Crystal Steltenpohl
@cnsyoung.com
Training and Education Manager at the Center for Open Science | Quala Lab Member | Former President of SIPS | Mixed Methods Researcher & Evaluator | Community Psychologist | pain in the you-know-what | she/her | 🇩🇪🇺🇸
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
Super exciting to see COS committing to putting TOP into practice in its own roles as a publisher, funder, and research performing organization. I'm particularly looking forward to seeing the implementation for the research team - so much great metascience coming out of this group.
Turning abstract policy into real-world practice is challenging, and sometimes messy. In the coming months, COS will highlight how we and other in the research community are putting the TOP Guidelines into action in real research settings.
💡 Learn more in our blog post:
💡 Learn more in our blog post:
From Policy to Practice: COS’s Commitment to Applying the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines
We recognize that policy efforts on their own can sometimes seem abstract — and even idealistic — to translate into real-world adoption. Over the next six months, we’ll be giving you a view into the nuanced and at times messy process of transforming policy into meaningful action.
www.cos.io
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Super exciting to see COS committing to putting TOP into practice in its own roles as a publisher, funder, and research performing organization. I'm particularly looking forward to seeing the implementation for the research team - so much great metascience coming out of this group.
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
Turning abstract policy into real-world practice is challenging, and sometimes messy. In the coming months, COS will highlight how we and other in the research community are putting the TOP Guidelines into action in real research settings.
💡 Learn more in our blog post:
💡 Learn more in our blog post:
From Policy to Practice: COS’s Commitment to Applying the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines
We recognize that policy efforts on their own can sometimes seem abstract — and even idealistic — to translate into real-world adoption. Over the next six months, we’ll be giving you a view into the nuanced and at times messy process of transforming policy into meaningful action.
www.cos.io
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Turning abstract policy into real-world practice is challenging, and sometimes messy. In the coming months, COS will highlight how we and other in the research community are putting the TOP Guidelines into action in real research settings.
💡 Learn more in our blog post:
💡 Learn more in our blog post:
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
-- Bias Bias --
“Ultimately, views about the nature of bias can themselves become a bias in research on biases.”
Gerd Gigerenzer considers “Two Kinds of Bias”
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“Ultimately, views about the nature of bias can themselves become a bias in research on biases.”
Gerd Gigerenzer considers “Two Kinds of Bias”
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Two kinds of bias - Mind & Society
I distinguish two meanings of the term bias in the social sciences. In the first, biases are functional: they are necessary, and simultaneously enable and constrain perception and cognition. In the se...
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
-- Bias Bias --
“Ultimately, views about the nature of bias can themselves become a bias in research on biases.”
Gerd Gigerenzer considers “Two Kinds of Bias”
🧵
“Ultimately, views about the nature of bias can themselves become a bias in research on biases.”
Gerd Gigerenzer considers “Two Kinds of Bias”
🧵
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
Check Research Outputs for Best Practices
A modular, extendable system for automatically checking research outputs for best practices using text search, R code, and/or (optional) LLM queries.
scienceverse.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
If you're looking for examples of how to organize a data sharing repository, what documentation to include, how to name files, or how to organize data files, the FIDO (fictitious intervention for demonstration only) project on OSF provides some examples.
osf.io/59gte/overview
osf.io/59gte/overview
October 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If you're looking for examples of how to organize a data sharing repository, what documentation to include, how to name files, or how to organize data files, the FIDO (fictitious intervention for demonstration only) project on OSF provides some examples.
osf.io/59gte/overview
osf.io/59gte/overview
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations. n.pr/42R8gJ2
Israel takes steps to shut down international aid groups in Gaza and the West Bank
Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations.
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations. n.pr/42R8gJ2
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
Who Owns Our Knowledge? We asked thought leaders around the world how the #OAweek theme resonates with their work. Thanks to Angela Holzer & Michaela Bilic-Merdes from the German Research Foundation for sharing their insights. Learn more in our profile here: www.openaccessweek.org/theme-profil...
October 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Who Owns Our Knowledge? We asked thought leaders around the world how the #OAweek theme resonates with their work. Thanks to Angela Holzer & Michaela Bilic-Merdes from the German Research Foundation for sharing their insights. Learn more in our profile here: www.openaccessweek.org/theme-profil...
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
Register for Don't Use This Code's free Open Science Skills virtual training! Learn to:
- Use tools like GitHub, Python & Zenodo
- Make research accessible, transparent & reproducible
- Understand concepts like FAIR & CARE
- Draft Open Science & Data Management plans
🔗: www.opensciencetraining.org
- Use tools like GitHub, Python & Zenodo
- Make research accessible, transparent & reproducible
- Understand concepts like FAIR & CARE
- Draft Open Science & Data Management plans
🔗: www.opensciencetraining.org
Open Science Training
www.opensciencetraining.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Register for Don't Use This Code's free Open Science Skills virtual training! Learn to:
- Use tools like GitHub, Python & Zenodo
- Make research accessible, transparent & reproducible
- Understand concepts like FAIR & CARE
- Draft Open Science & Data Management plans
🔗: www.opensciencetraining.org
- Use tools like GitHub, Python & Zenodo
- Make research accessible, transparent & reproducible
- Understand concepts like FAIR & CARE
- Draft Open Science & Data Management plans
🔗: www.opensciencetraining.org
The new journal Replication Research is now taking submissions. You can read the inaugural editorial on the journal website! #OpenScience #replication
A Community Model for Rigorous and Inclusive Scholarship: Inaugural Editorial of Replication Research (R2)
| Replication Research
www.uni-muenster.de
October 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The new journal Replication Research is now taking submissions. You can read the inaugural editorial on the journal website! #OpenScience #replication
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
Exclusive: Democratic-led states secured a legal victory to keep the personal data of food recipients out of the federal government's reach. But NPR's reporting shows that millions of records on Americans have already been shared.
At least 27 states turned over sensitive data about food stamp recipients to USDA
Democratic-led states secured a legal victory to keep the personal data of food recipients out of the federal government's reach. But NPR's reporting shows that millions of records on Americans have already been shared.
n.pr
October 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Exclusive: Democratic-led states secured a legal victory to keep the personal data of food recipients out of the federal government's reach. But NPR's reporting shows that millions of records on Americans have already been shared.
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom
Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
We're hosting a webinar with Emmanuel Boakye, Founder at African Reproducibility Network. He will discuss AREN's strategy for building sustainable communities through its LNL program, empowering champions in open science.
Register: cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📅 October 15
🕐 9:00 AM ET
Register: cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📅 October 15
🕐 9:00 AM ET
October 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We're hosting a webinar with Emmanuel Boakye, Founder at African Reproducibility Network. He will discuss AREN's strategy for building sustainable communities through its LNL program, empowering champions in open science.
Register: cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📅 October 15
🕐 9:00 AM ET
Register: cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📅 October 15
🕐 9:00 AM ET
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
🟢 OSF is back online with a refreshed design.
We’ve rolled out the updated OSF design, making it faster, easier to navigate, and ready for future improvements. Log in, explore the new experience, and see what’s changed: osf.io.
We’ve rolled out the updated OSF design, making it faster, easier to navigate, and ready for future improvements. Log in, explore the new experience, and see what’s changed: osf.io.
October 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🟢 OSF is back online with a refreshed design.
We’ve rolled out the updated OSF design, making it faster, easier to navigate, and ready for future improvements. Log in, explore the new experience, and see what’s changed: osf.io.
We’ve rolled out the updated OSF design, making it faster, easier to navigate, and ready for future improvements. Log in, explore the new experience, and see what’s changed: osf.io.
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
During my graduate studies, I was motivated to understand if narratives about economic contribution should be used to reduce anti-immigrant prejudice.
Economic thinking and cultural enrichment beliefs about immigration: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Of mice and machines: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Economic thinking and cultural enrichment beliefs about immigration: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Of mice and machines: osf.io/preprints/ps...
September 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
During my graduate studies, I was motivated to understand if narratives about economic contribution should be used to reduce anti-immigrant prejudice.
Economic thinking and cultural enrichment beliefs about immigration: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Of mice and machines: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Economic thinking and cultural enrichment beliefs about immigration: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Of mice and machines: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
Friendly reminder for those submitting manuscripts to PsyArXiv!
Upon submission, moderators will check the preprint (i.e., the PDF file) and the metadata (i.e., the submission form) to ensure it fulfills the guidelines. Make sure you follow them!
For details 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
Upon submission, moderators will check the preprint (i.e., the PDF file) and the metadata (i.e., the submission form) to ensure it fulfills the guidelines. Make sure you follow them!
For details 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Friendly reminder for those submitting manuscripts to PsyArXiv!
Upon submission, moderators will check the preprint (i.e., the PDF file) and the metadata (i.e., the submission form) to ensure it fulfills the guidelines. Make sure you follow them!
For details 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
Upon submission, moderators will check the preprint (i.e., the PDF file) and the metadata (i.e., the submission form) to ensure it fulfills the guidelines. Make sure you follow them!
For details 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
👀 Want a sneak preview of the updated interface? Join our special edition of the OSF 101 webinar on Oct. 10 at 10 AM ET for a live walkthrough of the improved layout, navigation, and file access.
Register here: cos-io.zoom.us/webin...
(2/2)
Register here: cos-io.zoom.us/webin...
(2/2)
October 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
👀 Want a sneak preview of the updated interface? Join our special edition of the OSF 101 webinar on Oct. 10 at 10 AM ET for a live walkthrough of the improved layout, navigation, and file access.
Register here: cos-io.zoom.us/webin...
(2/2)
Register here: cos-io.zoom.us/webin...
(2/2)
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
It is *so* exciting to see HHMI's new preprint policy. HHMI researchers are now required to post initial and revised preprints under CC-BY licenses. Best of all - the policy lets HHMI put preprints at the center of its research assessment strategy. Learn more:
asapbio.org/hhmi-enacts-...
asapbio.org/hhmi-enacts-...
HHMI Enacts “Immediate Access To Research” Policy For Its Scientists – ASAPbio
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is requiring its scientists to post their research articles as preprints under an open license that allows
asapbio.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It is *so* exciting to see HHMI's new preprint policy. HHMI researchers are now required to post initial and revised preprints under CC-BY licenses. Best of all - the policy lets HHMI put preprints at the center of its research assessment strategy. Learn more:
asapbio.org/hhmi-enacts-...
asapbio.org/hhmi-enacts-...
My colleague Mark recently ran through some of the changes coming to @cos.io this weekend. Check it out, if you have some time!
What's New on OSF: Live Demo of the Refreshed Design
YouTube video by Center for Open Science
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My colleague Mark recently ran through some of the changes coming to @cos.io this weekend. Check it out, if you have some time!
The OSF is getting a much-anticipated interface refresh this weekend - check out the changes that are coming!
On Oct. 4, the OSF will launch a refreshed design that makes the platform easier to navigate & use. Updates include:
✨ Streamlined design for easier navigation
⏱️ Faster load times & improved performance
📁 The return of file access on project overview pages!
Read more:
✨ Streamlined design for easier navigation
⏱️ Faster load times & improved performance
📁 The return of file access on project overview pages!
Read more:
Coming Soon: A New Look for OSF
In early October 2025, the Open Science Framework (OSF) will launch a refreshed design that makes the platform easier to navigate and use. The update modernizes the interface and improves performance, while preserving the familiar workflows that users are accustomed to.
www.cos.io
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The OSF is getting a much-anticipated interface refresh this weekend - check out the changes that are coming!
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
"However, it tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity. The ChatGPT Plus summaries required rigorous fact-checking by SciPak writers. Also, extensive editing for hyperbole was needed. For example, ChatGPT Plus had a fondness for using the word 'groundbreaking.'”
In 2024, a team of science writers at AAAS ran a long-term experiment to see if ChatGPT could cut it writing news items about scientific research. Here's what they learned. Worth a look. 🧪 #scicomm
www.science.org/content/blog...
www.science.org/content/blog...
Can ChatGPT help science writers?
www.science.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"However, it tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity. The ChatGPT Plus summaries required rigorous fact-checking by SciPak writers. Also, extensive editing for hyperbole was needed. For example, ChatGPT Plus had a fondness for using the word 'groundbreaking.'”
Reposted by Crystal Steltenpohl
TODAY! I am hosting our free "developer science" office hour, an experiment from Catharsis in platforming interesting experts for lively informal discussion on technical topics and bridging interesting research with the real world 🥰
www.eventbrite.com/e/empirical-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/empirical-...
Empirical Security Now! with Dr. Ariana Mirian
Join us for a special dev science office hour where we discuss Empirical Security with Dr. Ariana Mirian, hosted by Catharsis
www.eventbrite.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
TODAY! I am hosting our free "developer science" office hour, an experiment from Catharsis in platforming interesting experts for lively informal discussion on technical topics and bridging interesting research with the real world 🥰
www.eventbrite.com/e/empirical-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/empirical-...