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Comment author: HungryHobo 24 May 2013 02:37:45PM 1 point [-]

that's... actually a really good idea.

somehow incentivising a rule of always citing a replication of an experiment would make a massive difference.

Comment author: ChristianKl 24 May 2013 03:01:23PM 1 point [-]

I don't think it about incentives. It's roughly the same matter of work to cite a replication than the original experiment. It's rather about convincing the scientists that it's a hallmark of good science to cite the replication.

You start by convincing the cool people. Let them signal that they are cool by citing replications.

Afterwards you go to a journal and ask: "Do you support good science? If so, please add a rule to your paper review process that submitters have to cite first replications instead of the original paper."