Is science healthy? How do rigor and reproducibility vary across fields, journals, and institutions?

At The Metascience Observatory, we are using AI to analyze scientific papers at scale to help answer these questions.

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Projects

Forensic Metascience AI toolkit

An AI toolkit with 30+ tools for detecting statistical inconsistencies and data-integrity anomalies in scientific papers. Read more →·View findings →

Replications Database

The world's largest collection of information on replication experiments. Read more →

Bird's Eye Reviews

A new form of AI-powered high-level literature review where results are displayed in an interactive dashboard. Read more →·View Long COVID review →

The Metascience Observatory Explorer

Integrating open source scientometrics data into one unified interface. Visit →

Team

Dan Elton, Ph.D.

Dan Elton, Ph.D.- Founder and Director

Dan spent 15 years in academic research before founding The Metascience Observatory. He has co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed papers in physics, materials science, and AI for healthcare. On his Substack he writes about AI, progress, metascience, and other topics.

Greg Fitzgerald, Ph.D.

Greg Fitzgerald, Ph.D.- Meta-Analysis and Statistics Expert

Greg Fitzgerald is a behavioral neuroscientist with expertise in meta-analysis and evidence synthesis. He obtained his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the State University of New York, Albany. His website is greg-fitzgerald.com.

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