Mariah Hoye

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Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...

I and other participants of the Novel Approaches to Preventing Publication Bias Workshop, hosted by the NINDS Office of Research Quality in May 2024, have published a framework to encourage the publication of null results in science: 🧪

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...

Publication bias continues to skew academic literature. In our new @plosbiology.org article, we outline actionable steps for journals, funders & researchers to ensure all results—not only “positive” ones—are valued. A roadmap for more reliable science: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

IMO, tackling our bias against null studies is essential for improving the culture of science.

We want high-quality science,

BUT we evaluate research and researchers more on the outcome of their work (“positive” findings, novelty, etc.) than the process by which those results were obtained.

No publicar todos los resultados de investigación, incluidos los "negativos" es un problema que tenemos que afrontar juntos... @scurry.bsky.social explica mucho mejor que yo lo que contamos en nuestro último paper. @plosbiology.org

Grateful to @stephencurryuk.bsky.social and the other participants in this terrific workshop focused on how to combat our bias against publishing negative data (so important!) 👇

Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...

"Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results"

Paper out today in PLoS Medicine by many of us who would like to see publication bias reduced or eliminated.

Especially happy that Registered Reports got shout-outs.

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...

Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. @scurry.bsky.social &co present a roadmap to a solution that has a role for everyone in the scientific community 🧪 #Academicsky #reproducibility
plos.io/3VwaU2O

Let's get negative about scholarly publishing – a new paper (first in a long time for me!) on proposals to tackle the problem of publication bias that emerged from a NINDS workshop held in May last year.
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/... [Direct link to paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...

Null & negative results ≠ failure. They’re essential—but still sidelined.

Proud to co-author this @plosbiology.org paper tackling systemic bias & calling for culture change.

ECRs pay the highest price for this biased culture!

Blog by @scurry.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ysc23wrx

#PublicationBias

There are currently 11 acting Institute and Center directors at NIH and this will add another. Two more and the majority of these positions will be vacant.

This is an awesome primer for peer review and also a helpful guide to get people thinking about the quality of their own experimental design!

Kudos to the authors!

Congrats @federicamosti.bsky.social and @debbysilver.bsky.social lab! I’m excited to read it!!

I am honored to be selected as an ASCB fellow! SO much thanks to those who nominated me and provided letters of support!

And congratulations to the other Fellows selected! 🎉🥳🎊

Full Committee Markup of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Acts | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost!

Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%).

"Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov.

ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.

R4E community members awarded NIH NINDS METER Grant! — R4E R4E community members Drs. Nafisa Jadavji (PI), Nele Haelterman, Michael Malek-Ahmadi and Mrs. Sue McClatchy have been awarded an NIH NINDS METER grant titled ‘Educating Biomedical Researchers on ...

Read more here: www.repro4everyone.org/blog/p5zqp5d...
Looking forward to getting started! @comm4rigor.bsky.social NINDS Office of Research Quality @mariahhoye.bsky.social

Promoting Open Discussions of Scientific Failure within the Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference <p>Join this interactive session as Megan Hagenauer and Daniela Schiller discuss their paper, &ldquo;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0524-24.2024">Promoting Open Discussions of Scientific Fail...

🧠 Tomorrow (6/24: 12-1) I will be doing an interactive webinar with Christophe Bernard and Daniela Schiller to discuss our paper, “Promoting Open Discussions of Scientific Failure within the Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference”. Come join & submit questions!
neuronline.sfn.org/scientific-r...

the reissued NOFO for the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) is finally published! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Also be sure to read the instructions a Forms I SF424. These Fs will have the new format/review instructions so there are different components from the previous NOFOs.

And I would take issue if a study with null outcomes was written up to say “this proves the null hypothesis”, etc, but rigorously-conducted null studies are important contributions to a body of scientific evidence.

I really like how this paper lays it out: elifesciences.org/articles/21451

Promoting Open Discussions of Scientific Failure within the Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference The annual Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting is a bonanza of scientific achievement: famous keynote speakers, beautiful scientific results, and award ceremonies. This focus is exciting and invigo...

What happens when scientists discuss mistakes they've made?

Here's a lovely paper about developing of a conference series normalizing errors ("Oh Sh*t: Great Scientists Tell Stories About Their Greatest Failures").

#stats #neuroscience #metascience #neuroskyence

tinyurl.com/5n96e5em

I love this paper too!

The author, Rick Born, is part of the @comm4rigor.bsky.social which is developing educational units on topics like confirmation bias!

For anyone interested in learning more, check out the beta form of the unit at c4r.io (and give us feedback so we can keep improving it)!

Also no 😅

But I take your point. I think the issue in my field (molecular/cellular neuroscience) and many others is that numerous studies have shown that we apply more scrutiny to studies with null outcomes than positive ones, even when you condition on experimental design (sample size, etc).

What does a 40% NIH budget cut mean for funding chances (now ~15%)?

You might think “60% of the money left = 9% success”

❌ NOPE!!!

1-3%

because 80% of the budget is for existing grants

New science? Starved
Ongoing grants? Slashed 😢

#FundingScienceSavesLives

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Please add me- I’m a program manager in the NINDS Office of Research Quality! Thanks!

I wish I’d been taught that publishing rigorously conducted null studies is actually essential for the health of science and the extra scrutiny we give to studies with null outcomes stems from unconscious bias.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18199864/

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21098355/

Let’s talk rigor.
What’s ONE thing you wish you’d been taught earlier about study design, statistical analysis, or data reporting?
Drop your lessons & tips for the new generation 👇

#GradSchoolAdvice #RigorInResearch c4r.io

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