Structural problems require structural solutions: motivational interventions (exhorting researchers to behave better) have a poor track record in social dilemmas, whereas structural interventions that change the rules of the game can align individual incentives with collective welfare.

Evidence (1)

The replication crisis as a social dilemma for early-career researchers (2015)

Applies Messick & Brewer's distinction between structural and motivational solutions to social dilemmas, arguing the replication crisis requires coordinated structural reform.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527093/

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