OpinionStop Formatting Before the Desk Reject: A Proposal for Staged Submissions
By Bert Bakker & Jakob Kasper
Many flagship journals reject most manuscripts at the desk-review stage, with rates of 40–80% being common
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OpinionBreaking Bubbles: Art and Science in a Fractured World
By Peter Bergeijk
In an age where trust in science, facts, and authority is rapidly eroding, art may offer a surprising way forward.
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OpinionLet’s Focus on Learning From Mistakes Not on Avoiding Mistakes
By Gerbrand Koren
Do we truly want to focus so much on eradicating mistakes, and are we trying to train a generation of reliable ‘robots’?
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OpinionSex Differences and Clinical Research: a Reflection on Communicating About Values in Science
By Marcel Hobma
Philosophers teach us that science is drenched in values, but what does this mean for science communication? Editor Marcel reflects on what values mean for his earlier work on clinical trials.
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OpinionEvaluative Measures or Game-Able Targets? Academic Competition Can Turn Even Qualitative Measures into Targets for Researchers
By Marcel Hobma
Although the global switch from quantitative to qualitative evaluation measures is certainly necessary, without lowering academic competition they too might become game-able targets.
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OpinionHow 'Recognition and Rewards' in Dutch Academia Turned Metrics into Incentives
By Martijn van der Meer
In recent attempts to reform research assesment, metrics have explicitly become “incentives”. Yet, the Dutch debate about this transition focussed on the wrong elements.
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OpinionNot All That Shines Is Diamond: Why Open Access Publication Favors Rich Authors, Prestigious Universities and Industry-Funded Research
By Marcel Hobma
More and more researchers pay processing costs for publishing in Open Access, but these costs disadvantage authors who are female, early in their career or, from low-income countries.
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OpinionCan Direct Replications Save Psychology From Its Conceptual and Measurement Issues?
By Marcel Hobma
Science reformers suggest direct replications as a solution to the replication crisis, but they might not be able to deal with the conceptual and measurement issues that underlie the crisis.
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OpinionWho Is to Blame When We Fly Too Close to the Sun – Academia or the Individual?
By Sarahanne Field & Sean Devine
We should beware of using Ariely and others as scapegoats. Rather than dwelling on the moral failings of individual researchers, we might reframe fraud and misconduct as a systemic problem.
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OpinionThe Four Horsemen of the Crisis in Psychological Science
By Sean Devine
Psychological science is in a crisis, and has been for quite some time.
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OpinionWetenschap, Wees Eens Eerlijk Over Jezelf!
By Stefan Gaillard & Martijn van der Meer
Vorige week presenteerde minister Van Engelshoven haar langverwachte ‘Strategische Agenda voor het hoger onderwijs en onderzoek’.
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