Episodes 195
Avg. Duration 53m
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Apple Rating 4.8 (55)
Since Mar 2016
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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Methodology, scientific life, and bad language. Co-hosted by Dr. Dan Quintana (University of Oslo) and Dr. James Heathers (Cipher Skin)

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195: Living meta-analysis

Jan 14, 2026 37m

We discuss how living meta‑analyses—meta‑analyses that are continuously updated as new studies appear—can cut research waste and keep evidence current. We also chat about how using synthetic research…

194: Author verification

Nov 10, 2025 44m

We discuss whether preprint servers and journals should require author identity verification for submitting manuscripts. This would probably speed up the submission process, but is this worth the…

193: The pop-up journal

Aug 07, 2025 59m

Dan and James chat about a a new 'pop-up journal' concept for addressing specific research questions. They also answer a listener question from a journal grammar editor and discuss a new PNAS article…

192: Outsourcing in academia

Jul 01, 2025 47m

Dan and James answer listener questions on outsourcing in academia and differences in research culture between academic institutions and commercial institutions. Social media links Dan on Bluesky…

191: Cleaning up contaminated medical treatment guidelines

Jun 03, 2025 48m

James and Dan discuss James' newly funded 'Medical Evidence Project', whose goal is to find questionable medical evidence that is contaminating treatment guidelines. Links James' blog post from…

190: What happens when you pay reviewers?

Apr 02, 2025 44m

We chat about two new studies that took different approaches for evaluating the impact of paying reviewers on peer review speed and quality. Links James' 450 movement proposal The paper from…

189: Crit me baby, one more time

Mar 02, 2025 53m

Dan and James discuss a recent piece that proposes a post-publication review process, which is triggered by citation counts. They also cover how an almetrics trigger could be alternatively used for a…

188: Double-blind peer review vs. scientific integrity

Jan 30, 2025 54m

Dan and James discuss a recent editorial which argues that double-blind peer review is detrimental to scientific integrity. Links The editorial from Christopher Mebane:…

187: What started the replication crisis era?

Dec 03, 2024 55m

We chat about the events that started the replication crisis in psychology and Dorothy Bishop's recent resignation from the Royal Society Links The resignation blogpost from Dorothy Bishop The…

186: Evaluating journal quality

Nov 13, 2024 43m

In this episode we chat about a Nordic approach for evaluating the journal quality and how we should be teaching undergraduates to evaluate journal and article quality Links The Norwegian journal…

185: The Retraction

Oct 04, 2024 1h 8m

We discuss the recent retraction of a paper that reported the effects of rigour-enhancing practices on replicability. We also cover James' new estimate that 1 out of 7 scientific papers are…

184: A race to the bottom

Sep 05, 2024 48m

Open access articles have democratized the availability of scientific research, but are author-paid publication fees undermining the quality of science? The preprint by Morgan and Smaldino -…

183: Too beautiful to be true

Aug 03, 2024 45m

Dan and James discuss a paper describing a journal editor's efforts to receive data from authors who submitted papers with results that seemed a little too beautiful to be true Main edisode…

182: What practices should the behavioural sciences borrow (and ignore) from other research fields?

Jul 02, 2024 51m

Dan and James answer a listener question on what practices should the behavioural sciences borrow (and ignore) from other research fields. Here are the main takeaways: Keeping laboratory records…

181: Down the rabbit hole

Jun 03, 2024 42m

We discuss how following citation chains in psychology can often lead to unexpected places, and how this can contribute to unreplicable findings. We also discuss why team science has taken longer to…

180: Consortium peer reviews

May 02, 2024 50m

Dan and James discuss why innovation in scientific publishing is so hard, an emerging consortium peer review model, and a recent replication of the 'refilling soup bowl' study. Other things they…

179: Discovery vs. maintenance

Apr 03, 2024 48m

Dan and James discuss how scientific research often neglects the importance of maintenance and long-term access for scientific tools and resources. Other things they cover: Should there be an…

178: Alerting researchers about retractions

Feb 29, 2024 49m

Dan and James discuss the Retractobot service, which emails authors about papers they've cited that have been retracted. What should authors do if they discover a paper they've cited has been…

177: Plagiarism

Jan 31, 2024 42m

We discuss two recent plagiarism cases, one you've probably heard about and another that you probably haven't heard about if you're outside Norway. We also chat about the parallels between plagiarism…

176: Tracking academic workloads

Dec 29, 2023 36m

We chat about a paper on the invisible workload of open science and why academics are so bad at tracking their workloads. This episode was originally recorded in May 2023 in a hotel room just before…

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