53. Chris Chambers: Registered Reports, scheduled peer-review, and science without journals

Mar 16, 2022

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Chris Chambers is professor at Cardiff University where he is Head of Brain Stimulation. He is also one of the pioneers behind Registered Reports, a type of article where researchers receive peer review and in-principle acceptance before the results are known. In this conversation, we focus on Registered Reports and talk about how Chris got Registered Reports started at Cortex, how the review process differs between Registered Reports and regular papers, whether they are suited for scientists on short-term contracts, and what the future holds for Registered Reports and scientific publishing in general.

BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. In 2022, episodes will appear irregularly, roughly twice per month. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.).

Timestamps
01:51: What are Registered Reports?
07:24: How Chris got Registered Reports started
16:33: Reviewing Registered Reports and regular papers
25:23: Evaluating whether Registered Reports work
28:52: Are Registered Reports feasible on short-term contracts / scheduled reviews
38:50: Peer Community In Registered Reports / authors can choose which journal to publish their Registered Report in
50:25: Do we even need journals?
54:18: Does Chris ever get tired talking about Registered Reports?

Podcast links

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

Chris's links

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

Ben's links

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

References
http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2012/10/changing-culture-of-scientific.html
Chambers, C. (2019). The seven deadly sins of psychology. Princeton University Press.
Chambers, C. D. (2013). Registered reports: A new publishing initiative at Cortex. Cortex, 49(3), 609-610.
Chambers, C. D., & Tzavella, L. (2021). The past, present and future of Registered Reports. Nature human behaviour, 1-14.
https://www.cos.io/initiatives/registered-reports
Hardwicke, T. E., & Ioannidis, J. (2018). Mapping the universe of registered reports. Nature Human Behaviour, 2(11), 793-796.
https://rr.peercommunityin.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman#Geometrization_and_Poincar%C3%A9_conjectures
Soderberg, C. K., Errington, T. M., Schiavone, S. R., Bottesini, J., Thorn, F. S., Vazire, S., ... & Nosek, B. A. (2021). Initial evidence of research quality of registered reports compared with the standard publishing model. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(8), 990-997.