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Balazs Aczel
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Budapest Metascience Lab. Vice-Dean of Research @ELTE_uni, Hungary.
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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · 7h
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
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ReproducibiliTea @reproducibilitea.org · 5d
📚 Core principles of responsible generative AI usage in research link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Core principles of responsible generative AI usage in research - AI and Ethics
In a rapidly evolving Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) landscape, researchers, policymakers, and publishers have to continuously redefine responsible research practices. To ensure guidance o...
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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 8d
Make an effect size prediction!

@jamiecummins.bsky.social and I are replicating Balcetis & Dunning's (2010) "chocolate is more desirable than poop" (Cohen's d = 4.52)

Let us known in the replies what effect size you think we'll find. Details of the study in the thread below.
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Sara Kobilka (she/her) @renwoman.bsky.social · 6d
@mikemorrison.bsky.social will be sharing how #scientists and #SciComm folks can combine design and psychology principles to create engaging visual science communication tools.

Join this Friday, Oct 17 @ 2pm ET for this FREE webinar.

Sign up for Zoom link. waterwhys.org/seminar/fall...
Flyer for the 2025 Visual SciComm Seminar speaker Mike Morrison. A Water Whys logo is at the top left with a question mark embedded in an upside down water droplet. At the center is Mike's picture. The background in the lower half is reminiscent of waves. Friday, October 17, Mike will be the second speaker in the Water Whys Visual SciComm Seminar Series, talking about "Design for Scientists: Help people pay attention to research and love it!" Design and psychology principals are at the core of making visual communication (slides, posters, research reports — anything) engaging. In his presentation, designer and psychologist, Mike Morrison will explore this through games and silly graphics. You’ll see data from eye tracking and other studies beautifully illustrating how the power of good design can make science move faster and be more pleasant to learn (even for scientists). And you’ll get a glimpse into the future of scientific publishing. In the end, you’ll learn immediately-applicable tips that will help you design things that impact more people, and get your science message out further. This FREE virtual talk is from 2-3pm ET / 11am-noon Arizona Time and is open to everyone. Register to get the Zoom link.
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Miklos Bognar @miklosbognar.bsky.social · Sep 19
I am happy to announce the publication of our new work on the impact of arbitrary analytical choices on type I and type II error rates. We simulated reaction time data in a conflict task and analyzed the notable CSE effect in a multiverse manner. Worrying results:
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Multiverse simulation to explore the impact of analytical choices on type I and type II errors in a reaction time study - Behavior Research Methods
Researcher degrees of freedom in data analysis present significant challenges in social sciences, where different analytical decisions can lead to varying conclusions. In this work, we propose an exam...
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Balazs Aczel @balazsaczel.bsky.social · Jun 18
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers
From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.
www.nature.com
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Balazs Aczel @balazsaczel.bsky.social · May 14
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Is it OK for AI to write science papers? Nature survey shows researchers are split
Poll of 5,000 researchers finds contrasting views on when it’s acceptable to involve AI and what needs to be disclosed.
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Balazs Aczel @balazsaczel.bsky.social · Apr 23
Led by @ejwagenmakers.bsky.social
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Journal of Robustness Reports @robustnessreports.bsky.social · Apr 17
We are live!

Introducing the "Journal of Robustness Reports" – a Diamond Open-Access journal dedicated to publishing short reanalyses of empirical findings.

Check out our website and blog post about the journal:
🌐 scipost.org/JRobustRep
📄 www.bayesianspectacles.org/introducing-...
[Editorial: Introducing the Journal of Robustness Reports]
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Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Apr 23
The Journal of Robustness Reports is here. Diamond open access. A model for #openscience and #metascience. @balazsaczel.bsky.social scipost.org/JRobustRep.0... 🧪
SciPost: J. Robust. Rep. 0-Editorial (2025) - Introducing the Journal of Robustness Reports
SciPost Journals Publication Detail J. Robust. Rep. 0-Editorial (2025) Introducing the Journal of Robustness Reports
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Olivier Gimenez 🦦 @oaggimenez.bsky.social · Apr 17
Love the idea scipost.org/JRobustRep

"We hope that the Journal of Robustness Reports will help make reanalyses of published findings the norm across the empirical sciences." #diamondOA

scipost.org/JRobustRep/a...

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · Mar 21
Author copy arrived yesterday. It really was a joy working with @ejwagenmakers.bsky.social and Johnny (is he on here?) on this @jaspstats.bsky.social version of the book.
A photo of the textbook 'Discovering statsitics using JASP' on a desk./ The cover has the name in large letters and a drawn image of a futuristic female statuistics professor wearing blue clothes with a circuit-board style print on.
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Eszter Ari @eszterari.bsky.social · Apr 1
Two journals tried paying peer reviewers and found increased acceptance, earlier reports, and no change in quality.

WHAT A SURPRISE!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@balazsaczel.bsky.social was cited from Eötvös L. Uni. Hungary (where I also teach)
Publishers trial paying peer reviewers — what did they find?
Two journals embarked on efforts to compensate reviewers, with different results.
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Balazs Aczel @balazsaczel.bsky.social · Mar 21
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Could libraries band together to ensure open access for all?
Through the ‘subscribe to open’ model, libraries’ annual subscriptions ensure that paywalled journals become freely accessible, benefiting researchers and the public alike.
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Raphael Merz @raphaelmerz.bsky.social · Mar 19
🚀Very excited to finally see our paper on nonsignificance misinterpretations published! 📈
Together, @smurphee.bsky.social, Aurelio Fernández, Linda Reimann and I investigated the prevalence of "p > .05 = absence of an effect" interpretations. (1/4)
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Balazs Aczel @balazsaczel.bsky.social · Mar 14
Don't forget to register to #SIPS2025 !
Early-bird deadline is March 15.

www.improvingpsych.org/SIPS2025/
SIPS 2025 – June 25-27, 2025
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · Mar 5
PSA Around the World online conference with focus on Central n Eastern Europe is in November (6, 14, 22). The abstracts are due March 31st. Open to anyone around the world and on any #philsci topic, but especially on the history and the present of the field in the region. Thanks to the organisers!
PSA Around the World 2025 - Philosophy of Science Association
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André Bittermann @abitter.bsky.social · Mar 5
We outline how such a computational psychology of science can contribute to #metascience.

Our findings suggest that collective efforts, tailored to group characteristics, may foster behavior change interventions in science, @balazsaczel.bsky.social

👉 doi.org/10.23668/psy...

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Social Influence in the Academic Twitter Migration to Mastodon: A Computational Psychology Approach | PsychArchives
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Ayelet Fishbach @ayeletfishbach.bsky.social · Feb 12
🚨 Is the peer review system broken? Our new PNAS paper dives into the biases, inefficiencies, and inconsistencies plaguing scientific publishing. Can transparency, training, and AI fix it? Evolution or revolution for peer review?
🔗 Read more: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Sajedeh Rasti @sajedehra.bsky.social · Feb 12
Mark your calenders.
The dates and topics of the upcoming workshops of the Paul Meehl Graduate School are announced.
Stay tuned for more information
paulmeehlschool.github.io/2025-02-10-s...
Upcoming Workshops: Finalized Dates & Topics | Paul meehl Graduate School
We’re excited to share the dates for our upcoming workshops for the remainder of this academic year. Mark your calendars...
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Don van Ravenzwaaij @donvanraven.bsky.social · Feb 7
After my first year as EiC of Collabra: Psychology, I wrote an editorial with my reflections so far. Featured are some observations about submission triage, author geolocation data, and a registered revisions experiment. @collabrapsychology.bsky.social
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General Triage, Geolocation Data, and Registered Revisions: A Peek Under the Hood of Collabra: Psychology
This editorial comes one year after I took the reins of Collabra: Psychology from Simine Vazire. Simine led the journal from 2020 to 2023, and I have had the privilege of working with her during that ...
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Balazs Aczel @balazsaczel.bsky.social · Feb 4
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Why are universities ending their Elsevier open access agreements?
After recent reporting that three UK universities had ended their transitional open access agreements with the publisher Elsevier, Peter Barr explains why academic libraries are making these decisi…
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Balazs Aczel @balazsaczel.bsky.social · Jan 28
The present and future of peer review: Ideas, interventions, and evidence
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Balazs Aczel @balazsaczel.bsky.social · Jan 28
How can we make sound replication decisions?
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Balazs Aczel @balazsaczel.bsky.social · Jan 28
How should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science?
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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