Replication Examples Using Code

library(replicateEverything)

See vignette("why-replicateEverything", package = "replicateEverything") for motivation, then vignette("meet-the-functions", package = "replicateEverything") for a tour of every main function.

Quick start

# Browse the registry index
head(load_index()[, c("doi", "title", "year")])

# Search by title keyword
search_papers("causes")

# See what can be replicated for a paper
list_replications("10.1177/00491241211036161")

# Run one figure or table
run_replication("10.1177/00491241211036161", "fig_1")

# Reproduce every registered result
run_replication("10.1177/00491241211036161", "everything")

How it works

The registry indexes studies with lightweight stub files in studies/<folder>.yml and index.csv. Replication materials live in separate study repositories, not inside the registry.

replicateEverything reads the stub, fetches the full replication.yml from the study repo or package, loads data, sources analysis scripts, and returns typed result objects.

Registry (index only)              Study repository
  studies/<folder>.yml  ───────►    replication.yml
  index.csv                        data/
                                   code/
                                   outputs/   (folder-backed)
              ↓
      replicateEverything
              ↓
      figures & tables in your R session

Two study layouts

Folder-backed studies use a simple Git repository:

rep-<doi-slug>/
  replication.yml
  data/
  code/
  outputs/
  tests/testthat/

Package-backed studies use a standalone R package:

rep_<doi_slug>/
  DESCRIPTION
  R/
  data/
  replication.yml
  inst/report/artifacts/

In both cases the registry holds only a stub (studies/<folder>.yml) pointing at the study repo. See the folder and package replication checklists for contributor workflows.

Shiny demo

A live demo runs at WZB. The package also bundles the app in inst/shiny/:

run_shiny_app()
save_local_shiny("/path/to/shiny/replicate")

See vignette("shiny-app", package = "replicateEverything") for deployment on Shiny Server.

System architecture

Run a single replication

run_replication("10.1177/00491241211036161", "fig_1")

Replicate an entire paper

run_replication("10.1177/00491241211036161", "everything")