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Inconsistencies in the reproducibility of research findings are of pertinent concern throughout the scientific community. Initially addressed in preclinical biomedicine studies [1, 2], the discussion has expanded to fields outside the natural sciences, questioning the reliability of data and subsequent published findings, proposing a “Crisis in Confidence” or “Reproducibility Crisis” within several (if not all) research areas [2-6]. The disclosure of an apparent and low degree of reproducibility has fuelled investigations of causal factors, ranging from behavioural preferences in decision-making/“human nature” and conviction bias to experimental constituents [5, 7, 8]. In its wake is the ongoing discussion on how to move forward and restore confidence in the scientific literature as a whole.