Economics has the Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics: https://jcr-econ.org/
replyWe already have archival journals. What's missing is funding and any prospect of career advancement.
replyAnd funding dedicated to replication studies.
replypaid by the original authors if their study fails to replicate
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replyIs there a viable career path for researchers who choose to focus on replication instead of novel discoveries? I assume replications are perceived as less prestigious, but it's also important work.
replyThe closest thing we have is, in security / privacy / cryptography, you can write "attack" papers.
replyIt's not perfect. You don't get any credit unless you can demonstrate a substantial break of the prior work. But it's better than in a lot of other fields.
sadly no, this is not a thing and it's critically needed.
replytop on my list of things to do if i were a billionaire: launch an institute for the sole purpose of reproducing other's findings.