Strategy for Culture Change
June 11th, 2019
Behavior change is hard. Whatever its faults, the status quo is familiar and the warts are known. The status quo is also easy to maintain. Just do nothing, inertia takes care of...
Tags: Reproducibility, Open Science, Culture Change, Behavior Change
The Rise of Open Science in Psychology, A Preliminary Report
June 3rd, 2019
Open science is on the rise. Across disciplines, there are increasing rates of sharing data, making available underlying materials and protocols, and preregistering studies and...
Tags: Psychology, OSF, Academic Rank, Open Science
A Critique of the Many Labs Projects
May 28th, 2019
From left to right: Rick Klein (leader of Many Labs 1, 2, and 4), Charlie Ebersole (leader of Many Labs 3 and 5), and Olivia Atherton (leader of Many Labs 3). The Many Labs...
Tags: Many Labs, Replication, crowdsourcing
OSF: Origin, growth, and what’s next
May 14th, 2019
Over 150,000 users have joined OSF, a milestone on the journey towards open and reproducible research. This provides an opportunity to thank many who have contributed to this...
Tags: Technology
Looking Back on the Prereg Challenge and Forward To More Credible Research
February 4th, 2019
Just over three years ago, we launched the Prereg Challenge with support from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation as an education campaign designed to initiate preregistration...
Tags: Preregistration
Towards minimal reporting standards for life scientists
November 1st, 2018
Transparency in reporting benefits scientific communication on many levels. While specific needs and expectations vary across fields, the effective use of research findings...
Tags: Scholarly Publishing, Research Best Practices, TOP Guidelines
Interview: Randy McCarthy discusses his experiences with publishing his first Registered Report
October 15th, 2018
Registered Reports is a publishing format in which peer review occurs before results are known. This changes the equation of scientific publishing. Reviewers are focused on...
Tags: Preregistration, Research Best Practices
Why pre-registration might be better for your career and well-being
October 9th, 2018
Registered Reports is a publishing format in which peer review occurs before results are known. This changes the equation of scientific publishing. Reviewers are focused on...
Tags: Preregistration, Research Best Practices
Open Science is a Behavior.
September 12th, 2018
Katie Corker's closing remarks from the SIPS 2018 meeting in Grand Rapids, MI on June 26, 2018 offer a hopeful and actionable view of open science in psychology. With the last...
Tags: Scientific Method & Process
The Landscape of Open Data Policies
August 29th, 2018
Note: This post was updated on November 7, 2018 to reflect the changes recently implemented by Wiley, described here. The original version of this post can be found on the ...
Tags: Scholarly Publishing, Research Best Practices, TOP Guidelines, Transparency & Reproducibility

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