<article><h1 id="abstract"><strong>Abstract</strong></h1><p id="nz4bp8nm98y">This is an open editorial about the issues on reproducibility and the current publication system that led us to launch the Journal for Reproduciblity in Neuroscience.</p><p id="n2tf6qpfs1d"></p><figure id="nsl5ae8ux36" data-node-type="image" data-size="25" data-align="left" data-url="sha256:8f6893ec935c97cced463ca4e4fc1a9dd64ca2c5edc14a34a4839768bc29d1c2" data-caption="" data-href="https://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog?doi=10.31885%2Fjrn.1.2020.303&amp;domain=jrn.trialanderror.org&amp;uri_scheme=https%3A&amp;cm_version=2.2.5" data-alt-text="" data-hide-label="true"><a href="https://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog?doi=10.31885%2Fjrn.1.2020.303&amp;domain=jrn.trialanderror.org&amp;uri_scheme=https%3A&amp;cm_version=2.2.5" target="_blank"><img src="sha256:8f6893ec935c97cced463ca4e4fc1a9dd64ca2c5edc14a34a4839768bc29d1c2" alt=""/></a><figcaption id="nsl5ae8ux36-figure-caption"><div><div></div></div></figcaption></figure><p id="n2aibuj5a4k"></p><p id="ntxekqy7d0l"></p><figure id="nrbree3j3bo" data-node-type="image" data-size="62" data-align="center" data-url="sha256:65e8ea76f83b4d93ba053a81e6891653cc418e20e1578ffb8be43a67322983ec" data-caption="" data-href="https://jrn.trialanderror.org/pub/uv5od2ul/download/pdf" data-alt-text="" data-hide-label="true"><a href="https://jrn.trialanderror.org/pub/uv5od2ul/download/pdf" target="_blank"><img src="sha256:65e8ea76f83b4d93ba053a81e6891653cc418e20e1578ffb8be43a67322983ec" alt=""/></a><figcaption id="nrbree3j3bo-figure-caption"><div><div></div></div></figcaption></figure><h1 id="references"><strong>References</strong></h1><p id="ngeqj6awz2j">Walter P, Mullins D. From symbiont to parasite: the evolution of for-profit science publishing. Mol Biol Cell. 2019 Sep 15;30(20):2537–42.</p><p id="n7faox7e8z1">Brembs B. Reliable novelty: New should not trump true. PLoS Biol. 2019 Feb;17(2):e3000117.</p><p id="n4hih0152q2">Archambault É, Larivière V. History of the journal impact factor: Contingencies and consequences. Scientometrics. 2009 Jun 1;79(3):635–49.</p><p id="nb3t3c4mz71">Open Science Collaboration. PSYCHOLOGY. Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science. 2015 Aug 28;349(6251):aac4716.</p><p id="n4osxdfqdfw">Kaiser J. Plan to replicate 50 high-impact cancer papers shrinks to just 18 [Internet]. Science. 2018. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aau9619</p><p id="n69j5jtvwf7">Brembs B. Prestigious Science Journals Struggle to Reach Even Average Reliability. Front Hum Neurosci. 2018 Feb 20;12:37.</p><div class="pub-notes"></div><footer class="pub-footer"><section class="pub-attributions"><h2>Authors</h2><ul><li>Plinio Cabrera Casarotto<span> — <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1090-4631">ORCID</a></span></li><li>Björn Brembs<span> — <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7824-7650">ORCID</a></span></li></ul></section><section class="pub-license"><h2>License</h2><p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a></p></section></footer></article>