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Reproducibility

The requirement that an experimental finding can be independently duplicated by other researchers using the same procedures.

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In depth

Reproducibility is the foundational test of scientific validity. Unreproducible claims are rejected as experimental errors, statistical flukes, or contamination.

Examples in the real world

Independent replication of superconductor critical temperature measurements by global laboratory teams.