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The crisis from above: Gatekeepers need better standards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2022

Sarah R. Schiavone Open the ORCID record for Sarah R. Schiavone [Opens in a new window] ,
Julia G. Bottesini Open the ORCID record for Julia G. Bottesini [Opens in a new window]  and
Simine Vazire Open the ORCID record for Simine Vazire [Opens in a new window]
Sarah R. Schiavone
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA95616, USAsschiavone@ucdavis.edu, jbottesini@ucdavis.edu, https://sschiavone.com/, https://juliabottesini.wordpress.com/
Julia G. Bottesini
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA95616, USAsschiavone@ucdavis.edu, jbottesini@ucdavis.edu, https://sschiavone.com/, https://juliabottesini.wordpress.com/
Simine Vazire
Affiliation:
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia. simine.vazire@unimelb.edu.au, http://simine.com
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Abstract

Improvements to the validity of psychological science depend upon more than the actions of individual researchers. Editors, journals, and publishers wield considerable power in shaping the incentives that have ushered in the generalizability crisis. These gatekeepers must raise their standards to ensure authors' claims are supported by evidence. Unless gatekeepers change, changes made by individual scientists will not be sustainable.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e30
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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