Science revolves around the data
Journal of Open Psychology DataPublished 7 June 2013Open access
Jelte M. Wicherts
Citations34
SJR quartileQ4
SJR score0.21
SNIP0.38
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Abstract
We as psychological researchers have no problems with sharing our ideas, criticisms, and empirical findings with our peers and the wider community, yet we seem surprisingly reluctant to share the raw data that underlie our scientific enterprise. This Editorial marks the launch of the Journal of Open Psychology Data, established to change the “closed research culture” in psychology.
Keywords
Computer ScienceDecision Sciences
Psychological ScienceFalse-Positive Psychology
6,712 Citations2011Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson +1 more
It is shown that despite empirical psychologists’ nominal endorsement of a low rate of false-positive findings, flexibility in data collection, analysis, and reporting dramatically increases actual false- positive rates, and a simple, low-cost, and straightforwardly effective disclosure-based solution is suggested.
Perspectives on Psychological ScienceScientific Utopia
1,336 Citations2012Brian A. Nosek, Jeffrey R. Spies +1 more
Strategies for improving scientific practices and knowledge accumulation are developed that account for ordinary human motivations and biases and can reduce the persistence of false findings.
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyWhy psychologists must change the way they analyze their data: The case of psi: Comment on Bem (2011).
996 Citations2011Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers, Ruud Wetzels +2 more
PLoS ONESharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate
891 Citations2007Heather Piwowar, Roger Day +1 more
This correlation between publicly available data and increased literature impact may further motivate investigators to share their detailed research data.
Perspectives on Psychological ScienceThe Rules of the Game Called Psychological Science
853 Citations2012Marjan Bakker, Annette van Dijk +1 more
This paper considers 13 meta-analyses covering 281 primary studies in various fields of psychology and finds indications of biases and/or an excess of significant results in seven, highlighting the need for sufficiently powerful replications and changes in journal policies.
European Journal of PersonalityRecommendations for Increasing Replicability in Psychology
848 Citations2013Jens B. Asendorpf, Mark Conner +14 more
PeerJData reuse and the open data citation advantage
598 Citations2013Heather Piwowar, Todd Vision
There is a direct effect of third-party data reuse that persists for years beyond the time when researchers have published most of the papers reusing their own data, and a robust citation benefit from open data is found, although a smaller one than previously reported.
American PsychologistThe poor availability of psychological research data for reanalysis.
559 Citations2006Jelte M. Wicherts, Denny Borsboom +2 more
A failed attempt to obtain data reported in 141 empirical articles recently published by the APA, to assess the robustness of the research findings to outliers.
PLoS ONEWillingness to Share Research Data Is Related to the Strength of the Evidence and the Quality of Reporting of Statistical Results
442 Citations2011Jelte M. Wicherts, Marjan Bakker +1 more
It is suggested that statistical results are particularly hard to verify when reanalysis is more likely to lead to contrasting conclusions, which highlights the importance of establishing mandatory data archiving policies.
Behavior Research MethodsThe (mis)reporting of statistical results in psychology journals
376 Citations2011Marjan Bakker, Jelte M. Wicherts
The authors' results indicate that around 18% of statistical results in the psychological literature are incorrectly reported, and that errors were often in line with researchers’ expectations.
PLoS ONEPriming Intelligent Behavior: An Elusive Phenomenon
245 Citations2013David R. Shanks, Ben R. Newell +6 more
None of the experiments obtained the intelligence priming effect, although financial incentives did boost performance, and a Bayesian analysis reveals considerable evidential support for the null hypothesis.
Psychological ScienceJust Post It
224 Citations2013Uri Simonsohn
It is argued that requiring authors to post the raw data supporting their published results has the benefit, among many others, of making fraud much less likely to go undetected.
Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research EthicsNormative Dissonance in Science: Results from a National Survey of U.S. Scientists
219 Citations2007Melissa S. Anderson, Brian C. Martinson +1 more
This analysis of the extent of dissonance between espoused ideals and scientists' perceptions of their own and others' behavior is based on survey responses from 3,247 mid- and early-career scientists who had research funding from the National Institutes of Health.
NaturePsychology must learn a lesson from fraud case
89 Citations2011Jelte M. Wicherts
Sharing data could help to avert scandals like the Diederik Stapel revelations, and improve the quality of research, says Jelte M. Wicherts.
ScienceAddressing Scientific Fraud
84 Citations2011Jennifer Crocker, M. Lynne Cooper
As the investigation unfolds, the moment is opportune to reflect on what can be done to protect science and the public from fraud in the future.
IntelligencePublish (your data) or (let the data) perish! Why not publish your data too?
79 Citations2012Jelte M. Wicherts, Marjan Bakker
Frontiers in Computational NeuroscienceLetting the daylight in: Reviewing the reviewers and other ways to maximize transparency in science
73 Citations2012Jelte M. Wicherts, Rogier Kievit +2 more
This work argues for the implementation of peer-reviewed peer review, transparent editorial hierarchies, and online data publication, arguing that the proposed system leads to better reviews, meritocrats, and a higher degree of replicability of statistical analyses.
Accountability in Research(Un)Available upon Request: Field Experiment on Researchers' Willingness to Share Supplementary Materials
67 Citations2012Michał Krawczyk, Ernesto Reuben
Results of a field experiment in which two hundred e-mails were sent to authors of recent articles in economics that had promised to send the interested reader supplementary material, such as alternative econometric specifications, “upon request,” found authors of published articles were much more likely to share than authors of working papers.
SSRN Electronic JournalJust Post It: The Lesson from Two Cases of Fabricated Data Detected by Statistics Alone
37 Citations2012Uri Simonsohn
It is argued that requiring authors to post the raw data supporting their published results has, among many other benefits, that of making fraud much less likely to go undetected.
NatureSharing: guidelines go one step forwards, two steps back
5 Citations2009Jelte M. Wicherts, Marjan Bakker
The World Meteorological Organization’s task force is helping to develop a Global Framework for Climate Services to link weather predictions, projections and information with climate-risk management and adaptation.
Data - Voer voor psychologen. Archivering, beschikbaarstelling en hergebruik van onderzoeksdata in de psychologie
5 Citations2010Caroline Voorbrood, Heleen Luijn van