Feb 7, 2023 04:39 PM
Psychology studies that go viral are likelier to be bogus
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/psychology-replication/
KEY POINTS: Researchers ran a text-analyzing machine learning model on over 14,000 psychology papers published in top journals between 2000 and 2019, assessing each paper's likelihood of being replicated. They found that highly cited papers were no more likely to be replicated. They also found that papers which received more media attention were less likely to be replicated. There was some good news from the research. Between 2010 and 2019, average replication scores increased, hinting that psychology as a field may be growing more rigorous. (MORE - details)
The Whack-a-Mole problem: Hijacked journal still being indexed in Scopus even after discovery
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/02/07/t...ore-126513
INTRO: Have you heard about hijacked journals, which take over legitimate publications’ titles, ISSNs, and other metadata without their permission? We recently launched the Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker, and will be publishing regular posts like this one to tell the stories of some of those cases.
Hijacked journal: Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies
What happened: The journal became a perfect target for hijackers when it expanded its title from “Linguistica Antverpiensia” and changed itsweb domain.
Fraudulent publishers hijacked the journal in 2021, re-registering the old, expired domain under the original, shorter name Linguistica Antverpiensia... (MORE - details)
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/psychology-replication/
KEY POINTS: Researchers ran a text-analyzing machine learning model on over 14,000 psychology papers published in top journals between 2000 and 2019, assessing each paper's likelihood of being replicated. They found that highly cited papers were no more likely to be replicated. They also found that papers which received more media attention were less likely to be replicated. There was some good news from the research. Between 2010 and 2019, average replication scores increased, hinting that psychology as a field may be growing more rigorous. (MORE - details)
The Whack-a-Mole problem: Hijacked journal still being indexed in Scopus even after discovery
https://retractionwatch.com/2023/02/07/t...ore-126513
INTRO: Have you heard about hijacked journals, which take over legitimate publications’ titles, ISSNs, and other metadata without their permission? We recently launched the Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker, and will be publishing regular posts like this one to tell the stories of some of those cases.
Hijacked journal: Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies
What happened: The journal became a perfect target for hijackers when it expanded its title from “Linguistica Antverpiensia” and changed itsweb domain.
Fraudulent publishers hijacked the journal in 2021, re-registering the old, expired domain under the original, shorter name Linguistica Antverpiensia... (MORE - details)