Fixing science means an end to gaming the system

2024/09/09 by Nicholas J. L. Brown · 2 voices
Medicine · Decision Sciences · #Health and Medical Research Impacts #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews #Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3002816

openalex publication_date 2024/09/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

During the last decade, there has been a substantial acceleration in the open science movement. Most people would probably hope to have seen signs of positive change in that time, yet it seems that the process of improving the practice of science is moving at a glacial pace.

Citations

• Registered Reports
• False-Positive Psychology
• An Excess of Positive Results: Comparing the Standard Psychology Literature With Registered Reports

Discussions

• "Open science arose in response to scientists churning out junk, but junk seems to be what the 'market' that interests scientists still demands." – Opinion from Nicholas JL Brown on academic "gaming" [bsky, 3 points, 0 comments]
• A useful paper here in my effort to become a late-career academic chaos gremlin. doi.org/10.1371/jour... [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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