Are you going to delay publication of results from the LHC or JWST until someone has built another one?
The traditional unit of replication is a published paper, not a submitted paper.
A peer review takes positions on these things:
- does the paper correctly describe the state of the art, with appropriate references?
- does the paper claim and explain a novel contribution?
- is the methodology sound?
- do the claimed results justify the claimed contribution?
- does the paper clearly communicate to its audience?
That's it.
Replication will be attempted later if the audience cares about the results.
Are you going to delay publication of results from the LHC or JWST until someone has built another one?
The traditional unit of replication is a published paper, not a submitted paper.
A peer review takes positions on these things:
- does the paper correctly describe the state of the art, with appropriate references?
- does the paper claim and explain a novel contribution?
- is the methodology sound?
- do the claimed results justify the claimed contribution?
- does the paper clearly communicate to its audience?
That's it.
Replication will be attempted later if the audience cares about the results.