Dan and James discuss how scientific research often neglects the importance of maintenance and long-term access for scientific tools and resources.

Other things they cover:

• Should there be an annual limit on publications (even if this were somehow possible)?
• The downsides of PhD by publication
• The Gates Foundation's new Open Access policy

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2024, April 3) "179: Discovery vs. maintenance", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/KS8PV

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Dan and James discuss the Retractobot service, which emails authors about papers they've cited that have been retracted. What should authors do if they discover a paper they've cited has been retracted after they published their paper?

Other things they chat about

• A listener question about including examiner's comments in thesis
• The different types of retractions and thier impact
• Why aren't versioning systems more common in scientific publishing?

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2024, February 29) "178: Alerting researchers about retractions", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/T8HRD

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We discuss two recent plagiarism cases, one you've probably heard about and another that you probably haven't heard about if you're outside Norway. We also chat about the parallels between plagiarism and sports doping—would people reconsider academic dishonesty if they were reminded that future technology may catch them out?

Here are some of the takeaways from the episode (generated with the help of AI):

• Plagiarism cases can range from minor academic practice issues to more serious instances of copying verbatim
• The detection and punishment of plagiarism can vary depending on the context, such as academic journals or internal university issues.
• The mindset and motivations behind plagiarism can differ between athletes and students, with athletes often driven by intense competition.
• Long-term detectability and the potential consequences of cheating are factors that may discourage individuals from engaging in plagiarism.
• Addressing plagiarism requires a balance between identifying genuine cases and avoiding ideological biases.

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2024, January 31) "177: Plagiarism", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/4M3F2

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We chat about a paper on the invisible workload of open science and why academics are so bad at tracking their workloads.

This episode was originally recorded in May 2023 in a hotel room just before our live recording of Episode 169, which is why we refer to the paper as a 'new' paper near the start of the episode.

Links

• The paper on the invisible workload of open research
• Our live and in-person episode with Sandra Matz on using big data to understand behavior

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2023, December 29) "176: Tracking academic workloads", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/U84JC

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We chat about a recent blogpost from Dorothy Bishop, in which she proposes a Master course that will provide training in fraud detection—what should such a course specifically teach and where would these people work to apply their training? We also discuss whether open science is a cult that has trouble seeing outward.

Links

• The blog post on the Master in dark arts defence from Dorothy Bishop
• The blog post on whether open science is a cult from Andrew Gelman

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2023, December 7) "175: Defending against the scientific dark arts", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/K2J7N

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James proposes proposes a new type of consortium paper that could provide collaborative opportunities for researchers from countries that are underrepresented in published research papers. We also talk about computational reproducibility and paper publication bonuses.

Links
The paper from Steve Lindsay on computational reproducbility: A Plea to Psychology Professional Societies that Publish Journals: Assess Computational Reproducibility

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2023, October 31) "174: Smug missionaries with test tubes", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/FBHRZ

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Dan and James discuss a recent paper that investigated how science journalists evaluate psychology papers. To answer this question, the researchers presented science journalists with fictitious psychology studies and manipulated sample size, sample representativeness, p-values, and institutional prestige

Links

• The paper on how science journalists evaluate psychology papers
• The preprint paper on small samples
• Laboratory Life by Bruno Latour

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2023, September 30) "173: How do science journalists evaluate psychology papers?", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/SG4BM

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Dan and James discuss a recent proposal to do away with discussion sections and suggest other stuff they'd like to get rid of from academic publishing.

Links

• The paper on the proposed elimiation of the discussion section
• The paper on machine readable hypothesis tests
• Our episodes with Daniel Lakens
• Our episode with Lisa DeBruine

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2023, August 31) "172: In defence of the discussion section", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/N3SFT

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We chat with Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris about the science of cons and how we can we can avoid being taken in. We also cover the fate of the gorilla suit from the 'invisible gorilla' study, why scientists are especially prone to being fooled, plus more!

Buy Daniel and Christopher's new book, Nobody's fool, from your favourite bookseller here.

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2023, July 20) "171: The easiest person to fool is yourself (with Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris)", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/F8SMR

Special Guests: Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons.

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We discuss evidence of data tampering in a series of experiments investigating dishonesty revealed via excel spreadsheet metadata and how traditional peer review is not suited for the detection of data tampering.

Links

• Data colada post 1
• The conceptual replication attempt in Guatemalan taxpayers
• The paper on using caution when applying behavioural science to policy
• Data colada post 2
• The carthorse child

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2023, June 23) "170: Holy Sheet", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/DW2C7

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In our first ever live and in-person episode, we chat with Sandra Matz about the opportunities and challenges for using big data to understand human behavior

Links

• Everybody lies book, by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
• A paper on "Born open" data

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2023, May 31) "169: Using big data to understand behavior (Live episode with Sandra Matz)", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/JDXHF

Special Guest: Sandra Matz.

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