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The aim is to assess the reproducibility and robustness of social science studies published in top journals.

April 3, 2026Open Access

‘Replication games’ test the robustness of social-science studies

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The aim is to assess the reproducibility and robustness of social science studies published in top journals.
Evaluated 110 articles from leading economics and political science journals.
Conducted computational reproducibility assessments.
Performed robustness checks on statistically significant results.
Over 85% of articles were found to be computationally reproducible.
72% of statistically significant results remained significant in robustness checks.
About 25% of articles had non-trivial coding errors.

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A large-scale assessment of the reproducibility and robustness of 110 articles published in leading economics and political-science journals finds that more than 85% were computationally reproducible, and 72% of statistically significant results remained significant and in the same direction in robustness checks. About 25% of the evaluated articles contained non‑trivial coding errors. Work to replicate studies in economics and political science highlights the importance of sharing data and code.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69cf5ede5a333a821460d899 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00684-9

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