1. Determine the research object: First of all, you need to determine the papers to calculate the recurrence rate. This can be a specific paper or a group of papers with similar themes or methods.
2. Data collection: Collect all possible attempts to copy the selected papers. These attempts may come from different researchers, laboratories or countries. Ensure that the collected data is available for public comparison.
3. Evaluation of reproduction attempts: Evaluate each reproduction attempt to determine whether they use the same methods, data sets and experimental conditions as the original paper. If replication attempts use different methods or data sets, or do not provide enough information to prove that they really use the same conditions, then these attempts will not be counted in the replication rate.
4. Analysis results: Count the number of attempts to successfully copy the original paper results, divided by the total number of attempts to copy. This will give a percentage value, indicating the reproducibility of the results of the paper.
5. Explain the results: According to the calculated recurrence rate, we can draw a conclusion about the reliability of the original paper. The high repetition rate indicates that the results of the original paper are highly reliable and repeatable, while the low repetition rate may indicate that the results of the original paper are problematic and need further investigation.
6. Discuss the factors that affect the recurrence rate: analyze the reasons that may lead to the low recurrence rate, such as unclear method description in the original paper, incomplete data set or deviation. In addition, we can discuss how to improve the reproducibility of the paper results, such as improving the experimental design and providing more detailed methods and data set information.