Reproducibility in Management Science
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
With the help of more than 700 reviewers, we assess the reproducibility of nearly 500 articles published in the journal Management Science before and after the introduction of a new Data and Code Disclosure policy in 2019. When considering only articles for which data accessibility and hardware and software requirements were not an obstacle for reviewers, the results of more than 95% of articles under the new disclosure policy could be fully or largely computationally reproduced. However, for 29% of articles, at least part of the data set was not accessible to the reviewer. Considering all articles in our sample reduces the share of reproduced articles to 68%. These figures represent a significant increase compared with the period before the introduction of the disclosure policy, where only 12% of articles voluntarily provided replication materials, of which 55% could be (largely) reproduced. Substantial heterogeneity in reproducibility rates across different fields is mainly driven by differences in data set accessibility. Other reasons for unsuccessful reproduction attempts include missing code, unresolvable code errors, weak or missing documentation, and software and hardware requirements and code complexity. Our findings highlight the importance of journal code and data disclosure policies and suggest potential avenues for enhancing their effectiveness. </jats:p><jats:p> This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, behavioral economics and decision analysis–fast track. </jats:p><jats:p> Supplemental Material: The online appendices and data are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03556 .
Date Issued
2024-03-01
Date Acceptance
2023-11-29
Citation
Management Science, 2024, 70 (3), pp.1343-1356
ISSN
0025-1909
Publisher
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Start Page
1343
End Page
1356
Journal / Book Title
Management Science
Volume
70
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2023, INFORMS.
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03556
Subjects
08 Information and Computing Sciences
15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
Operations Research
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2023-12-22