Re-envisioning a future in scholarly communication chris hartgerink @chartgerink

Re-envisioning a future in scholarly communication chris hartgerink @chartgerink

Ps. yes, this is the xkcd font.

Thought exercise: What scholarly communications system could we come up with today?

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1 666

2017

Access

Preregistration

Reviews

Data

Preservation

Protocols

Materials

Replication

etc

Access

Preregistration

Reviews

Duct tape solutions won’t last Data

Preservation

Protocols

Materials

Replication

etc

Access

Preregistration

Reviews

Duct tape solutions won’t last Data

Preservation

Because they don’t solve the Protocols problem Materials

Replication

etc

Single point of failure

Single point of failure Ahem...

Single point of failures removed by increasing inclusiveness, redistribution! Censorship and adjustment of chronology, evidence NOT possible when everyone can verify This is why transparency goes beyond ideals, it is about rigour

theory

hypotheses

Time ------------------>

materials

data

theory

hypotheses

Time ------------------>

materials

data

data

Direct replications

theory

hypotheses

Time ------------------>

materials

data

data

Preregistration

theory

hypotheses

Time ------------------>

“conceptual” replications

materials

Direct replications

data

data

Preregistration

hypotheses

“conceptual” replications

materials

Time ------------------>

Direct replications

data

data

Preregistration

hypotheses

“conceptual” replications

materials

Time ------------------>

Direct replications

Reanalysis

data

results

data

results

Put all of this on p2p network `dat` append only! Don’t need blockchain for integrity + integrates access for all

papers won’t solve the problems papers cause @chartgerink bit.ly/2017ifla