Sports Medicine· 2026Q1
Towards Reflexivity: Observing the Estimation of Replicability of Sports and Exercise Science Research
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Short summary
A replication project found only 28% (7 of 25) of statistically significant sports and exercise science findings from Q1 journals (2016-21) were robustly replicable.
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Key points
- 25 statistically significant results from Q1 sports and exercise science journals (2016-21) were replicated.
- Only 7 of the 25 replicated studies (28%) were deemed 'robustly replicable'.
- Robust replicability required statistical significance (p < 0.05), same direction, and compatible effect sizes.
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Abstract
With the replication project by Murphy et al. [ 1 ], sports and exercise science now has, for the first time, a coordinated and empirically broad assessment of the replicability of central research findings. The study replicates 25 statistically significant results from Q1 journals (publications 2016–21) and arrives—depending on the criteria set—at sobering conclusions. Only 7 of 25 studies (28%) qualify as “robustly replicable,” meaning that the replication was statistically significant ( p < 0.05), in the same direction, and showed effect sizes compatible with the original.
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