Brian Nosek

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.

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.

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For me, this story illustrates that the whisper network is not sufficient. Despite having been in the same field, parts of overlapping social networks, and near enough topically to have corresponded with him several times, the Bloomberg piece is the first I had heard of it!

More voices from those also affected by Miles Hewstone‘s behavior, hitting walls when trying to be heard. Katherine Griffiths from @bloomberg.com gave everyone a voice that can no longer be silenced.

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The best comedy gets you laughing right up to where you realize that you've been receiving truth bombs the whole time. This is a brilliant 3 minutes of comedy.

There is so much to be disappointed about in this story--from the institutional response to Miles Hewstone himself. We still have a lot of work to do to make academic environments inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive, and where harassers are held accountable.

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Regrettably, that is a virtue in this case.

Libraries and Open Science: Overlaps and Gaps with the Research Community The Center for Open Science brought together librarians and research professionals from diverse contexts to explore how libraries partner with researchers, administrators, and others to grow open scholarship awareness and participation.

Academic libraries play a key role in open science support, but what does that look like in practice? COS convened librarians & research professionals to discuss how they partner w/ researchers, administrators, & others to grow open scholarship awareness & participation.

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Some news: Open Philanthropy is now Coefficient Giving! Our mission is unchanged but the new name reflects our growing work with other donors to multiply the impact of their giving.

🧵 on our work to make philanthropy a more efficient "market" and plans going forward:

I'm looking forward to more discussions & actions we can take with this new initiative. Safeguarding scientific data requires coordinated initiative across many sectors. @datarescueproject.org has been a critical component in building community responses, and there is still much to be done.

We strongly suggest using the following labels: praise: Praises highlight something positive. Try to leave at least one of these comments per review. Do not leave false praise (which can actually be damaging). Do look for something to sincerely praise. nitpick: Nitpicks are trivial preference-based requests. These should be non-blocking by nature. suggestion: Suggestions propose improvements to the current subject. It’s important to be explicit and clear on what is being suggested and why it is an improvement. Consider using patches and the blocking or non-blocking decorations to further communicate your intent. issue: Issues highlight specific problems with the subject under review. These problems can be user-facing or behind the scenes. It is strongly recommended to pair this comment with a suggestion. If you are not sure if a problem exists or not, consider leaving a question. todo: TODO’s are small, trivial, but necessary changes. Distinguishing todo comments from issues: or suggestions: helps direct the reader’s attention to comments requiring more involvement. question: Questions are appropriate if you have a potential concern but are not quite sure if it’s relevant or not. Asking the author for clarification or investigation can lead to a quick resolution. thought: Thoughts represent an idea that popped up from reviewing. These comments are non-blocking by nature, but they are extremely valuable and can lead to more focused initiatives and mentoring opportunities. chore: Chores are simple tasks that must be done before the subject can be “officially” accepted. Usually, these comments reference some common process. Try to leave a link to the process description so that the reader knows how to resolve the chore. note: Notes are always non-blocking and simply highlight something the reader should take note of.

I recently discovered Conventional Comments (conventionalcomments.org) for providing a pseudo-standard set of labels for feedback and just tried it for an article review and it was really helpful to specify issues vs. thoughts vs. suggestions, etc. Hopefully it's helpful for the authors too!

Center for Open Science Awarded Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Preserve and Safeguard Publicly Funded Scientific Data The Center for Open Science (COS) was awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to develop a community-driven strategic plan for ensuring long-term preservation, accessibility, an...

New: A community coordination effort to develop a framework for long-term stewardship of federally-funded data. Powered by partnership with DataCite, CODE, Data Rescue Project, GO FAIR, Data Foundation, IOI, and others. Thanks to RWJF for support to do the work.

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Bianka Snore was a missed opportunity.

Arina K. Bones be like

It's a revealing moment...

J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.

The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.

Jim Ryan is a man of incredible character and this is a deeply troubling read. Gov. Spanberger and the legislature need to get those three members of the board to resign and reevaluate the university and state's ties with McGuireWoods drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...

“Stubborn and principled often look the same, especially to those who are unprincipled.” -- Jim Ryan

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The universal agreement among commenters throughout was that our collective time to shine is represented by the bottom right cell. Congrats to all of us for making it on to the alignment chart!

Thus concludes reality distraction strategy #822.

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Wrapping up the final row all at once: What papers to you are prototype examples of having huge, moderate, or minimal citation impact and also minimal actual impact, in whatever way you define actual impact?

broad definition of "impact"

That paper did have a huge real impact, but maybe doesn't qualify as "minimal" citation impact? Unless you mean one of the other ones, they have several.

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Option: Foa, Gillihan & Bryant (2013). "Challenges and Successes in Dissemination of Evidence-Based Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress: Lessons Learned From Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD" Not perfect. I am uncertain of actual impact & 30 cites/yr isn't minimal; but strong practice orientation

This lesson applies broadly. One can be working to dismantle or reform a system without also being hostile or antagonistic.

In fact, an open, positive approach invites engagement and inclusion, even of those that have questions or misgivings.

Ericsson & Simon (1980) takes the middle cell psycnet.apa.org/record/1980-...

Now, your nominations for minimal citation impact but moderate actual impact?

A contribution that altered policy or practice...
A paper that extinguished an active area of research...
An uncredited gem...

An Excess of Positive Results: Comparing the Standard Psychology Literature With Registered Reports - Anne M. Scheel, Mitchell R. M. J. Schijen, Daniël Lakens, 2021 Selectively publishing results that support the tested hypotheses (“positive” results) distorts the available evidence for scientific claims. For the past decad...

For this cell, I think about papers that tackle an important problem within a field and are recognized for having contributed effectively to that problem.

In metascience, for example, a prototype for me is Scheel, Schijen, & Lakens (2021). 542 citations.

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Hu & Bentler (1999) with >130k citations selected for huge citation and moderate actual impact--see Nils' rationale that a lot of citation use is unthinking or to stop thinking.

What then is the prototype of prototypes for the moderate citation impact and moderate actual impact?

And there are many interesting email threads too, though those are more idiosyncratic.