Restoration and replication: a case study on the value of computational reproducibility assessment

Open science is vital to the interdisciplinary field of ecology due to its integrative nature and use of longitudinal datasets that build upon earlier data collections. To highlight the importance of open science in the rapidly growing discipline of restoration ecology, we conducted a 'computational reproducibility’ assessment of a publication on a mining restoration program spanning several decades and over 250 km2 in a global biodiversity hotspot. Open data and code provided alongside the original publication were assessed for consistency with the results and conclusions of the original publication, as were potential limitations in findings due to the methodology. The impacts of inconsistencies and limitations were qualitatively assessed against the key findings from the publication and data were re-analysed where impacts were potentially significant. Of the six inconsistencies and limitations identified, two had a significant impact on five of the 11 key findings of the original publ..., ,开放科学（Open Science）对于生态学这一交叉学科而言至关重要，这源于其学科整合属性，且研究依赖基于既往数据积累构建的纵向数据集。为凸显开放科学在快速发展的恢复生态学（Restoration Ecology）学科中的重要性，我们针对一项覆盖全球生物多样性热点区域、跨度数十年且面积超250平方公里的矿山修复项目的研究论文，开展了计算可复现性（Computational Reproducibility）评估。我们对原论文附带的开放数据与代码进行校验，验证其与原论文结果及结论的一致性；同时也评估了因研究方法引发的研究结论潜在局限性。我们结合该论文的核心研究发现，对上述不一致性与局限性的影响开展了定性分析，并在影响可能显著的场景下对数据进行了重新分析。在本次研究识别出的6处不一致性与局限性中，有2处对原论文11项核心研究发现中的5项产生了显著影响，，...