Reproducibility in Management Science

J 2024

Reproducibility in Management Science

FIŠAR, Miloš, Ben GREINER, Christoph HUBER, Elena KATOK, Ali OZKES et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Reproducibility in Management Science

Authors

FIŠAR, Miloš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Ben GREINER, Christoph HUBER (40 Austria), Elena KATOK (840 United States of America), Ali OZKES and Management Science REPRODUCIBILITY COLLABORATION

Edition

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, UNITED STATES, INFORMS, 2024, 0025-1909

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50200 5.2 Economics and Business

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Article

Impact factor

Impact factor: 5.400 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03556

UT WoS

001132639700001

Keywords in English

reproducibility; replication; crowd science

Abstract

V originále

With the help of more than 700 reviewers we assess the reproducibility of nearly 500 articles published in the journal Management Science before and after the introduction of a new Data and Code Disclosure policy in 2019. When considering only articles for which data accessibility and hard- and software requirements were not an obstacle for reviewers, the results of more than 95 % of articles under the new disclosure policy could be fully or largely computationally reproduced. However, for 29 % of articles at least part of the dataset was not accessible to the reviewer. Considering all articles in our sample reduces the share of reproduced articles to 68 %. These figures represent a significant increase compared to the period before the introduction of the disclosure policy, where only 12\% of articles voluntarily provided replication materials, out of which 55 % could be (largely) reproduced. Substantial heterogeneity in reproducibility rates across different fields is mainly driven by differences in dataset accessibility. Other reasons for unsuccessful reproduction attempts include missing code, unresolvable code errors, weak or missing documentation, but also soft- and hardware requirements and code complexity. Our findings highlight the importance of journal code and data disclosure policies, and suggest potential avenues for enhancing their effectiveness.

Citovat

FIŠAR, Miloš, Ben GREINER, Christoph HUBER, Elena KATOK, Ali OZKES and Management Science REPRODUCIBILITY COLLABORATION. Reproducibility in Management Science. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE. UNITED STATES: INFORMS, 2024, vol. 70, No 3, p. 1343-1356. ISSN 0025-1909. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03556.

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FIŠAR, Miloš, Ben GREINER, Christoph HUBER, Elena KATOK, Ali OZKES and Management Science REPRODUCIBILITY COLLABORATION. Reproducibility in Management Science. \textit{MANAGEMENT SCIENCE}. UNITED STATES: INFORMS, 2024, vol.~70, No~3, p.~1343-1356. ISSN~0025-1909. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03556.

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