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The study aimed to identify the perceptions of science students’ teachers in the Sultanate of Oman about reproducibility, replicability, and scientific research. To achieve the aims of the study, the researchers designed a scale about students' teachers’ perceptions of reproducibility, replicability, and scientific research in natural science. The study sample consisted of 153 student teachers selected randomly from some College of Education in the Sultanate of Oman. The results of the study showed that students’ teachers’ perceptions of reproducibility, replicability, and scientific research in natural science, in general, were positive. In addition, there was no statistically significant difference at the level of significance (α=0.05) due to the gender (male, female) and the specific specialization variable (biology, chemistry, physics, integrated science). The results did not show any interaction in the variables. In light of the results, The researchers made several recommendations, including the need to pay attention to the issue of reproducibility, replicability, and scientific research at all educational levels as they are important elements in the progress and development of the natural sciences, and to train science teachers before and during service on how to deal with the issue of reproducibility, replicability and scientific research when teaching their students at school level. (Published abstract)