Celebrate Boring Research, Rejoice Over Reproducibility

摘要

Spectacular research findings make the news. There's no question that a news-worthy research study elevates the researchers and their institutions. When you do groundbreaking work, you get better and bigger research grants. You get promotions and tenure. Rainbows appear over your place of work. You feel better about yourself. All is good. If you are a plodder, however, you toil in obscurity. No rainbows or accolades for you. This creates the takeaway that being a research star is going to be a sugarplum dream for many scientists and social scientists.