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Nature @nature.com · 07/11/2025

Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers go.nature.com/4hNDvuN

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Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists

Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 05/11/2025

Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

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Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate

Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared

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Erinn Acland, PhD @erinnacland.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I recently made a video on the psychology of childhood aggression. Animated, written, researched, and narrated by me—it was a big undertaking! Features some of my own research, but also many others'. Excited to share it finally 🎉 youtu.be/MZIixXxBr3w #devpsy #PsychSciSky 🧪

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Why do kids hit? The psychology behind childhood aggression

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Dead Neanderthals @deadneanderthals.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology! I'm very conflicted about the project: proud because it feels like the most important project I've ever been a part of, but also very sad that we found so many problems in our field. Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 25/08/2025

📑 Peer review and citations A preprint study of 18,400 articles finds reviewers are more likely to approve papers that cite their own work. Raises concerns about fairness and citation pressure in publishing. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/d415... #SciComm 🧪 #AcademicSky #Publishing

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Peer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own work

Preprint examines how citations can influence the review process.

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Erinn Acland, PhD @erinnacland.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

"Errors will always occur, but they are less likely to cause long-lasting damage if someone can check for them, [...] more researchers should be writing their articles [...] so that the calculations [...] can be checked." - @alexh.bsky.social alexholcombe.wordpress.com/2024/03/30/c... #academicsky

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Committing research fraud is easy. Let’s make it harder.

originally published by The Chronicle of Higher Education as “How to Stop Academic Fraudsters” (I didn’t choose that title) “Hi Alex, this is not credible.” I’ll never forget that…

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European Society for Cognitive Psychology @escop.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Postdoc (80%) in the Cognition Lab at University of Zurich, Switzerland We are looking for a postdoc to work with us on the capacity limits of cognition (working memory, attention, long-term memory, ...). Application deadline: 10 September 2025

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ESCOP - Postdoc (80%) in the Cognition Lab at University of Zurich, Switzerland

ESCOP is a dynamic scientific society that provides a venue within which current research in cognitive psychology and neighboring disciplines can be presented, discussed and encouraged.

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

So the @researchireland.ie Global Talent Scheme is now open for "exceptional mid-career and established researchers," currently employed outside Ireland, who want to move their research here. All disciplines (I think). Individual awards up to €3.25m (!) www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...

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Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland

Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...

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Institute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

We have our first games ever in Ireland next month. The event will be at the University of Galway as part of CERIS’s Annual Workshop on September 26th. Virtual participation is possible and coauthorship to a meta paper is granted. Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...

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Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, Ph.D. 🇹🇹🏳️‍🌈 @craiganthonyrs.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Hey folks: A little while aback, @jschleiderphd.bsky.social and I created a repository of SOPs to help folks prepare for grad applications. If you'd like to add your SOP, feel free to use this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Of note, mask as you desire as I will be posting them as is.

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Example Grad School Personal Statements

Clinical Psychology Graduate School Personal Statement Examples Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, PhD Jessica Schleider, PhD University of Michigan Stony Brook University Updated: June 7, 2021 Why did we c...

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Nature @nature.com · 23/07/2025

Scientists overwhelmingly recognize the value of sharing null results, but rarely publish them in the research literature go.nature.com/450KElr

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Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them

Survey finds that fear of reputational harm and a lack of support and publication platforms are among respondents’ key concerns.

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Lauren Weinstock, PhD @lmweinstock.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

It's a bit off-cycle, but you never know who might be looking and when... Brown has a new T32 postdoctoral fellowship in child health equity! Applications are open now and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. More details can be found in the link below: today.brown.edu/announcement...

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Today@Brown

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JK Flake @jkflake.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Are you working on issues of replication and reproducibility of methodological research in psychology? Consider submitting a proposal to my call for papers, happy to chat about your ideas or answer any questions! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

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<em>AMPPS</em> Call for Papers on Replicability and Reproducibility in Methodological Research

Methodological reform has shaped the last decade of psychological research. Researchers have undertaken replication studies, journals and funders have emphasized registration and data sharing, and aut...

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David Meyers @david.opensecrets.org · 16/07/2025

We are hiring at @opensecrets.org! If you are interested in working with and analyzing large datasets - and you care about government transparency and accountability - apply now to join our research team. www.opensecrets.org/about/jobs?1

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 14/07/2025

the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago is hiring SIX faculty. open area Otago is the second-largest research university in New Zealand, and, among other nice things, is located near some of the best wineries on the planet www.seek.co.nz/job/85709111

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor - Psychology Job in North Dunedin, Otago - SEEK

The University of Otago’s Department of Psychology is a highly ranked, internationally respected hub of research and teaching excellence.

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

There's less than one week to apply for this position! Make sure to complete your application by July 14th.

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 02/07/2025

Cool trial of distributed grant application review. We're trying something similar for journal publishing as part of @morphss.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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How to speed up peer review: make applicants mark one another

‘Distributed peer review’ of grants makes process more than twice as fast — and includes some cheat-prevention measures.

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Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

How should scientists – including Nobel Prize winners – respond to allegations about their work? Practices to avoid or embrace, by @retractionwatch.com ‘s cofounders. Retraction Reactions | American Scientist www.americanscientist.org/article/retr...

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Retraction Reactions

Scientists’ responses to published errors provide case studies of practices to avoid or embrace when engaging with the research community.

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Charley Wu @thecharleywu.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🚀Join our team @tuda.bsky.social ! 🚀 I'm looking for 3 PhDs & 1 Postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu project “C4: Compositional Compression in Cognition and Culture” to study learning across individuals, teams, and cultural timescales 👉 PhD: hmc-lab.com/ERC_PhDs.html 👉 Postdoc: hmc-lab.com/ERC_Postdoc....

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Erinn Acland, PhD @erinnacland.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

👉 Newly published! 👈 Suicidality and aggression are related, leading causes of youth death. Our study looked at how often these forms of harm co-occur in youth and what these harm profiles look like emotionally and etiologically. doi.org/10.1002/ab.7... (open access) #DevPsy #PsychSciSky 🧪

Most adolescents showed low aggression and suicidality (~80%). Of those that exhibited harm, most showed either primarily high aggression or suicidality. One percent of all youth showed high levels of both. Low harm youth tended to report less negative emotionality and experienced more positive parenting in childhood. Youth showing aggression reported more callousness, they also had lower incomes and more a more deviant best friend early in life. Some youth showing primarily elevated suicidality had fathers with more depressive symptoms during their childhood.

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Resharing in light of the PCI statement on Wiley's attitude towards preprinting and innovation. osf.io/tn8mh

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Lisa DeBruine @debruine.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

In our second blog post about Papercheck, we demonstrate some modules that check for @apajournals.bsky.social‬ JARS, such as reporting exact p-values and including effect sizes with inferential tests.

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Peer Community in Registered Reports @pci-regreports.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

NEW: Statement from the PCI RR Managing Board on the withdrawal of Infant and Child Development as a PCI RR-friendly journal, and the decision by Wiley to refuse preprints that have been peer-reviewed by @peercommunityin.bsky.social / @pci-regreports.bsky.social Read here ➡️ osf.io/tn8mh

In 2024, Infant and Child Development (ICD) withdrew as a PCI RR-friendly journal and reneged on three Stage 1 recommendations issued by PCI RR. In addition, Wiley – the publisher of ICD – notified PCI RR and the PCI core team of its decision to withdraw all Wiley journals from PCI and PCI RR, including an additional 9 PCI-friendly journals. Finally, Wiley appears to have banned all of its ~1600 journals from considering submissions that have been previously reviewed by PCI or PCI RR. This statement explains the history of ICD joining PCI RR and developments that led to the current outcome. The PCI RR Managing Board believes that this shift in policy to become “PCI-hostile” renders Wiley journals incompatible not only with community-based preprint review but with preprint archiving in general.

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Erinn Acland, PhD @erinnacland.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

"The number of publications upon hire has increased 27.6% in the past 10 years, with significant increases in clinical and developmental psychology. It takes on average just over 4 years postgraduation to obtain an academic position in psychology in Canada." #AcademicSky doi.org/10.1037/cap0...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Here’s how Trump’s war on science is going. NSF funding is at the lowest level in decades. We’ll lose knowledge, generations of scientists, and US competitiveness. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A line graph depicting cumulative grant funding by the National Science Foundation from 1990 to 2025, with funding amounts on the vertical axis and timeline indicators on the horizontal axis. The graph highlights funding trends over the years, with a specific emphasis on Biden’s term and this year (which is the lowest).

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 20/05/2025

We're HIRING an Editorial Officer to start in August 2025! 📅 Deadline for applications: 8 June 2025. If you're an academic passionate about open access publishing, we encourage you to apply. Fully remote position! cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/edit...

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Editorial Officer (2137) - Birkbeck, University of London

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