ISMRM22 - The Reproducibility Crisis: Perspectives from Funders, Researchers & Journal Editors

Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB & ISMRT 31st Annual Meeting • 07-12 May 2022 • London, UK

The Reproducibility Crisis: Perspectives from Funders, Researchers & Journal Editors

Member-Initiated Symposium

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

ICC Capital Hall 1

16:45 - 18:45

Session Number: MIS-05

Efrat Shimron, Nikola Stikov, and Francesco Santini

Overview
Reproducibility lies at the core of research: positive results can arise by pure statistical fluctuations of the data, and the consolidation of knowledge is of paramount importance in today’s science.
During the last few years, the so-called “reproducibility crisis” has swept the scientific world, showing that even well-conducted studies might lead to wrong results. It became apparent that the simple application of scientific rigour was not enough to ensure that “true” findings were discovered, and it became necessary to introduce new tools to ensure the reproducibility of results.
In this context, reproducible and open science became almost synonymous, i.e. to ensure that results could be independently reproduced, maximum transparency of the methods, and increased accessibility of scientific output in the form of results and data were advocated.
Recently, funding bodies have started specifically requesting reproducible practices to be incorporated in the workflow of each scientist. Open Source development, Open Access publication, and Open Data principles are often a prerequisite to access funding and to produce impactful research. However, especially in the context of healthcare, these practices are difficult to implement, because of privacy and regulatory concerns. In this session, we will hear the point of view of multiple players in the scientific field: the journals’ perspective, the funders’, and the scientists’. They will discuss the requirements and the feasibility

Target Audience
Early-career and established researchers with an interest in reproducible research.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
(1) To increase awareness of the research community to journal-related and funders-related requirements for reproducible research. (2) To understand the current issues and challenges related to reproducibility in the MRI community, from the point of view of researchers, journal editors and funders. (3) To learn about the current requirements for reproducible open-access publications.

	16:45		Publishing Reproducible Research Video Unavailable Peter Jezzard University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	17:09		Perspectives on Reproducible Hardware-Based Research Video Unavailable Andrew Webb Leiden University Medical Center
	17:33		Funder Mandates for Reproducible and Open Research Video Unavailable Karla Miller University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	17:57		Educating Students Towards Reproducible Research Video Unavailable Cassandra Gould Van Prag Oxford, China
	18:21		Open Science: Perspective of a Researcher Who Codes Video Unavailable Serena Bonaretti Transparent MSK Research