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There are very few journals that do this -- I can't imagine this ever taking off.

Reproducing experiments seems like a costly (and mostly thankless) effort that few PIs would ever take up.

The only journal I know of that completely reproduces results is Organic Syntheses (http://www.orgsyn.org/), which reproduces every reaction before publication and has a Procedure Checklist for authors: http://www.orgsyn.org/AuthorChecklist.pdf



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It is quite common for experiments to be replicated, usually as preliminary to a further advance.

If the findings claimed are significant enough, other labs will often attempt to replicate a few of the key experiments, and if they don't do so quickly, abandon that direction of investigation, and not report their negative findings.




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