Ian Hussey

@ianhussey.mmmdata.io

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Meta-scientist and psychologist. Senior lecturer @unibe.ch‬. Chief recommender @error.reviews. "Jumped up punk who hasn't earned his stripes." All views a product of my learning history.

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · Jul 22

Lego Science is research driven by modular convenience.

When researchers combine methods or concepts, more out of convenience than any deep curiosity in the resulting research question, to create publishable units.

"What role does {my favourite construct} play in {task}?"

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 1d

I don’t think we have good evidence for this change in average patterns. It’s hard to speculate on the true population of untrustworthy work, I try to think only of what a given test can and can’t detect.

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 1d

I’m not saying it’s appropriate, but it’s a semi plausible mistake if you’re doing all by hand. Either way the results are wrong, but it could speak to the data generating mechanism (bad math va there being no underlying data)

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 1d

Even more reasonable is “please share data upon request that you previously stated you would upon such request, in addition to the journal, funder, university, and professional body requirements that you do so”

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 1d

Their thinking was perhaps it’s just those GRIM inconsistent cells, but yes the 5.18 is then beyond the scale bounds.

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate @bmj.com follows a formal process, but just how much evidence do they need before adding an Expression of Concern.
Numerous PubPeer comments for stem cell for heart disease paper - which had huge media attention hailing it as a medical breakthrough.
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PubPeer - Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart fail...

There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (P...

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 1d

I presented this to my students two weeks ago, and one of them pointed out that if the denominator for calculating the mean was 60 (total N) rather than 30 (N per condition), these cells become GRIM consistent. I haven’t gone back to see what the ‘real’ means would be on this basis. @steamtraen.eu

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Longtail News @longtail.news · 2d

Feed: "Retraction Watch"
By: Avery Orrall on Friday, November 7, 2025

Journal retracts ‘bizarre’ placebo effect paper

An Elsevier journal has retracted a study on the placebo effect coauthored by a researcher known for extreme claims that have failed to withstand scrutiny. The move comes after critics said the res…

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 4d

Call me old-fashioned, but I think if you have to correct one of the key results cited in your *abstract*, then the correction actually does affect the overall conclusions of your study!

Original version of abstract, with problematic estimate highlighted

Corrected version of estimate with problematic estimate omitted

In the Research Article “Association Between Consumption of Low- and No-Calorie Artificial Sweeteners and Cognitive Decline: An 8-Year Prospective Study” by Gomes Gonçalves et al.,1 there were errors in the CIs for some estimates presented in the article and the supplementary eTables. The article and its accompanying supplementary material have been replaced by corrected versions. The original version with the changes highlighted is available online alongside the corrected article. The corrections do not affect the overall conclusions of the study. The authors regret the errors.

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Jack Wilkinson @jdwilko.bsky.social · 4d

Have increased capacity for this December INSPECT-SR online training workshop following a successful 1st event today. Book here: www.trybooking.com/uk/FKHV

Introduction to INSPECT-SR Training Workshop December

An introductory 2-hour online workshop will introduce participants to the INSPECT-SR tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled...

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 4d

This is the full crossref dataset for all psychology journals, using their spring 2025 dataset release - it’s very comprehensive and the results are reproducible! This really is the distribution of citations!

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 4d

30 citations = top 11%.

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 4d

Actually_to_be_read_THISWEEK_new

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Sabrina Norwood @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social · 4d

and other lies I tell myself

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COPE @publicationethics.bsky.social · 5d

How can institutions and journals better align in addressing research misconduct?

Join us for a discussion on preventing and managing misconduct investigations.

#PublicationIntegrityWeek
Register 👉 https://ow.ly/pPX550XfueV

#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicEthics

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 6d

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 7d

I successfully defended my Habilitation today, and was honoured by the committee’s positive feedback. I am very grateful for my colleagues, collaborators and students at the University of Bern who made this a very rewarding journey.

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PCI Psychology @psych.peercommunityin.org · 10d

Want to support PCI Psychology? You can register for an account to make it easier for recommenders to find you and invite you as a reviewer! Register here psych.peercommunityin.org/default/user... and carefully fill out the "Areas of Expertise" box. #PsychSciSky #SciPub

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Peer Community in Psychology

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Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social · 11d

My master thesis file name on my old university's thesis archive site still makes me chuckle.

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 13d

This is an excellent point that generalizes.
Researchers often defend suboptimal practices by referring to future studies with better designs.

But: Why would anybody run those studies when you can just throw a bunch of variables into a regression and make sweeping "preliminary" claims?

Defences of factors associated with studies
Results are exploratory or hypothesis generating
Researchers might accept that limitations exist in
a “factors associated with” analysis, but argue that
the results give a useful initial indication of potential
risk factors. Researchers might say that the results
are hypothesis generating and can inform confirmatory
studies with a more focused study design. But
how often has an important hypothesis been generated
for the first time from a “factors associated with”
study, and then confirmed to be true? We have yet to
identify an example. If readers can identify examples,
which we would like to hear about, we wonder
if these justify the waste from the large number of
“factors associated with studies that are done each
year.

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JAMES HEATHERS @jamesheathers.bsky.social · 14d

They were already suspended, now they're delisted.

Cureus has had an outsized impact on the sheer volume of nonsense research for years, and I wonder if WoS felt like they had a choice.

I won't miss it.

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Embattled journal Cureus delisted from Web of Science, loses impact factor

Clarivate has removed the mega-journal Cureus from its Master Journal List, according to the October update, released today. The move means Cureus will no longer be indexed in Web of Science …

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Sabrina Norwood @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social · 14d

Me to the OSF website when it stops responding

Text reads: “don’t make me hate you. Loving you is painful enough.”

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 17d

This page has been very useful for me, I’ve even been able to correct editors that their journal doesn’t allow it because their publisher requires it.