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Academia: trapped in the upside down of publishing

Eiko    January 29, 2018 October 21, 2019    14 Comments on Academia: trapped in the upside down of publishing

TL;DR: this post explains the basics of academic publishing; highlights several severe problems; discusses the recent activities of the American Psychology Association (APA) targeting psychological researchers; suggests some ways forward;… Read more »

Publishing, Scientific journals   

Assistant professor, APS rising star, and some papers

Eiko    January 18, 2018 January 19, 2018    6 Comments on Assistant professor, APS rising star, and some papers

Three brief personal updates. After living in 6 countries in the last 12 years; after affairs and short relationships with Ludwig Maximilian’s University Munich, Free University Berlin, University of Michigan,… Read more »

My work, The Eikobot   

All mental disorders are brain disorders … not.

Eiko    January 6, 2018 September 6, 2019    19 Comments on All mental disorders are brain disorders … not.

TL;DR: Mental disorders are commonly defined as “brain disorders” in the literature, and the current funding structure in psychiatry and clinical psychology is strongly based on this notion. At least… Read more »

Biomarkers, Mental illness, Neuroscience   

Summary of my academic 2017

Eiko    November 27, 2017 January 11, 2019    4 Comments on Summary of my academic 2017

Below you find a summary of my 2017 academic year, inspired by a recent blog post by Alexander Etz who concluded: I don’t see these kinds of period recap posts… Read more »

Papers, The Eikobot   

Create your collaborator network in R

Eiko    October 30, 2017 February 1, 2018    5 Comments on Create your collaborator network in R

I created a collaborator network last year in R, but based that on an excel input file that I created manually, and edited the names using Inkscape. Funny doing it… Read more »

R, The Eikobot   

Becoming a journal editor in 15 minutes: a 3-step tutorial

Eiko    October 24, 2017 March 8, 2018    1 Comment on Becoming a journal editor in 15 minutes: a 3-step tutorial

To boost your academic career, early career researchers should consider picking up at least one associate editor position for a scientific journal. After all, spending countless hours on administrative duties… Read more »

Scientific journals, Things gone wrong   

When small samples are problematic

Eiko    September 13, 2017 June 11, 2020    4 Comments on When small samples are problematic

A few days ago, Richard Morey started a discussion on Twitter arguing that small samples are not inherently problematic. In the interesting discussion that ensued, I kept thinking about clinical… Read more »

Psychology, Treatment   

academia.edu might be lying to you

Eiko    August 29, 2017 February 9, 2018    1 Comment on academia.edu might be lying to you

I received this email a few days ago from academia.edu. And honestly, this screenshot might just say all there is to say about this topic, in which case I’d like… Read more »

Things gone wrong   

Are we asking too much? A list of competencies people expect me to have

Eiko    August 29, 2017 June 7, 2019    6 Comments on Are we asking too much? A list of competencies people expect me to have

Working between disciplines is exciting, and I wouldn’t want to have it any other way. Psychology has become much more interdisciplinary in recent years, and there was a discussion today… Read more »

Psychology, The Eikobot   

The tone-police police, rude dudes, & how to be social on social media

Eiko    August 9, 2017 June 6, 2018    21 Comments on The tone-police police, rude dudes, & how to be social on social media

TL;DR: The tone-police police on social media must take responsibility for silencing early career folks in psychological science debates on social media. I also talk about rude dudes, a dinner… Read more »

Psychology   

Supplementary materials fail

Eiko    July 7, 2017 November 27, 2018    1 Comment on Supplementary materials fail

A few months ago, we published a new paper (PDF). For the 3 figures in the manuscript, we created some adjacency matrices that we wanted to be fully reproducible, so… Read more »

Scientific journals, Things gone wrong   

New paper: “What are psychological constructs?”

Eiko    April 14, 2017 August 16, 2017    No Comments on New paper: “What are psychological constructs?”

One of the fundamental shortcomings of the empirical psychological literature on mental disorders, personality aspects, intelligence, or emotions is that there is a lack of depth regarding the discussion what… Read more »

My work, Philosophy of science   

ICPS 2017 Vienna presentations online

Eiko    March 26, 2017 August 16, 2017    No Comments on ICPS 2017 Vienna presentations online

I had the honor to chair 2 symposia at the International Convention of Psychological Science in Vienna the last days, and gave 3 talks. You can find all presentations below.

Depression, Presentations   

New paper on stability and accuracy of psychological networks

Eiko    March 26, 2017 August 16, 2017    No Comments on New paper on stability and accuracy of psychological networks

Our paper “Estimating psychological networks and their accuracy: a tutorial paper” was published in Behavioral Research Methods as open access paper! You can find the full paper here, and the… Read more »

My work, Network models   

Treatment-resistant depression: clarifications and important steps forward

Eiko    February 2, 2017 August 16, 2017    No Comments on Treatment-resistant depression: clarifications and important steps forward

I wrote this commentary together with Adam Chekroud. You can find a PDF version of this commentary here. Introduction The largest and longest investigation of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) to date,… Read more »

Depression, Papers   
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Eiko (CV) is a psychologist, methodologist, and nearly photographer. He runs eiko-fried.com & psych-networks.com, and if anything is broken, you should probably blame him. You can stalk him via Email, Twitter, Open Science Framework, Google Scholar, Researchgate, and Publons.

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