From field to analysis: strengthening reproducibility and confirmation in research for sustainable agriculture

作者：Jeffrey W. White, Kenneth J. Boote, Bruce A. Kimball, Cheryl Porter, M. Salmerón, Vakhtang Shelia, Kelly R. Thorp, Gerrit Hoogenboom · 发表于：npj Sustainable Agriculture · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1038/s44264-025-00067-z · 被引用次数：9 · 研究领域：Climate change impacts on agriculture、Agricultural Innovations and Practices、Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Lack of robustness and potential bias are growing concerns for research, including for sustainable agriculture. Research confirmation requires independent duplication of field experiments, modeling and other analyses. Key concepts include “repeatability” (consistency within an experiment), “replicability” (same team, different environments), and “reproducibility” (independent team, different environments). Researchers must improve workflow descriptions, especially regarding crop environments and management. A useful metric is how well research could be reproduced in ten years.