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65: Blockchain and open science (with Jon Brock) Jul 16, 2018

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Dan and James chat with Jon Brock (Cognitive scientist at Frankl) about the use of blockchain technology for open science.

Here's what they cover:

What is the blockchain?
Why Jon made the jump from academia to Frankl
A cryptocurrency for open science
What do institutional review boards think about using blockchain for data collection and storage?
Autism heterogeneity
How will this approach scale to biological signals and genetics data?
What’s something that Jon’s changed him mind about in regards to academia?

Links

Frankl https://frankl.io
Five reasons Frankl has a token https://medium.com/franklopenscience/why-does-frankl-need-a-frankl-token-4129d718ab74
Bjoern Brembs blog post http://bjoern.brembs.net/2018/05/after-24-years-when-will-academic-culture-finally-shift/
An explainer on cryptographic hashes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function#Illustration
Frankl in a nutshell https://medium.com/franklopenscience/frankl-in-a-nutshell-9b488c554dea
Frankl for autism https://medium.com/franklopenscience/frankl-for-autism-e74f0108bf5a
Rethinking Innateness https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/rethinking-innateness

Jon on Twitter twitter.com/DrBrocktagon
Dan on Twitter twitter.com/dsquintana
James on Twitter twitter.com/jamesheathers
Everything Hertz on Twitter twitter.com/hertzpodcast
Everything Hertz on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast

Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Special Guest: Jon Brock.

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64: Salami slicing Jul 02, 2018

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Dan and James talk about the recent SIPS conference answer a listener question on "salami slicing" the outcomes from one study into multiple papers.

Here's what they cover:

What is the SIPS conference? [0:24]
A SIPS proposal for Google scholar to highlight commentaries and replication attempts on specific articles [15:42]
James and Dan’s favourite Hertz episodes [20:43]
We answer a listener question on Salami slicing [28:45]
Can you publish too much? [48:10]

Links

SIPS conference: https://www.improvingpsych.org/SIPS2018/
Reproducibilitea podcast: https://soundcloud.com/reproducibilitea
Salami slicing tweet: https://twitter.com/academicswrite/status/1008719899940786176
Cumulative impact factors: http://khakhalin.blogspot.com/2012/11/cumulative-impact-factor-benchmarking.html
A working document from SIPS on making replications discoverable (including Google scholar) https://osf.io/57zxa/

Find us on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast
www.twitter.com/dsquintana
www.twitter.com/jamesheathers

Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

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63: Science journalism (with Brian Resnick) Jun 18, 2018

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Dan and James chat about science journalism with Brian Resnick (@b_resnick), who is a science reporter at Vox.com.

Here’s what they cover:

Should scientists be worried that their work will be misrepresented when talking to the media? [0:58]
How Brian approaches science journalism [8:53]
It’s ok to challenge the assumptions of science journalists [16:57]
How do you write a great headline? [19:13]
How does Brian appraise the quality of research? [29:50]
Should psychiatrists (or journalists) diagnose the US President? [32:50]
Stories in science that no one knows the answer to [36:58]
How to promote your research without going via your institution’s media department [40:24]
The best way to pitch your research to a science journalist [44:25]
How pre-preprints are great for research addressing current events [48:45]
How scientists can improve their science communication writing [53:15]
Dick jokes in science writing — yes or no? [54:30]
What has Brian changed his mind about? [56:37]
Brian’s book recommendation [58:05]

Links:
Brian’s pieces at Vox - https://www.vox.com/authors/brian-resnick
The twitter poll that Dan was referring to - https://twitter.com/kylejasmin/status/960065733551181824?lang=en
The Weeds podcast episode on the Goldwater rule - https://art19.com/shows/the-weeds/episodes/72d4c65f-2d2a-4925-8bb6-7d6ca93cb561
Brian’s email - Brian@vox.com
Brian on Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/b_resnick

Books mentioned:
We have no idea - https://www.amazon.com/We-Have-No-Idea-Universe/dp/0735211515
Does it fart? - https://www.amazon.com/Does-Fart-Definitive-Animal-Flatulence/dp/0316484156/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Find us on Twitter:
https://www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast
https://www.twitter.com/dsquintana
https://www.twitter.com/jamesheathers

Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Special Guest: Brian Resnick.

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62: Adopting open science practices (with Dorothy Bishop) Jun 04, 2018

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Dan and James chat about the adoption of open science practices with Dorothy Bishop, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology at the University of Oxford.

Here are some highlights from the show:

Why Dorothy starting adopting open science practices
Forking paths of analysis
Dorothy’s experience with her first registered report
Issues around data deposition
When someone finds an error in your data
What happens when a senior researcher is using questionable research practices?
What to do when you’re caught doing something wrong
Detecting errors in other papers
The potential for open data to be weaponised
How error detection is interpersonally difficult
Carving out time for non-work pursuits
The benefits of writing fiction when you're a scientist
Using video for science communication
James Heathers: Cat dealer
Promoting your research vs. promoting yourself
Dorothy’s book recommendation

Links
Dan Gilbert’s paper: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6277/1037.2
Merchants of doubt [book]: https://www.amazon.com/Merchants-Doubt-Handful-Scientists-Obscured/dp/1608193942
Dorothy's blog: deevybee.blogspot.com
Dorothy's crime novels: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Deevy+Bishop&search-alias=digital-text&text=Deevy+Bishop&sort=relevancerank
Dorothy on Twitter: twitter.com/deevybee

Find us on Twitter
twitter.com/hertzpodcast
twitter.com/dsquintana
twitter.com/jamesheathers

Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Special Guest: Dorothy Bishop.

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61: Performance enhancing thugs (with Greg Nuckols) May 21, 2018

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Dan and James chat with Greg Nuckols, who is grad student in exercise physiology, strength coach, and writer at strongerbyscience.com

What they cover in this episode:

Why Greg blogs his papers before preprints
How Greg combines his business with his grad study
Getting your research to your audience without publishing in scientific journals
The limitations of traditional publishing
Addressing popular misconceptions in research
Are questionable research practices as bad in sports science as they are in psychology?
Being an “academic outsider” can be tough, but it has some advantages
The work that goes into exercise physiology studies
How practical are multilab research projects in sports science?
Exercise “experts” on Instagram
Using Instagram to disseminate research
Greg’s go-to resources for learning about open science
What Greg’s changed his mind about
How Greg’s planning on funding his future research without grants

Links

Scihub - whereisscihub.now.sh
Greg on Twitter - twitter.com/GregNuckols
Greg's website and newsletter - https://www.strongerbyscience.com
Stronger by Science on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/strongerbyscience/
Chris Beardsly on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisabeardsley/
Data colada - http://datacolada.org
Slatestar codex - http://slatestarcodex.com
Jordan Anaya's blog - https://medium.com/@OmnesRes
SportRXiv - http://sportrxiv.org

Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Special Guest: Greg Nuckols.

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60: This is more of a comment than a question May 08, 2018

Show notes

Dan and James answer listener questions on academic conferences, getting abreast of the literature, and conflicts of interest.

Here are more details of what's on this episode:

How question times during conference seminars are useless
Choosing which conferences to attend as a PhD student
Feedback from our Registered Reports episode with Chris Chambers (Episode 56)
People that have binged our entire back catalogue
The amount of reading do you need to do to keep track of the field you work in
PhD students need time to make time to read the literature
People sending out half-arsed work hoping that peer-review will “fix it”
Guest authorship
When you’re a native English speaker and get asked to have your manuscript proofed by a native English speaker
Is it a conflict of interest to a review a paper with that includes someone you’ve co-authored with in the past on a different topic?
The Frontiers journal model
Reviewing papers so that authors are actually grateful for your criticism

Links

Nuzzle: http://nuzzel.com
Pocket: https://getpocket.com
Mendeley: http://mendeley.com

Find us on Twitter:

twitter.com/hertzpodcast
twitter.com/dsquintana
twitter.com/jamesheathers

Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

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59: Rethinking the scientific journal (with Rickard Carlsson) Apr 16, 2018

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Despite cosmetic changes, scientific journals haven't changed that much over the past few decades. So what if we were to completely rethink how a scientific journal should operate in today's environment?

Dan and James are joined by Rickard Carlsson (Linnaeus University, Sweden), who is the Co-Editor of the new "Meta-Psychology" journal.

Here's what they cover:

Why start a new psychology journal?
What’s new about this journal?
How does the journal have no subscription fees and no article processing fees?
How does a new journal increase its profile?
The difficulties in publishing negative results
The limits of study pre-registration
Are data archiving requirements unrealistic?
Open polices and the Swedish constitution
How can we make data anonymous?
What’s the hardest thing about starting a journal?
What would success look like for this new journal?
What has Rickard changed his mind about recently?
What’s one book or paper that Rickard thinks everyone should read

Links

The Daniel Lakens blog post on JPSP (The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) http://daniellakens.blogspot.no/2018/03/the-journal-of-personality-and-social.html
Statistical rethinking book http://xcelab.net/rm/statistical-rethinking/
Psych methods Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/853552931365745/

Twitter handles
Everything Hertz - @hertzpodcast
Rickard - @RickCarlsson
Dan - @dsquintana
James - @JamesHeathers

Music credits - Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Special Guest: Rickard Carlsson.

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58: Lessons from podcasting (with Simine Vazire) Apr 02, 2018

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Dan and James are joined by Simine Vazire (University of California, Davis and co-host of the Black Goat podcast) to chat about the role of podcasting in scientific communication. Dan's wife also starts going into labor during the episode, so this is an extra special one - make sure you listen through the ENTIRE episode.

Here's what the cover:

Why Simine started podcasting
The perils of being a "methodologist terrorist" researcher
Why podcast when you could blog or tweet?
Dan and James’ favourite things about podcasting
The current role of blogs
Navigating the public/private crossover of science communication
How much do we censor our podcasts?
Should Journal editors tweet and podcast in a personal capacity?
Should early career researchers podcast?
The costs of not speaking above your station
What equipment does we use to record podcasts?
Two vs. three podcast hosts?
How do you know when you have a good podcast?
What type of person is suited to podcasting?
What book does Simine think everyone should read?
What’s something Simine’s changed her mind about recently?

Links

Ed Vul Social neuroscience paper https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/e/ef/Vul_et_al_orig_paper.pdf
Snowball ice microphone https://www.bluedesigns.com/products/snowball/
Black Goat podcast http://www.theblackgoatpodcast.com
James’ advice for PhDs https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/12-thing-you-should-know-before-you-start-a-phd-9c064a979e8
Understanding Psychology as a Science https://www.macmillanihe.com/page/detail/Understanding-Psychology-as-a-Science/?K=9780230542303
What is this thing called science? https://www.amazon.com/What-This-Thing-Called-Science/dp/162466038X/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Special Guest: Simine Vazire.

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57: Radical Transparency (with Rebecca Willén) Mar 15, 2018

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Dan and James are joined by Rebecca Willén (Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education) to discuss transparency in scientific research and how she started her own independent research institute in Bali.

Here's what they cover:

Rebecca explains the story behind her practice of sharing disclosure statements for her published work
Many people are changing their research practices for the better for current research - but what about their past research?
The 21 word solution
Using disclosure statements in your pHD
The state of research openness in forensic psychology
The flexibility in determining a primary outcome
How and why Rebecca founded the IGDORE research institute
The drawbacks to starting your own research institute
Rebecca’s recommendation for getting started with open science
The story behind the RONIN institute

Links -
IGDORE https://igdore.org
Rebecca’s website https://rmwillen.info
21 word solution https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2160588
PNAS article questioning whether there’s a reporducability crisis http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/03/08/1708272114
IGDORE Open Science meetup https://igdore.org/open-science-meetup-bali-2018/
IGDORE affiliation https://igdore.org/affiliation/
RONIN institute http://ronininstitute.org
XKCD theme for R http://xkcd.r-forge.r-project.org
GNU manifesto https://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html
Twitter: @hertzpodcast, @dsquintana, @jamesheathers, and @rmwillen

Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Special Guest: Rebecca Willén.

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56: Registered reports (with Chris Chambers) Feb 02, 2018

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Dan and James are joined by Chris Chambers (Cardiff University) to discuss the Registered Reports format.

Here’s an overview of what they covered:

What is a registered report and why should we implement them? [1:47]
The impact of conscious and unconscious bias on scientific publication [6:17]
Common objections to registered reports [8:21]
The slippery slope fallacy [14:33]
The advantages of registered reports for early career researchers [15:47]
The generational divide for embracing methodological reforms [19:13]
The launch of registered reports in 2013 [23:30]
The “tone debate” in psychology [24:50]
Dealing with publishing decisions as an early career researcher [27:30]
Using registered reports to disarm your research rivals [30:52]
A peek behind the curtain of peer-review [34:40]
How do we convince journals to take up the registered report format? [36:28]
Using registered reports for meta-analysis [38:40]
What’s something that Chris has changed his mind about recently? [43:14]
What’s Chris’ favourite failure? [48:23]
Chris’ opinion of Wales [51:49]

Links

The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Deadly-Sins-Psychology-Scientific/dp/0691158908
Chris Chambers on Twitter @chrisdc77
Dorothy Bishop’s blog on how registered reports provides better control of the publication timeline http://deevybee.blogspot.no/2016/03/better-control-of-publication-time-line.html
The Startup Scientist podcast https://shows.pippa.io/startupscientist
Startup scientist on Twitter @Startup_sci
The open science pyramid (slide 8) https://osf.io/yq59d/
The Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology “power posing” issue http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rrsp20/2/1?nav=tocList
Dan on Twitter @dsquintana
James on Twitter @JamesHeathers

Music credits Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Special Guest: Chris Chambers.

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