80. Simine Vazire: Scientific editing, the purpose of journals, and the future of psychological science

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Simine Vazire is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne. In this conversation, we talk about her work on meta-science, the purpose of journals and peer review, Simine's plans for being Editor-in-Chief at Psychological Science, the hidden curriculum of scienitic publishing, and much more.
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Timestamps
0:00:00: What is SIPS and why did Simine cofound it?
0:05:10: Why Simine resigned from the NASEM Reproducibility & Replicability committee
0:13:07: Do we still need journals and peer review in 2023?
0:28:04: What does an Editor-in-Chief actually do?
0:37:09: Simine will be EiC of Psychological Science
0:59:44: The 'hidden curriculum' of scientific publishing
1:04:03: Why Siminie created a GoFundMe for DataColada
1:15:10: A book or paper more people should read
1:17:10: Something Simine wishes she'd learnt sooner
1:18:44: Advice for PhD students and postdocs
Podcast links

Website: https://geni.us/bjks-pod
Twitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt

Simine's links

Website: https://geni.us/vazire-web
Google Scholar: https://geni.us/vazire-scholar
Twitter: https://geni.us/vazire-twt

Ben's links

Website: https://geni.us/bjks-web
Google Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholar
Twitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twt

References/links
Episode of Black Goat Podcast I mentioned: https://blackgoat.podbean.com/e/simine-flips-out/
Mini-interview with Simine in Science: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-reform-minded-new-editor-psychology-s-flagship-journal-will-shake-things
My 2nd interview w/ Adam Mastroianni, and his blog post on peer review:
https://geni.us/bjks-mastroianni_2
Interview w/ Chris Chambers and Peer community in RR
https://geni.us/bjks-chambers
Simine's vision statement for Psychological Science
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mozmB2m5kxOoPvQSqDSguRrP5OobutU6/view
GOFUNDME for Data Colada's legal fees
https://www.gofundme.com/f/uhbka-support-data-coladas-legal-defense
Francesca Gino's response
https://www.francesca-v-harvard.org/
NYT Magazine article about Amy Cuddy (and Joe Simmons)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/magazine/when-the-revolution-came-for-amy-cuddy.html
Streisand effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

Holcombe (during dogwalk). On peer review. Personal communication to Simine.
Open Science Collaboration (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science.
Reich (2009): Plastic fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific

Chapters

1. What is SIPS and why did Simine cofound it? (00:00:00)

2. Why Simine resigned from the NASEM Reproducibility & Replicability committee (00:05:10)

3. Do we still need journals and peer review in 2023? (00:13:07)

4. What does an Editor-in-Chief actually do? (00:28:04)

5. Simine will be EiC of Psychological Science (00:37:09)

6. The 'hidden curriculum' of scientific publishing (00:59:44)

7. Why Siminie created a GoFundMe for DataColada (01:04:03)

8. A book or paper more people should read (01:15:10)

9. Something Simine wishes she'd learnt sooner (01:17:10)

10. Advice for PhD students and postdocs (01:18:44)

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