Dan Quintana
@dsquintana.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology at the University of Oslo | Behavioral neuroendocrinology, psychophysiology, and meta-science 🇦🇺🇨🇴🇳🇴
If a lecturer wheels in an overhead projector with transparent sheets and markers, you’re about to witness either the best or worst lecture of your life. Nothing in between.
At this point I would prefer to see handwritten presentations with drawings.
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If a lecturer wheels in an overhead projector with transparent sheets and markers, you’re about to witness either the best or worst lecture of your life. Nothing in between.
I feel the same. I also scroll right past any social media post that has an obviously generated-AI image, LinkedIn is especially bad 🤮
It might take an extra minute or two, but it’s not *that* hard to find nice (and openly licensed) images online
It might take an extra minute or two, but it’s not *that* hard to find nice (and openly licensed) images online
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I feel the same. I also scroll right past any social media post that has an obviously generated-AI image, LinkedIn is especially bad 🤮
It might take an extra minute or two, but it’s not *that* hard to find nice (and openly licensed) images online
It might take an extra minute or two, but it’s not *that* hard to find nice (and openly licensed) images online
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My time as Editor of AMPPS is coming to an end-- here are some parting thoughts. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... .
Taking Stock of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science at the End of the Beginning - David A. Sbarra, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My time as Editor of AMPPS is coming to an end-- here are some parting thoughts. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... .
From my experience, journals generally don't publish stage 1 of a Registered Report after in principle acceptance. But here, it seems Wiley does this? authorservices.wiley.com/author-resou... Can anyone point to examples for journals publishing stage 1 and then updating at stage 2, Wiley or other?
Registered Reports | Wiley
Publish a registered report for an early peer review of your proposed research
authorservices.wiley.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
From my experience, journals generally don't publish stage 1 of a Registered Report after in principle acceptance. But here, it seems Wiley does this? authorservices.wiley.com/author-resou... Can anyone point to examples for journals publishing stage 1 and then updating at stage 2, Wiley or other?
Don't think I've seen a major revision recommendation split up like this before? I think I like it as it can signal something like, "I think there's a lot of work involved, but it's realistic that the authors can do this" vs. "There's lots to do and I'm doubtful the authors can address these issues"
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Don't think I've seen a major revision recommendation split up like this before? I think I like it as it can signal something like, "I think there's a lot of work involved, but it's realistic that the authors can do this" vs. "There's lots to do and I'm doubtful the authors can address these issues"
New preprint! 🎉 Using a sample of over 73k births across Norway, we found that induction of labor (with either oxytocin, prostaglandin, or amniotomy) and epidural analgesia are associated with lower likelihood of initiating breastfeeding doi.org/10.22541/au....
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New preprint! 🎉 Using a sample of over 73k births across Norway, we found that induction of labor (with either oxytocin, prostaglandin, or amniotomy) and epidural analgesia are associated with lower likelihood of initiating breastfeeding doi.org/10.22541/au....
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Turns out @uio.no has access to Perma.cc, so I’ve gone with this option for creating a permanent snapshot of websites for my papers. Thanks for the heads up, @steve-kambouris.bsky.social!
bsky.app/profile/stev...
bsky.app/profile/stev...
I have seen some papers which have used perma.cc, but I have not used it myself (I have used the Internet Archive, which was fine for my purposes).
Websites change. Perma Links don't.
Perma.cc helps scholars, journals, courts, and others create permanent records of the web sources they cite.
perma.cc
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Turns out @uio.no has access to Perma.cc, so I’ve gone with this option for creating a permanent snapshot of websites for my papers. Thanks for the heads up, @steve-kambouris.bsky.social!
bsky.app/profile/stev...
bsky.app/profile/stev...
How are people going about including links to websites in papers that are persistent? Some kind of archiving service? A link along with a PDF version of the site in the supplement/OSF?
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
How are people going about including links to websites in papers that are persistent? Some kind of archiving service? A link along with a PDF version of the site in the supplement/OSF?
There is no reason why systematic reviews can't be open. The data used for synthesis is *already* open and there are many excellent open source tools that can facilitate the easy sharing of analysis scripts.
Here's a nice guide for performing open systematic reviews doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Here's a nice guide for performing open systematic reviews doi.org/10.1525/coll...
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
There is no reason why systematic reviews can't be open. The data used for synthesis is *already* open and there are many excellent open source tools that can facilitate the easy sharing of analysis scripts.
Here's a nice guide for performing open systematic reviews doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Here's a nice guide for performing open systematic reviews doi.org/10.1525/coll...
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🎈 Time flies! Exactly one year ago today @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @aimosinc.bsky.social launched MetaROR, a platform to publish metaresearch through the publish-review-curate approach.
Over the course of the year, we published 28 articles reviewed by 59 different reviewers.
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Over the course of the year, we published 28 articles reviewed by 59 different reviewers.
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MetaROR Turns One - MetaROR
An exciting year of open, community-driven evaluation of metaresearch One [...]
metaror.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🎈 Time flies! Exactly one year ago today @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @aimosinc.bsky.social launched MetaROR, a platform to publish metaresearch through the publish-review-curate approach.
Over the course of the year, we published 28 articles reviewed by 59 different reviewers.
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Over the course of the year, we published 28 articles reviewed by 59 different reviewers.
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📣 We are looking for new members for the ReproducibiliTea Steering Committee!
📅 Applications are open until 30th November 2025 (midnight CET).
👉 Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
✍️ Application Form:
forms.gle/R8FSHGJCFVk2...
📅 Applications are open until 30th November 2025 (midnight CET).
👉 Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
✍️ Application Form:
forms.gle/R8FSHGJCFVk2...
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
📣 We are looking for new members for the ReproducibiliTea Steering Committee!
📅 Applications are open until 30th November 2025 (midnight CET).
👉 Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
✍️ Application Form:
forms.gle/R8FSHGJCFVk2...
📅 Applications are open until 30th November 2025 (midnight CET).
👉 Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
✍️ Application Form:
forms.gle/R8FSHGJCFVk2...
Our new systematic review on music therapy and heart rate variability (HRV) is now online 🎉
While we found potential positive effects of music therapy on HRV, the quality of HRV measurement methods in these studies was generally low—but quality was improving over time 📈 doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... 🔓
While we found potential positive effects of music therapy on HRV, the quality of HRV measurement methods in these studies was generally low—but quality was improving over time 📈 doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... 🔓
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Our new systematic review on music therapy and heart rate variability (HRV) is now online 🎉
While we found potential positive effects of music therapy on HRV, the quality of HRV measurement methods in these studies was generally low—but quality was improving over time 📈 doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... 🔓
While we found potential positive effects of music therapy on HRV, the quality of HRV measurement methods in these studies was generally low—but quality was improving over time 📈 doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... 🔓
Today a student told me they found an "old" article from the 2000s 💀
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Today a student told me they found an "old" article from the 2000s 💀
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Choice, reproducibility, and reporting of stats is critical & an editorial focus at the journal.
It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
@dsquintana.bsky.social @annalschubert.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
@dsquintana.bsky.social @annalschubert.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Improving statistical reporting in psychology - Communications Psychology
Practical guidelines for transparent statistical reporting in quantitative psychology are presented, covering key decisions from study planning through results reporting across frequentist, Bayesian, ...
www.nature.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Choice, reproducibility, and reporting of stats is critical & an editorial focus at the journal.
It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
@dsquintana.bsky.social @annalschubert.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
@dsquintana.bsky.social @annalschubert.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
In Norway, you’ll be lucky if undergrads call you *anything*. Most messages or emails simply begin with, “Hei…”.
I’m fine with this personally as it’s the norm here, but it *does* mean I usually need to give “the talk” to more senior students who need to contact researchers outside Norway
I’m fine with this personally as it’s the norm here, but it *does* mean I usually need to give “the talk” to more senior students who need to contact researchers outside Norway
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
In Norway, you’ll be lucky if undergrads call you *anything*. Most messages or emails simply begin with, “Hei…”.
I’m fine with this personally as it’s the norm here, but it *does* mean I usually need to give “the talk” to more senior students who need to contact researchers outside Norway
I’m fine with this personally as it’s the norm here, but it *does* mean I usually need to give “the talk” to more senior students who need to contact researchers outside Norway
If you’ve ever attempted a meta-analysis, you’ll know that authors generally do a poor job reporting statistics. If you do this well, you’ll improve your chances of your work being included in a future meta-analysis.
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If you’ve ever attempted a meta-analysis, you’ll know that authors generally do a poor job reporting statistics. If you do this well, you’ll improve your chances of your work being included in a future meta-analysis.
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
“Google's strategic transformation into an AI-first company fundamentally conflicts with maintaining niche academic services like Scholar”
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“Google's strategic transformation into an AI-first company fundamentally conflicts with maintaining niche academic services like Scholar”
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Important points 👇
We strongly encourage ORCIDs & mandate them for corresponding authors. It adds admin 🫠, but it benefits especially people who a) have frequent names, b) use a moniker that is a transcription of their names in Roman letters, c) do not have English institutional websites.
We strongly encourage ORCIDs & mandate them for corresponding authors. It adds admin 🫠, but it benefits especially people who a) have frequent names, b) use a moniker that is a transcription of their names in Roman letters, c) do not have English institutional websites.
I wish ORCIDs were more widely used. You can add a secondary email address to your ORCID account, so even if you lose your institutional email, which is the norm rather than then exception, you can still use the same ORCID.
194: Author verification everythinghertz.com/194
We discuss whether preprint servers and journals should introduce author identity verification for submitting manuscripts. This would probably speed up the submission process, is this worth the potential downsides?
We discuss whether preprint servers and journals should introduce author identity verification for submitting manuscripts. This would probably speed up the submission process, is this worth the potential downsides?
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Important points 👇
We strongly encourage ORCIDs & mandate them for corresponding authors. It adds admin 🫠, but it benefits especially people who a) have frequent names, b) use a moniker that is a transcription of their names in Roman letters, c) do not have English institutional websites.
We strongly encourage ORCIDs & mandate them for corresponding authors. It adds admin 🫠, but it benefits especially people who a) have frequent names, b) use a moniker that is a transcription of their names in Roman letters, c) do not have English institutional websites.
Here’s an interesting breakdown of ORCID use per field ⬇️
Good question! The lowest rate by far are those publications where field can't be assigned (meaning the metadata is particularly poor anyway--probably without even an abstract available). Chemistry, Physical Sciences, and Engineering are rocking the ORCID, while the humanities are all lagging. -2024
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Here’s an interesting breakdown of ORCID use per field ⬇️
I wish ORCIDs were more widely used. You can add a secondary email address to your ORCID account, so even if you lose your institutional email, which is the norm rather than then exception, you can still use the same ORCID.
194: Author verification everythinghertz.com/194
We discuss whether preprint servers and journals should introduce author identity verification for submitting manuscripts. This would probably speed up the submission process, is this worth the potential downsides?
We discuss whether preprint servers and journals should introduce author identity verification for submitting manuscripts. This would probably speed up the submission process, is this worth the potential downsides?
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I wish ORCIDs were more widely used. You can add a secondary email address to your ORCID account, so even if you lose your institutional email, which is the norm rather than then exception, you can still use the same ORCID.
Me, hearing ‘Ok Computer’ for the first time when I was like 15
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Me, hearing ‘Ok Computer’ for the first time when I was like 15
Anyone have a copy of 'Replication in Behavioral Research' (1990) by Rosenthal?
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Anyone have a copy of 'Replication in Behavioral Research' (1990) by Rosenthal?
Right place, right time.
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Right place, right time.
Computer trying to connect to printer down the hall from my office: Sorry, no can do mate, try again, three or four attempts should do it
Computer trying to connect to wifi at any university in the world: I connected to the network before you even opened up your laptop. I am one with eduroam
Computer trying to connect to wifi at any university in the world: I connected to the network before you even opened up your laptop. I am one with eduroam
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Computer trying to connect to printer down the hall from my office: Sorry, no can do mate, try again, three or four attempts should do it
Computer trying to connect to wifi at any university in the world: I connected to the network before you even opened up your laptop. I am one with eduroam
Computer trying to connect to wifi at any university in the world: I connected to the network before you even opened up your laptop. I am one with eduroam