Examining fifty years of replication studies in management and economics: a retrospective Scientometric-Bayesian multilevel analysis

Puntos clave

• Findings demonstrate a decline in replication studies over the past fifty years, particularly in management and economics sectors.
• The analysis utilized Bayesian multilevel models to assess replication trends across various publications and key metrics.
• Significant shifts were identified, particularly regarding the publication bias and varied replication success rates across studies.
• These insights underscore the importance of replication research, potentially prompting a reevaluation of existing methodologies.