A Study on the Reproducibility of Digital Humanities Research and the Governance Mechanisms of Academic Journals

Li Shaojian

Knowledge Management Forum ›› 2026, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (1) : 68-75.

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Knowledge Management Forum ›› 2026, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (1) : 68-75. DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.2095-5472.2026.007  CSTR: 32306.14.CN11-6036.2026.007

A Study on the Reproducibility of Digital Humanities Research and the Governance Mechanisms of Academic Journals

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[Purpose/Significance] Against the background of the increasingly prominent reproducibility issues in digital humanities research, this paper systematically analyzes the challenges posed by data complexity, methodological heterogeneity, and the multimodal nature of research outputs to research verifiability, and explores the critical role of academic journals in institutional regulation and technical governance. [Method/Process] From the three dimensions of data, methods, and research outputs, the paper examined the dilemmas of reproducibility and, on this basis, introduced an analytical framework of “boundary-keeping, boundary-breaking, and their dynamic balance”. By integrating data publishing, platform-based collaboration, intelligent empowerment, and human-machine collaboration mechanisms, it constructed practical pathways through which journals can enhance reproducibility. [Result/Conclusion] It is argued that journals should achieve transparent and traceable management of the entire research process through standardized data collection and metadata specifications, centralized platform management, intelligent quality control, and human–machine collaborative peer review. The study concludes that academic journals need to maintain a dynamic balance between safeguarding academic norms and promoting publishing innovation, gradually forming an integrated “data–methods–publishing” ecosystem, so as to enhance the credibility, reproducibility, and academic impact of digital humanities research, and to provide institutional support for building an open, transparent, and sustainable scholarly publishing system.

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digital humanities / reproducibility / data publishing / journal governance

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Li Shaojian. A Study on the Reproducibility of Digital Humanities Research and the Governance Mechanisms of Academic Journals[J]. Knowledge Management Forum. 2026, 11(1): 68-75 https://doi.org/10.13266/j.issn.2095-5472.2026.007

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