# dan james (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover dan james. Page: Feed: --- ## [195: Living meta-analysis](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/195) _2026-01-14 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ We discuss how living meta‑analyses—meta‑analyses that are continuously updated as new studies appear—can cut research waste and keep evidence current. We also chat about how using synthetic research participants is a terrible idea. Links The BMJ Christmas special paper on how recent is "recent" The synthetic panel service The paper describing a living meta-analysis platform for oxytocin research… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/6c227903-232c-4ec0-9e80-1f093a462f64.mp3) ## [194: Author verification](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/194) _2025-11-10 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ We discuss whether preprint servers and journals should require author identity verification for submitting manuscripts. This would probably speed up the submission process, but is this worth the potential downsides? We also discuss the similarities and differences between academia and professional sports and a weird case of author identity theft. Other links The BJKS podcast… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/0d36494b-2386-401a-8ae3-3f190afcbe30.mp3) ## [193: The pop-up journal](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/193) _2025-08-07 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ Dan and James chat about a a new 'pop-up journal' concept for addressing specific research questions. They also answer a listener question from a journal grammar editor and discuss a new PNAS article on paper mills Links The pop-up journal The episode where Dan's wife went into labor The PNAS paper mill paper A blog post from the PNAS paper lead author, Reese Richardson. The Nature piece on the… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/64fe7dfa-2d83-4610-864b-b95cabedef12.mp3) ## [192: Outsourcing in academia](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/192) _2025-07-01 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ Dan and James answer listener questions on outsourcing in academia and differences in research culture between academic institutions and commercial institutions. Social media links Dan on Bluesky James on Bluesky Everything Hertz on Bluesky Citation Quintana, D. S., & Heathers, J. (2025, July 1). 192: Outsourcing in academia, Everything Hertz \[Audio podcast\], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/3MC2R [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/b135d0a5-3cb0-4c2c-8d13-1e7201f39c91.mp3) ## [191: Cleaning up contaminated medical treatment guidelines](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/191) _2025-06-03 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ James and Dan discuss James' newly funded 'Medical Evidence Project', whose goal is to find questionable medical evidence that is contaminating treatment guidelines. Links James' blog post from last year The carthorse child blog post The blog post announcing the project A write up in Nature about the project Other links Dan on Bluesky James on Bluesky Everything Hertz on Bluesky Citation Quintana,… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/75962d2c-7ea5-428a-9dec-08724441adbb.mp3) ## [190: What happens when you pay reviewers?](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/190) _2025-04-02 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ We chat about two new studies that took different approaches for evaluating the impact of paying reviewers on peer review speed and quality. Links James' 450 movement proposal The paper from Critical Care Medicine The preprint from Biology Open Other links Dan on Bluesky James on Bluesky Everything Hertz on Bluesky Citation Quintana, D. S., & Heathers, J. (2025, April 2). 190: What happens when… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/3b374b20-7c89-441c-9b81-bed15bc18479.mp3) ## [189: Crit me baby, one more time](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/189) _2025-03-02 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ Dan and James discuss a recent piece that proposes a post-publication review process, which is triggered by citation counts. They also cover how an almetrics trigger could be alternatively used for a more immediate post-publication critique. Links The Chonicle piece by Andrew Gelman and Andrew King \[Free to read with email registration\] The paper by Peder Isager and collegues on how to decide what… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/bd7688f3-7c0f-41b5-9f94-be96781107be.mp3) ## [188: Double-blind peer review vs. scientific integrity](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/188) _2025-01-30 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ Dan and James discuss a recent editorial which argues that double-blind peer review is detrimental to scientific integrity. Links The editorial from Christopher Mebane: https://doi.org/10.1093/etojnl/vgae046 Other links Everything Hertz on Bluesky Dan on Bluesky James on Bluesky Everything Hertz on Bluesky Support us on Patreon and get bonus stuff! $1 per month: A 20% discount on Everything Hertz… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/072f2677-f37d-4672-839f-fb37925ed477.mp3) ## [187: What started the replication crisis era?](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/187) _2024-12-03 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ We chat about the events that started the replication crisis in psychology and Dorothy Bishop's recent resignation from the Royal Society Links The resignation blogpost from Dorothy Bishop The bluesky post from Sarah Weiten that asked the question, "If you had to cite an event that opened the "replication crisis" era, what would you point to?" The "Year of Horrors" paper from Eric-Jan Wagenmakers… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/c0e1aecc-ab55-4e0d-a17e-2c3d0a21502c.mp3) ## [186: Evaluating journal quality](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/186) _2024-11-13 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ In this episode we chat about a Nordic approach for evaluating the journal quality and how we should be teaching undergraduates to evaluate journal and article quality Links The Norwegian journal register The Finnish journal register Episode 22 , where we played "Pokemon or Cholesterol medication?" Other links Everything Hertz on social media Dan on twitter James on twitter Everything Hertz on… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/74dca206-c4a6-4e4d-8ac5-6603d1a2734f.mp3) ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZmJ53OpLwSu0) _2024-11-13 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [185: The Retraction](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/185) _2024-10-04 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ We discuss the recent retraction of a paper that reported the effects of rigour-enhancing practices on replicability. We also cover James' new estimate that 1 out of 7 scientific papers are fake. Links The story about data integrity concerns in 130 women’s health papers James' new preprint with the estimate that 1 out of 7 scientific papers are fake The retracted paper in Nature Human Behavior by… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/ddb1f15e-3360-4442-bcf3-80709666592f.mp3) ## [184: A race to the bottom](https://everythinghertz.fireside.fm/184) _2024-09-05 · everythinghertzpodcast@gmail.com (Dan Quintana) · Everything Hertz_ Open access articles have democratized the availability of scientific research, but are author-paid publication fees undermining the quality of science? The preprint by Morgan and Smaldino - https://osf.io/preprints/osf/3ez9v Paul Smaldino's text book - Modeling social behavior Main edisode takeaways (AI-assisted summary) There is a wide variability in the quality of papers published in gold open… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f2525866-b6ef-4da9-9f4b-49fa83c8597c/52abf447-73bd-45db-bc69-b00c5f726d03.mp3)