Majorana fermions are particles can potentially be created under stringent laboratory conditions. Whether this has been achieved in practice is unclear: many scientific papers purport to show evidence of Majorana particles, but there are other explanations that could explain to the observed data as well. New research is frequently published that claims Majorana production, but most often doesn't even acknowledge potential problems or alternative explanations. These sloppy practices cast doubt over the whole field, despite the large impact Majorana particles could have for quantum computing applications.
We need:
* More stringent data reporting: raw data, full data (not only the small subset supporting the hypothesis)
* More critical evaluation of other explanations for the observed data
* Transparent publication processes, that prevent a paper that was rejected by one journal on scientific grounds appear in another journal unchanged