92: Chaos in the brickyard

Dan and James discuss the role of Google Scholar in citation patterns and whether we should limit academics to only publishing two papers a year. Links and details: James has a new Hertz-quarters The Metascience conference (https://www.metascience2019.org) How is google scholar influencing citation patterns A slide from @Jevinwest's presentation (https://twitter.com/gmusser/status/1170466414345375746?s=20) on Google Scholars Is this a symptom of lazy citaton practices rather than the algorithm? What are the alternatives to google scholar? Should google open up the algorithm? GS will find your preprint and link it to the paywall link Why is Google Scholar free? What would make GS better? Using the Zotero plugin for to collected citation info in bulk from search results in GS Top recommended articles in GS are phenomenal GS is not great for meta-analysis GS reduces friction Should we limit academics to only publishing two papers a year (https://twitter.com/joseph_fridman/status/1170447576505520128?s=20), as suggested by former guest, Dorothy Bishop? Who would stand to lose from this? Is this idea practical? What if only a few countries or institutions implemented this? The Japanese math genius who posts papers on his own website (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/math-mystery-shinichi-mochizuki-and-the-impenetrable-proof/) Chaos in the brickyard paper (https://science.sciencemag.org/content/142/3590/339.1) Chaos in the brickyard cartoon (https://massivesci.com/articles/chaos-in-the-brickyard-comic-matteo-farinella/) Open data isn’t a new concept Other links - Dan on twitter (www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - James on twitter (www.twitter.com/jamesheathers) - Everything Hertz on twitter (www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast) - Everything Hertz on Facebook (www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/) Music credits: Lee Rosevere (freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/) Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/hertzpodcast) and get bonus stuff! $1 a month or more: Monthly newsletter + Access to behind-the-scenes photos & video via the Patreon app + the the warm feeling you're supporting the show $5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the one dollar tier PLUS a bonus mini episode every month (extras + the bits we couldn't include in our regular episodes) Episode citation and permanent link Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, September 16) "Chaos in the brickyard", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast] https://osf.io/xfd2p/