1 Although such problems are generally thought to exist mainly in clinical or psychological studies, there is evidence that there are significant issues related to reproducibility and replication in most areas of science including those of importance to the American Vacuum Society (AVS).
More than half of the scientists responding to a survey that was published in 2016 indicated that there was a “significant reproducibility crisis” in science and another 38 % indicated that there was a slight reproducibility crisis.
