TY - JOUR
T1 - An industrious revolution
T2 - Chris Chambers’ contribution to Cortex
AU - McIntosh, Robert D.
AU - Della Sala, Sergio
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - At the end of 2022, Chris Chambers stepped down from the editorial board of Cortex after ten years of creativity, determination, and unfailing hard work on a programme of reform and innovation that has made this journal a leading home for reliable and transparent Cognitive Neuroscience. It is in large part thanks to him that Cortex has responded so robustly to a host of destructive influences that threaten the integrity of the scientific literature. As depicted in the upper panel of Fig. 1, a prevailing publish-or-perish research culture can drive a range of unhealthy practices. These include: the non-publication of null results; the undervaluing of direct replication; the use of analytic flexibility to fish for statistical significance; creative reporting to artificially polish up the published story; and a lack of open sharing of materials and data (see Chambers, 2019a; Della Sala, 2022). In one of his editorials for Cortex, Chris described his mission as a “battle for reproducibility over storytelling” (Chambers, 2019b). In the present editorial, we celebrate his contribution by telling some of the story of this battle, and considering how we can continue to work with Chris and other advocates of open science to build on the foundations he has laid.
AB - At the end of 2022, Chris Chambers stepped down from the editorial board of Cortex after ten years of creativity, determination, and unfailing hard work on a programme of reform and innovation that has made this journal a leading home for reliable and transparent Cognitive Neuroscience. It is in large part thanks to him that Cortex has responded so robustly to a host of destructive influences that threaten the integrity of the scientific literature. As depicted in the upper panel of Fig. 1, a prevailing publish-or-perish research culture can drive a range of unhealthy practices. These include: the non-publication of null results; the undervaluing of direct replication; the use of analytic flexibility to fish for statistical significance; creative reporting to artificially polish up the published story; and a lack of open sharing of materials and data (see Chambers, 2019a; Della Sala, 2022). In one of his editorials for Cortex, Chris described his mission as a “battle for reproducibility over storytelling” (Chambers, 2019b). In the present editorial, we celebrate his contribution by telling some of the story of this battle, and considering how we can continue to work with Chris and other advocates of open science to build on the foundations he has laid.
U2 - 10.1016/j.cortex.2023.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cortex.2023.01.002
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 36702674
AN - SCOPUS:85147419625
SN - 0010-9452
VL - 159
JO - Cortex
JF - Cortex
ER -