Simine Vazire is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne. In this conversation, we talk about her work on meta-science, the purpose of journals and peer review, Simine's plans for being Editor-in-Chief at Psychological Science, the hidden curriculum of scienitic publishing, and much more.

BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.

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Timestamps
0:00:00: What is SIPS and why did Simine cofound it?
0:05:10: Why Simine resigned from the NASEM Reproducibility & Replicability committee
0:13:07: Do we still need journals and peer review in 2023?
0:28:04: What does an Editor-in-Chief actually do?
0:37:09: Simine will be EiC of Psychological Science
0:59:44: The 'hidden curriculum' of scientific publishing
1:04:03: Why Siminie created a GoFundMe for DataColada
1:15:10: A book or paper more people should read
1:17:10: Something Simine wishes she'd learnt sooner
1:18:44: Advice for PhD students and postdocs

Podcast links

• Website: https://geni.us/bjks-pod
• Twitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt

Simine's links

• Website: https://geni.us/vazire-web
• Google Scholar: https://geni.us/vazire-scholar
• Twitter: https://geni.us/vazire-twt

Ben's links

• Website: https://geni.us/bjks-web
• Google Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholar
• Twitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twt

References/links

Episode of Black Goat Podcast I mentioned: https://blackgoat.podbean.com/e/simine-flips-out/

Mini-interview with Simine in Science: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-reform-minded-new-editor-psychology-s-flagship-journal-will-shake-things

My 2nd interview w/ Adam Mastroianni, and his blog post on peer review:
https://geni.us/bjks-mastroianni_2

Interview w/ Chris Chambers and Peer community in RR
https://geni.us/bjks-chambers

Simine's vision statement for Psychological Science
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mozmB2m5kxOoPvQSqDSguRrP5OobutU6/view

GOFUNDME for Data Colada's legal fees
https://www.gofundme.com/f/uhbka-support-data-coladas-legal-defense

Francesca  Gino's response
https://www.francesca-v-harvard.org/

NYT Magazine article about Amy Cuddy (and Joe Simmons)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/magazine/when-the-revolution-came-for-amy-cuddy.html

Streisand effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

Holcombe (during dogwalk). On peer review. Personal communication to Simine.
Open Science Collaboration (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science.
Reich (2009): Plastic fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific