Prioritization, Evaluation, and Promotion of Replicability for Clinical Psychology Research: A Comment on Pittelkow et al. (2021)

We read¹ with great enthusiasm Pittelkow et al. (2021) proposed approach for selecting studies to target for replication in the clinical psychology literature. As researchers involved in the discourse on replicability within clinical psychology, we have a deep appreciation for the authors’ goal of improving clinical science by developing a systematic method to identify potential studies for replication efforts. In this commentary, we provide feedback on the authors’ laudable mixed-method approach to replication target selection, while also offering suggestions to their proposed approach.