> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.myresearchlab.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Replication

> Copy a published study and re-run it faithfully.

**Replication** copies a public study into your workspace as a faithful starting point, so you can re-run it as-is or adapt it — with the lineage back to the original preserved.

## Replicate a study

From [Browse](https://myresearchlab.app/browse), the **Explore** community band, or a researcher's [public profile](/getting-started/your-first-study), click **Replicate**. MRL copies the study's latest frozen version into your active workspace:

* Block instance IDs are **preserved**, so the replication aligns to the original block-by-block.
* Conditions and variants come along.
* **No participant data** is ever copied — only the design.

## Faithful vs adapted

* **Run as-is** to reproduce the original.
* **Adapt** the materials, wording, or sample to your own question — the replication tracks how it **diverges** from the pinned original (per-block divergence badges), so reviewers can see exactly what changed.

## Freeze gate

A study must be **frozen** (preregistered or published) before it can be replicated — you can only build on a citable version, never a moving draft.

<Tip>
  Replications notify the original author (and their followers), which is how good designs spread on the platform.
</Tip>