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title: SCORE | Resources & Press
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## Press & News

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### **Media Kit**

A ready-to-use set of materials for coverage and sharing: project overview, press release, and one-page summaries for each paper in the collection.

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### **Press Release**

Read the official press release, along with short summaries of each paper in the collection.

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*"There are a lot of open questions about the factors that foster credibility and repeatability of research findings. Like many productive research efforts, SCORE generated insights, and has prompted even more questions about how to evaluate research in practice."*

Fiona Fidler, a SCORE project leader and Professor at the University of Melbourne

## Press Coverage

[![science-logo](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/science-logo.png?width=250&height=69&name=science-logo.png)](https://www.science.org/content/article/across-social-sciences-half-research-doesn-t-replicate)

[Across the social sciences, half of research doesn’t replicate](https://www.science.org/content/article/across-social-sciences-half-research-doesn-t-replicate)

[![The_New_York_Times_logo](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/The_New_York_Times_logo.png?width=417&height=62&name=The_New_York_Times_logo.png)](http://nyti.ms/4sNu3MF)[Can Science Predict When a Study Won’t Hold Up?](http://nyti.ms/4sNu3MF)

[![forbes-logo-black-transparent](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/forbes-logo-black-transparent.png?width=250&height=65&name=forbes-logo-black-transparent.png)](https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/04/04/only-about-half-of-social-science-results-can-be-replicated-finds-new-study/)

[Only About Half Of Social Science Results Can Be Replicated, Finds New Study](https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/04/04/only-about-half-of-social-science-results-can-be-replicated-finds-new-study/)

[![card-1-chronicle-logo](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/card-1-chronicle-logo.png?width=250&height=64&name=card-1-chronicle-logo.png)](https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/04/04/only-about-half-of-social-science-results-can-be-replicated-finds-new-study/)

[Lots of Social Science Didn’t Replicate. Does That Mean It’s Bunk?](https://www.chronicle.com/article/lots-of-social-science-wont-replicate-does-that-mean-its-bunk?sra=true)

[![The_Guardian_2018.svg](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/The_Guardian_2018.svg.png?width=250&height=82&name=The_Guardian_2018.svg.png)](https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/04/04/only-about-half-of-social-science-results-can-be-replicated-finds-new-study/)

[The Guardian view on social science research: embracing uncertainty](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/15/the-guardian-view-on-social-science-research-embracing-uncertainty)

[![download (2)](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/download%20(2).png?width=250&height=98&name=download%20(2).png)](https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/04/04/only-about-half-of-social-science-results-can-be-replicated-finds-new-study/)

[Why so many studies can't be replicated](https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/social-science-replication-crisis-score-study/)

## Related Resources

- **[Predicting Replicability Challenge](https://www.cos.io/predicting-replicability-challenge?hsLang=en): **An open competition for AI/ML models to predict replicability of research findings. This project is a direct extension of the primary aim of SCORE.
- **[Lifecycle Journal:](https://lifecyclejournal.org/) **An experimental reimagining of scholarly communication and publishing that provides a platform for independent human, machine, and empirical evaluation services to assess research across the lifecycle.
- **[Scaling Machine Assessments of Research Trustworthiness (SMART)](https://www.cos.io/smart-prototyping?hsLang=en):** Follow-on research from SCORE involving piloting the use of machine assessments of replicability to assess their value and limitations.
- **[repliCATS](https://replicats.research.unimelb.edu.au/): **repliCATS is a University of Melbourne research project that uses structured group deliberation to evaluate the credibility and trustworthiness of research claims and explore how those methods can improve scientific assessment and peer review.
- **[COVID-SCORE](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01961-1):** SCORE was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team did a side project to test its models on a sample of COVID preprints and published some of the outcomes in 2025 in Nature Human Behaviour.
- [**Reproducibility Project:** **Psychology**](http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/349/6251/aac4716?ijkey=1xgFoCnpLswpk&keytype=ref&siteid=sci)**:** A similar project that replicated 100 findings from psychology. Published in 2015 in *Science*.
- **[Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology](https://elifesciences.org/collections/9b1e83d1/reproducibility-project-cancer-biology):** A similar project that published high-impact findings from pre-clinical cancer biology. Published in *eLife* in 2021. 

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