simine vazire
@simine.com
Psychology prof at UniMelb, co-director of MetaMelb (interdisciplinary metascience lab).
Live (mostly) in Sydney.
Study credibility of science & how to improve it.
@siminevazire on Twitter
Live (mostly) in Sydney.
Study credibility of science & how to improve it.
@siminevazire on Twitter
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Job posting alert! Open Science Specialist at the University of Calgary (in Canada!) #job #OpenScience careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1704502...
Specialist, Open Science, Research Services in
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Specialist, Open Science, Research Services in
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AB,
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November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Job posting alert! Open Science Specialist at the University of Calgary (in Canada!) #job #OpenScience careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1704502...
Dear fans of Hugo the dog,
Hugo passed away peacefully on Monday, after a wonderful last few days doing his favorite things: road-tripping, going to the beach, and getting lots and lots of pats.
He was full of love and goofiness until the end.
Hugo passed away peacefully on Monday, after a wonderful last few days doing his favorite things: road-tripping, going to the beach, and getting lots and lots of pats.
He was full of love and goofiness until the end.
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Dear fans of Hugo the dog,
Hugo passed away peacefully on Monday, after a wonderful last few days doing his favorite things: road-tripping, going to the beach, and getting lots and lots of pats.
He was full of love and goofiness until the end.
Hugo passed away peacefully on Monday, after a wonderful last few days doing his favorite things: road-tripping, going to the beach, and getting lots and lots of pats.
He was full of love and goofiness until the end.
If you’re an author, reviewer, or editor and want to learn about Registered Reports from one of the best editors around, go to this webinar!
Nov 19th at 8am Pacific US, 11am Eastern US, 5pm Central Europe (3am Nov 20th for the diehard Australians)
Nov 19th at 8am Pacific US, 11am Eastern US, 5pm Central Europe (3am Nov 20th for the diehard Australians)
Sage webinar on Registered Reports (RRs/RRRs)! I'm excited to participate, and if you have any curiosity about writing a RR or reviewing a RR, please consider joining the webinar. Spread the word-- thanks! @psychscience.bsky.social
📢 Join our upcoming Registered Reports webinar!
Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your research! We will cover the following topics:
- Two-stage review explained
- Tips for Stage 1 protocols
- Common author challenges
Register now: https://ow.ly/R6yH50Xptt0 #RegisteredReports #Webinar
Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your research! We will cover the following topics:
- Two-stage review explained
- Tips for Stage 1 protocols
- Common author challenges
Register now: https://ow.ly/R6yH50Xptt0 #RegisteredReports #Webinar
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you’re an author, reviewer, or editor and want to learn about Registered Reports from one of the best editors around, go to this webinar!
Nov 19th at 8am Pacific US, 11am Eastern US, 5pm Central Europe (3am Nov 20th for the diehard Australians)
Nov 19th at 8am Pacific US, 11am Eastern US, 5pm Central Europe (3am Nov 20th for the diehard Australians)
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📣 Save the date for the 13th PCI webinar on December 1st, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Simine Vazire (University of Melbourne, Australia) will present "Recognizing and responding to a replication crisis: Lessons from Psychology". For more details and registration, visit: buff.ly/wZNoD2v
PCI Webinar Series - Peer Community In
The PCI webinar series is a series of seminars on research practices, publication practices, evaluation, scientific integrity, meta-research, organised by Peer Community In
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November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
📣 Save the date for the 13th PCI webinar on December 1st, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Simine Vazire (University of Melbourne, Australia) will present "Recognizing and responding to a replication crisis: Lessons from Psychology". For more details and registration, visit: buff.ly/wZNoD2v
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OpenNeuro @openneuro.bsky.social just hit a huge milestone: 1500 datasets! Congrats to the team on making this project so successful over the last 7 years.
October 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
OpenNeuro @openneuro.bsky.social just hit a huge milestone: 1500 datasets! Congrats to the team on making this project so successful over the last 7 years.
My blog has moved! It’s now at sometimesimwrongblog.wordpress.com If you have links to posts in your syllabus, let me know if you have any trouble finding the corresponding post!
October 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My blog has moved! It’s now at sometimesimwrongblog.wordpress.com If you have links to posts in your syllabus, let me know if you have any trouble finding the corresponding post!
Very lucky to have @jamiecummins.bsky.social as a STAR editor at Psych Science, helping us navigate these kinds of issues. This is such important work.
Can large language models stand in for human participants?
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.
One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.
THREAD 🧵
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.
One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.
THREAD 🧵
The threat of analytic flexibility in using large language models to simulate human data: A call to attention
Social scientists are now using large language models to create "silicon samples" - synthetic datasets intended to stand in for human respondents, aimed at revolutionising human subjects research. How...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Very lucky to have @jamiecummins.bsky.social as a STAR editor at Psych Science, helping us navigate these kinds of issues. This is such important work.
Another chapter in the book of “Sometimes There’s Nothing There & Using Fancy Stats to Find Something Can Be a Bad Idea”
Do you wish we could understand causality by finding lagged effects in longitudinal data?
Bad news - lagged effects are probably rare, & even the RI-CLPM is an ill-suited test.
Do you wish we could understand causality by finding lagged effects in longitudinal data?
Bad news - lagged effects are probably rare, & even the RI-CLPM is an ill-suited test.
Interested in models used to estimate lagged effects in panel data? We (@rebiweidmann.bsky.social, Hyewon Yang) have a new paper looking at patterns of stability and their implications for bias and model choice: osf.io/preprints/ps... [1/x]
OSF
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September 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Another chapter in the book of “Sometimes There’s Nothing There & Using Fancy Stats to Find Something Can Be a Bad Idea”
Do you wish we could understand causality by finding lagged effects in longitudinal data?
Bad news - lagged effects are probably rare, & even the RI-CLPM is an ill-suited test.
Do you wish we could understand causality by finding lagged effects in longitudinal data?
Bad news - lagged effects are probably rare, & even the RI-CLPM is an ill-suited test.
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Excited to finally have my first paper officially published! "How Do Psychology Journals Handle Postpublication Critique?" is now online with AMPPS. Huge thanks to my supervisors @tomhardwicke.bsky.social and @simine.com and co-authors @bethclarke.bsky.social, N Moodie, S Schiavone, and R Thibault ☺️
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September 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Excited to finally have my first paper officially published! "How Do Psychology Journals Handle Postpublication Critique?" is now online with AMPPS. Huge thanks to my supervisors @tomhardwicke.bsky.social and @simine.com and co-authors @bethclarke.bsky.social, N Moodie, S Schiavone, and R Thibault ☺️
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We speak to @simine.com, @wchiggins.bsky.social and Laura Conlon about MetaMelb. This lab studies what is essentially ‘the psychology of psychology research’ – examining practices and norms across psychology.
Read it here: go.unimelb.edu.au/753p
Read it here: go.unimelb.edu.au/753p
The psychology of psychology: Inside MetaMelb
The psychology of psychology: Inside MetaMelb
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September 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We speak to @simine.com, @wchiggins.bsky.social and Laura Conlon about MetaMelb. This lab studies what is essentially ‘the psychology of psychology research’ – examining practices and norms across psychology.
Read it here: go.unimelb.edu.au/753p
Read it here: go.unimelb.edu.au/753p
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FYI - New @spspnews.bsky.social session on Navigating Uncertainty: A Community Conversation on Research Funding Challenges
Friday, September 19
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September 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
FYI - New @spspnews.bsky.social session on Navigating Uncertainty: A Community Conversation on Research Funding Challenges
Friday, September 19
2 - 3 PM ET (free and virtual)
Sign up: community.spsp.org/events/sNhWo...
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2 - 3 PM ET (free and virtual)
Sign up: community.spsp.org/events/sNhWo...
If I’m understanding right, Aaron Clauset at Peer Review Congress showing that the strongest correlate of peer review outcomes at Science and Science Advances is the prestige of authors’ institutions. Also pretty big association with author geography, not much with author gender. #PRC10
September 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If I’m understanding right, Aaron Clauset at Peer Review Congress showing that the strongest correlate of peer review outcomes at Science and Science Advances is the prestige of authors’ institutions. Also pretty big association with author geography, not much with author gender. #PRC10
At the Peer Review Congress #PRC10, @maclomaclee.bsky.social talks about flaws in meta-research. Often only points out problems, doesn’t test solutions, & often uses suboptimal methods (observational design, convenience samples).
Great points, but imo, pointing out problems can be big contribution.
Great points, but imo, pointing out problems can be big contribution.
September 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
At the Peer Review Congress #PRC10, @maclomaclee.bsky.social talks about flaws in meta-research. Often only points out problems, doesn’t test solutions, & often uses suboptimal methods (observational design, convenience samples).
Great points, but imo, pointing out problems can be big contribution.
Great points, but imo, pointing out problems can be big contribution.
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How do the discussion sections of paper mill articles in cancer research differ from similar literature? Drop by my poster to hear me over explain this graph in person today and tomorrow ✨ @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social #PRC10
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
How do the discussion sections of paper mill articles in cancer research differ from similar literature? Drop by my poster to hear me over explain this graph in person today and tomorrow ✨ @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social #PRC10
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A meta-perspective by Malcolm Macleod on the presentations at #PRC10.
Are we going for low hanging fruit too much in research on peer review / publication?
Are we going for low hanging fruit too much in research on peer review / publication?
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A meta-perspective by Malcolm Macleod on the presentations at #PRC10.
Are we going for low hanging fruit too much in research on peer review / publication?
Are we going for low hanging fruit too much in research on peer review / publication?
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PsyArXiv is now down to only ~40% of the backlog we started with, thanks to our amazing moderators 🎉 To all mods: thank you so much for your hard work!
Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :)
#PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky
Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :)
#PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky
August 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
PsyArXiv is now down to only ~40% of the backlog we started with, thanks to our amazing moderators 🎉 To all mods: thank you so much for your hard work!
Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :)
#PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky
Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :)
#PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky
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Michael was my undergraduate thesis advisor. I have been moved to write some reflections on his life, and my time with him open.substack.com/pub/alexholc... #visionScience A hashtag seems gauche, but Michael should be more widely known - he didn't attend conferences much.
August 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Michael was my undergraduate thesis advisor. I have been moved to write some reflections on his life, and my time with him open.substack.com/pub/alexholc... #visionScience A hashtag seems gauche, but Michael should be more widely known - he didn't attend conferences much.
Yikes. My blog is on Typepad. I have one month to rescue it. Any tips on what I should do? I’d like to keep it active (not just back it up, but host it somewhere else in case I ever get around to writing more posts). I’d love recommendations, esp ones that require little/no technical skills 😂
After 22 years, Typepad is shutting down with one month's notice. Go back up your old blogs, old-school blogger friends. everything.typepad.com/blog/2025/08...
Typepad is shutting down
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August 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Yikes. My blog is on Typepad. I have one month to rescue it. Any tips on what I should do? I’d like to keep it active (not just back it up, but host it somewhere else in case I ever get around to writing more posts). I’d love recommendations, esp ones that require little/no technical skills 😂
A letter to the editor from @alexh.bsky.social et al. about an error in a published paper led to retraction. Great to see the record corrected, but also raises tricky issues about what the right form of correction is, how to credit the error detectors, and how to reduce future chances of same error.
“This simple experiment gives objective evidence for Stroud’s perceptual moment theory.” It does no such thing, and now, the article has been RETRACTED.
We called for its retraction in a letter we wrote to the Attention Perception & Psychophysics editor in 2023, and now posted on PubPeer.
We called for its retraction in a letter we wrote to the Attention Perception & Psychophysics editor in 2023, and now posted on PubPeer.
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Insights into the perceptual moment theory: Experimental evidence from simultaneity judgment - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
The perception appears to flow in a continuous pattern but evidence suggest that perception may involve discrete temporal sampling of peripheral cues. Stroud’s perceptual moment theory proposes that p...
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August 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A letter to the editor from @alexh.bsky.social et al. about an error in a published paper led to retraction. Great to see the record corrected, but also raises tricky issues about what the right form of correction is, how to credit the error detectors, and how to reduce future chances of same error.
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We are in awe of our community's response -- over 300 people have volunteered to moderate PsyArXiv! We’ve already cleared 13% of the backlog and expect to make even faster progress next week. Thank you for your patience as we work through this, and special thanks to our volunteers! 🎉 #PsychSciSky
August 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We are in awe of our community's response -- over 300 people have volunteered to moderate PsyArXiv! We’ve already cleared 13% of the backlog and expect to make even faster progress next week. Thank you for your patience as we work through this, and special thanks to our volunteers! 🎉 #PsychSciSky
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Want to help moderate preprints on PsyArXiv? We're hosting a training tomorrow morning. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/j/8114764450... More trainings are coming as well! Already registered using the other form? Check your spam folder -- some of our email invitations are going to spam. #PsychSciSky
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August 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Want to help moderate preprints on PsyArXiv? We're hosting a training tomorrow morning. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/j/8114764450... More trainings are coming as well! Already registered using the other form? Check your spam folder -- some of our email invitations are going to spam. #PsychSciSky
Looking forward to listening to this episode of the @psychunimelb.bsky.social podcast, with Luke Smillie!
Why do some people seem naturally kind? Prof Luke Smillie breaks down personality traits like empathy, honesty and compassion – and how they shape behaviour. 🎧Find it here go.unimelb.edu.au/7axe
August 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Looking forward to listening to this episode of the @psychunimelb.bsky.social podcast, with Luke Smillie!
I know it’s gauche to share good news on here, but our university’s IRB (ethics office) just declared that low risk applications will no longer be reviewed by 4 people & then go to a committee. They’ll be reviewed by 1 person.
I almost can’t believe a change this positive is possible in this world.
I almost can’t believe a change this positive is possible in this world.
August 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I know it’s gauche to share good news on here, but our university’s IRB (ethics office) just declared that low risk applications will no longer be reviewed by 4 people & then go to a committee. They’ll be reviewed by 1 person.
I almost can’t believe a change this positive is possible in this world.
I almost can’t believe a change this positive is possible in this world.
We stopped at the giant ram on our roadtrip and Hugo insisted we take a picture.
August 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We stopped at the giant ram on our roadtrip and Hugo insisted we take a picture.
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Excellent news!
"PLOS Biology will formally consider meta-research articles that are peer-reviewed on the MetaROR platform, collaborating with RoRI and AIMOS to improve the transparency of peer review in the field of meta-research."
theplosblog.plos.org/2025/08/plos...
"PLOS Biology will formally consider meta-research articles that are peer-reviewed on the MetaROR platform, collaborating with RoRI and AIMOS to improve the transparency of peer review in the field of meta-research."
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PLOS Biology announces agreement to become a MetaROR partner journal - The Official PLOS Blog
Note: PLOS issued the following press release on Thursday, August 14th. SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Today, PLOS Biology announced a new agreement…
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August 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Excellent news!
"PLOS Biology will formally consider meta-research articles that are peer-reviewed on the MetaROR platform, collaborating with RoRI and AIMOS to improve the transparency of peer review in the field of meta-research."
theplosblog.plos.org/2025/08/plos...
"PLOS Biology will formally consider meta-research articles that are peer-reviewed on the MetaROR platform, collaborating with RoRI and AIMOS to improve the transparency of peer review in the field of meta-research."
theplosblog.plos.org/2025/08/plos...