine learning approach to identifying studies on observed climate impacts with model-based assessments of detectable anthropogenic contributions to historical temperature and precipitation trends.

    “We develop a two-step attribution process which combines a transparent and reproducible 39,40 machine learning approach to identifying studies on observed climate impacts with model-based assessments of detectable anthropogenic contributions to historical temperature and precipitation trends.”

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  1. [3]Madrid JP Macchetto D Bull AAS arXiv:0901.4552 2009 · arXiv

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Authors
Peng, R. D.
Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Peng, Roger D.
Venue
Science
Published
2011-12-02
Volume
334
Issue
6060
Pages
1226-1227
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2008985174
Cited by
1,449
References
11
Citations by year
2026: 162 · 2025: 75 · 2024: 63 · 2023: 74 · 2022: 85 · 2021: 121 · 2020: 139 · 2019: 162 · 2018: 138 · 2017: 113 · 2016: 106 · 2015: 82 · 2014: 51 · 2013: 46 · 2012: 29
FWCI
98.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01ES019560)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Research Data Management Practices
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Academic Publishing and Open Access
Keywords
reproducible research, scientific computing, reproducibility, scientific claims, replication
MeSH terms
Computers, Publishing, Research, Reproducibility of Results, Computational Biology, Editorial Policies, Biomedical Research, Biostatistics

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