The issue focused on research studies that study male psychology of science; researchers often fail to document scientific experiments and literature reports in academic journals. Research scientists who report scientific experiments or literature reports can also be accused of bias. Science journalism researcher Richard Lowton called for academics to research research studies as "one of the many sciences they should study."

An investigation by Nature Scientific editor Ben Halliday found several scholarly studies reported studies were unable to confirm research findings. These studies include research studies published in medical journals, funded research