[Open-science-nl] Negative Results Week

Rosanne Hertzberger rosanne.hertzberger at gmail.com
Wed Aug 9 09:56:43 UTC 2017 

Dear all, thank you for your very useful and constructive feedback. I am
very sure that with all the support I am getting that this week will
happen. However, I am taking your comments into account and reconsider the
name.

About "negative results": I agree with you that in theory every experiment
or study, when carried out right, will provide new information and
knowledge. If I spend a few months cloning a certain gene from a bacterium
and it turns out that it has nothing to do with a certain behavior  of this
bacterium, we increase our understanding of the universe: this gene is just
like the 5000 other genes that have nothing to do with this behavior. Yet
in practice, this is exactly a result that might not make it to the outside
world, although it is useful: I might be saving someone time in the future.

The aim for this week is to make science more open, transparent and
efficient. We need scientists to share more results, other than just shiny
positive stories with a convenient narrative and an impact factor. We now
have a plethora of open platforms and networks for open science, now we
need more people to use them regularly!

I agree with you that "Negative Results" might elicit too much discussion
about the term itself. I am considering the term "Open Science Week"
(although you could argue that it should be Open Science Week year round).
At least this invites scientists to perhaps for the first time share
something on an open science platform. Also, it can be more widely applied
to different fields. I am meeting with the health funds again this Monday
and will discuss this with them.

Thanks Chris for sharing your great video! This is exactly what we need.
But given all the discussion here, you might need to take it again. So I
will update you next week on the meeting with the health funds, before we
start throwing all our energy at it. (Chris it is still very useful,
because I can use it as an example for all the others! You were the first!
Thanks!!)

greetings!
Rosanne

2017-08-09 2:40 GMT+02:00 Hans IJzerman <h.ijzerman at vu.nl>:

> hi all,
>
> I understand both Rolf and EJ's concern, but can understand the focus even
> when suboptimal (depending on what audience it is oriented to).
>
> But to voice another concern: Null results/emptied filedrawers don't
> necessarily equate solid science. They can, but don't have to. Further and
> even more importantly: What's the target audience? What is the goal of this
> week? Is it to sway audience, funders, scientists in fields where this
> discussion is not going on? (and would perhaps not be the most efficient
> use of time to report on existing efforts re: replications, null results,
> prereg, OSF stuff?)
>
> best,
>
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> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 6:47 PM, Rolf Zwaan <rolfzwaan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree with E.J. In addition to the arguments he makes, I'm worried that
>> at a more basic level, people will be associating open science with
>> negative results. I like the idea of "emptying the filedrawer."
>>
>> 2017-08-08 23:40 GMT+02:00 Eric-Jan Wagenmakers <ej.wagenmakers at gmail.com
>> >:
>>
>>> Hi Rosanne and others,
>>>
>>> Perhaps I am overly sensitive, but the term "negative result" is more
>>> than a little negative. Invariance is a key property of all laws of nature
>>> (take your pick), and it can be highly informative to know that something
>>> does not change (e.g., the new treatment does not cause more side-effects;
>>> increasing the speed limit from 120 to 130 km/hr does not lead to more
>>> fatal traffic casualties). I don't see any fundamental difference between a
>>> "positive" and a "negative" result -- these provide support for different
>>> statistical models, but it depends on the context what result is more
>>> informative or useful. I feel that calling them "negative results" is
>>> stigmatizing and actually confirms researchers' bias concerning their
>>> supposedly limited value. So just by picking that name you risk achieving
>>> the exact opposite of what you aim to achieve.
>>>
>>> Either "empty-your-file-drawer week" or "present-your-unpublished-work
>>> week" target the core problem more clearly. Just some thoughts, I might be
>>> completely off.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> E.J.
>>>
>>> ********************************************
>>> Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
>>> Department of Psychological Methods, room G 0.29
>>> University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B
>>> Letter: PO Box 15906, 1001 NK Amsterdam
>>> Parcel: Valckenierstraat 59,  1018 XE Amsterdam
>>>
>>> Web: ejwagenmakers.com
>>> Book: bayesmodels.com
>>> Stats: jasp-stats.org
>>> Email: EJ.Wagenmakers at gmail.com
>>> Cell: (+31) 6 45626624 <+31%206%2045626624>
>>>
>>> “Man follows only phantoms.”
>>> Pierre-Simon Laplace, last words
>>> ********************************************
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 10:11 PM, Rosanne Hertzberger <
>>> rosanne.hertzberger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> firstly I apologize for using this email-list. I will not send any
>>>> other emails, but I am looking to reach as many people interested in Open
>>>> Science and thought with this I might be hitting the bulls eye.
>>>>
>>>> I am a writer at NRC Handelsblad and a microbiologist at the VU, I post
>>>> my science at www.reblab.org using an Open Kitchen Science approach. I
>>>> have a question for you:
>>>> In order to further promote Open Science I want to organize a "Negative
>>>> Results Week" or #NegResWeek. A social media campaign in which we try to
>>>> get as many scientists as possible (from all fields, all countries) to post
>>>> a Negative Result on an open science platform (BioRxiv, FigShare, Zenodo
>>>> etc) in a given week. Of course it is a legitimate question what a negative
>>>> result actually is, and whether it even exists, and these answers are
>>>> different depending on the field, but to me a negative result is when you
>>>> conclude "A has nothing to with B", "this protocol does not work", "this
>>>> theory cannot be proven". Perhaps the most negative side about a negative
>>>> result is when it remains unpublished. Perfectly sound science going to
>>>> waste because it is unfortunately not deemed worthy of time/effort/money to
>>>> publish.
>>>>
>>>> I mentioned this a few times at meetings and luckily several health
>>>> funds (Reumafonds, Hartstichting, more to come) showed their interest. Like
>>>> many people, they too want science to become more transparent, more
>>>> accessible, and more efficient, which is in the interest of the patient and
>>>> the general public and ultimately also for science itself. They are putting
>>>> together a small budget to hopefully make this event happen. My job is to
>>>> estimate how much interest there is from the science community and see if
>>>> we can get some critical mass to make NegResWeek a success. So my first
>>>> questions is: would you like to participate in this Negative Results Week?
>>>> And second: would you be willing to make a short video, just using your
>>>> smartphone, with your name, institute, field and the words "I am
>>>> participating in Negative Results Week" with a few remarks explaining why.
>>>> The goal is to launch the initiative with a website full of researchers who
>>>> will participate, to entice others to join in as well and get their first
>>>> taste of Open Science.
>>>>
>>>> I would really appreciate your feedback, your thoughts and hopefully,
>>>> your footage.
>>>>
>>>> best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Rosanne Hertzberger
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2017-04-03 17:19 GMT+02:00 Bosman, J.M. (Jeroen) <j.bosman at uu.nl>:
>>>>
>>>>> Please excuse me: the Delft meeting is on *Monday* the 29th of May….
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeroen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* Bosman, J.M. (Jeroen)
>>>>> *Sent:* maandag 3 april 2017 17:12
>>>>> *To:* 'Amie.Fairs at mpi.nl'; 'zwaan at fsw.eur.nl'; 'D.Lakens at tue.nl'; '
>>>>> egon.willighagen at maastrichtuniversity.nl'; '
>>>>> c.h.j.hartgerink at tilburguniversity.edu'; 's.epskamp at uva.nl'; M.B.
>>>>> Nuijten; 'E.M.Wagenmakers at uva.nl'; Eerland, A. (Anita); '
>>>>> m.j.m.bonten at umcutrecht.nl'; 'h.ijzerman- at vu.nl'; 'J.S.Caux at uva.nl';
>>>>> Faez, S. (Sanli); 'c.j.albers at rug.nl'; 'b.zandbelt at donders.ru.nl'; '
>>>>> simon at simoncolumbus.com'; 'r.bekkers at vu.nl'; '
>>>>> t.van.der.zee at iclon.leidenuniv.nl'; Dotsch, R. (Ron); '
>>>>> F.Wanders at uva.nl'; J.M. Wicherts; M.A.L.M. van Assen;
>>>>> rosanne.hertzberger at gmail.com; 'sander.vanderwaal at okfn.org'; '
>>>>> p.a.a.vanden.besselaar at vu.nl'
>>>>> *Cc:* 'open-science-nl at lists.okfn.org'; Kramer, B.M.R. (Bianca);
>>>>> 'C.H.J. Hartgerink'
>>>>> *Subject:* report frrom Open Science meeting in Tilburg 20170331
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Just wanted to let you know that the informal Open Science meetup in
>>>>> Tilburg last Friday was a lively, provided useful ideas, exchange of
>>>>> visions, feedback on the National Plan Open Science and more. Read all
>>>>> about it in the report we created in the etherpad:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/open-science-tilburg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> By the way, on Friday 29th of May there is a larger Open Science
>>>>> meeting in Delft, probably 10AM-4PM. Please save the date. More info will
>>>>> follow soon, via the Open Science NL discussion list (
>>>>> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science-nl) and other
>>>>> channels.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Groet,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeroen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: 101-innovations-icon-very-small]  101 innovations in
>>>>> scholarly communications <https://101innovations.wordpress.com/>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> *---------------------------*
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeroen Bosman <http://www.uu.nl/staff/JMBosman>, scholarly
>>>>> communication specialist,
>>>>>
>>>>> esp. for geography and geosciences
>>>>>
>>>>> Utrecht University Library <http://www.uu.nl/library>
>>>>>
>>>>> email: j.bosman at uu.nl
>>>>>
>>>>> telephone: +31. 62 486 5967
>>>>>
>>>>> mail: Postbus 80124, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
>>>>>
>>>>> visiting address: room 2.50, Heidelberglaan 3, Utrecht
>>>>>
>>>>> web: Jeroen Bosman
>>>>> <http://www.uu.nl/university/library/en/disciplines/geo/Pages/ContactBosman.aspx>
>>>>>
>>>>> twitter @jeroenbosman <https://twitter.com/jeroenbosman>/
>>>>> @geolibrarianUBU <https://twitter.com/geolibrarianUBU>
>>>>>
>>>>> profiles: : Academia <http://uu.academia.edu/JeroenBosman> / Google
>>>>> Scholar <http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-IfPy3IAAAAJ&hl=en>
>>>>> / ISNI <http://www.isni.org/0000000028810209> /
>>>>>
>>>>> Mendeley <http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/jeroen-bosman/> /
>>>>> MicrosoftAcademic
>>>>> <http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/51538592/jeroen-bosman>
>>>>> / ORCID <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5796-2727> / ResearcherID
>>>>> <http://www.researcherid.com/ProfileView.action?queryString=KG0UuZjN5WmCiHc%252FMC4oLVEKrQQu%252BpzQ8%252F9yrRrmi8Y%253D&Init=Yes&SrcApp=CR&returnCode=ROUTER.Success&SID=N27lOD6EgipnADLnAbK>
>>>>> /
>>>>>
>>>>> ResearchGate <http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeroen_Bosman/> /
>>>>> Scopus <http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=7003519484>
>>>>> /  Slideshare <http://www.slideshare.net/hierohiero> /  VIAF
>>>>> <http://viaf.org/viaf/36099266/> /  Worldcat
>>>>> <http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n91-100619>
>>>>>
>>>>> Blogging (with others) at: I&M 2.0 <http://im2punt0.wordpress.com/>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> ---------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* C.H.J. Hartgerink [mailto:C.H.J.Hartgerink at uvt.nl
>>>>> <C.H.J.Hartgerink at uvt.nl>]
>>>>> *Sent:* maandag 27 februari 2017 12:53
>>>>> *To:* Bosman, J.M. (Jeroen); 'Amie.Fairs at mpi.nl'; 'zwaan at fsw.eur.nl';
>>>>> 'D.Lakens at tue.nl'; 'egon.willighagen at maastrichtuniversity.nl'; '
>>>>> c.h.j.hartgerink at tilburguniversity.edu'; 's.epskamp at uva.nl'; M.B.
>>>>> Nuijten; 'E.M.Wagenmakers at uva.nl'; Eerland, A. (Anita); '
>>>>> m.j.m.bonten at umcutrecht.nl'; 'h.ijzerman- at vu.nl'; 'J.S.Caux at uva.nl';
>>>>> Faez, S. (Sanli); 'c.j.albers at rug.nl'; 'b.zandbelt at donders.ru.nl'; '
>>>>> simon at simoncolumbus.com'; 'r.bekkers at vu.nl'; '
>>>>> t.van.der.zee at iclon.leidenuniv.nl'; Dotsch, R. (Ron); '
>>>>> F.Wanders at uva.nl'; J.M. Wicherts; M.A.L.M. van Assen
>>>>> *Cc:* 'open-science-nl at lists.okfn.org'; Kramer, B.M.R. (Bianca)
>>>>> *Subject:* Invitation for (informal) open science meetup
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Following our previous emails on Open Science and your enthusiasm for
>>>>> an informal meeting for researchers that are currently actively involved in
>>>>> Open Science, we have now planned a date and time for such a meeting:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Friday March 31, 14:00-17:00 Cobbenhagengebouw, location C 186 Ruth
>>>>> First room, **Tilburg University*
>>>>> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=tilburg%20university#map=17/51.56244/5.04679>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> During this meeting, we want to provide the opportunity to share your
>>>>> personal experiences, ideas and concrete initiatives around various aspects
>>>>> of Open Science, including (but certainly not limited to) preregistration,
>>>>> data/code sharing & re-use, preprints, reproducibility, open peer review
>>>>> models, societal outreach and assessment alternatives.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Furthermore, we hope to discuss existing barriers and obstacles to a
>>>>> more widespread adoption of Open Science among researchers, and various
>>>>> steps that could be taken (either top-down or bottom-up) to help
>>>>> overcome these.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Finally, we want to compare your ideas and action points for next
>>>>> steps to the goals and ambitions stated in the National Plan Open
>>>>> Science <http://www.openscience.nl> (signed by VSNU, KNAW, NWO, among
>>>>> other parties) and beyond. We can  see how these ideas and action points
>>>>> align or complement each other, and what your advice to NPOS would be in
>>>>> how to reach out to researchers in general.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If there are any other points you feel are important to discuss at
>>>>> this meeting, please let us know. The programme is flexible, everybody gets
>>>>> the chance to take the floor, and we foremost want the meeting to be useful
>>>>> for you. Needless to say, please bring your devices if you wish to show or
>>>>> demonstrate something.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We hope to see many of you in Tilburg on March 31. Please confirm your
>>>>> participation by replying to this email, so we can plan some coffee, tea,
>>>>> and snacks. If you know of any other Open Science enthusiasts who might be
>>>>> interested to attend, we encourage you to send on this invitation. The
>>>>> maximal number of people we can accommodate is 30.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris Hartgerink
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeroen Bosman
>>>>>
>>>>> Bianca Kramer
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* Bosman, J.M. (Jeroen) [j.bosman at uu.nl]
>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 09, 2017 1:05 PM
>>>>> *To:* 'Amie.Fairs at mpi.nl'; 'zwaan at fsw.eur.nl'; 'D.Lakens at tue.nl'; '
>>>>> egon.willighagen at maastrichtuniversity.nl'; '
>>>>> c.h.j.hartgerink at tilburguniversity.edu'; 's.epskamp at uva.nl'; M.B.
>>>>> Nuijten; 'E.M.Wagenmakers at uva.nl'; Eerland, A. (Anita); '
>>>>> m.j.m.bonten at umcutrecht.nl'; 'h.ijzerman- at vu.nl'; 'J.S.Caux at uva.nl';
>>>>> Faez, S. (Sanli); 'c.j.albers at rug.nl'; 'b.zandbelt at donders.ru.nl'; '
>>>>> simon at simoncolumbus.com'; 'r.bekkers at vu.nl'; '
>>>>> t.van.der.zee at iclon.leidenuniv.nl'; Dotsch, R. (Ron); '
>>>>> F.Wanders at uva.nl'
>>>>> *Cc:* 'open-science-nl at lists.okfn.org'; Kramer, B.M.R. (Bianca)
>>>>> *Subject:* Open Science and the National Plan OS
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for the many encouraging replies we received to our message
>>>>> on Open Science and the National Plan Open Science
>>>>> <https://www.openscience.nl/> signing and presentation later today.
>>>>> Most of you support a meeting in the near future of researchers that are
>>>>> engaged in Open Science.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We hope to have a chance to talk with those of you who are able to
>>>>> make it to the signing ceremony today, and will contact all of you to
>>>>> discuss timing and programme of a meeting. And of course we very much
>>>>> welcome anyone willing to help in arranging the meeting.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We will also talk to NPOS platform people to see what they are up to
>>>>> and align (but not slow down) actions.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards, looking forward to meet you,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bianca Kramer (@MsPhelps) & Jeroen Bosman (@jeroenbosman)
>>>>>
>>>>> both at Utrecht University Library
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: 101-innovations-icon-very-small]  101 innovations in
>>>>> scholarly communication <https://101innovations.wordpress.com/>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> *---------------------*
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeroen Bosman, faculty liaison for the Faculty of Geosciences
>>>>>
>>>>> Utrecht University Library <http://www.uu.nl/library>
>>>>>
>>>>> email: j.bosman at uu.nl
>>>>>
>>>>> telephone: +31.6.24865967 <+31%206%2024865967>
>>>>>
>>>>> mail: Postbus 80124, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
>>>>>
>>>>> visiting address: room 2.50, Heidelberglaan 3, Utrecht
>>>>>
>>>>> web: Jeroen Bosman
>>>>> <http://www.uu.nl/university/library/en/disciplines/geo/Pages/ContactBosman.aspx>
>>>>>
>>>>> twitter @jeroenbosman <https://twitter.com/jeroenbosman> /
>>>>> @geolibrarianUBU <https://twitter.com/geolibrarianUBU>
>>>>>
>>>>> profiles: : Academia <http://uu.academia.edu/JeroenBosman> / Google
>>>>> Scholar <http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-IfPy3IAAAAJ&hl=en>
>>>>> / ISNI <http://www.isni.org/0000000028810209> /
>>>>>
>>>>> Mendeley <http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/jeroen-bosman/> /
>>>>> MicrosoftAcademic
>>>>> <http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/51538592/jeroen-bosman>
>>>>> / ORCID <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5796-2727> / ResearcherID
>>>>> <http://www.researcherid.com/ProfileView.action?queryString=KG0UuZjN5WmCiHc%252FMC4oLVEKrQQu%252BpzQ8%252F9yrRrmi8Y%253D&Init=Yes&SrcApp=CR&returnCode=ROUTER.Success&SID=N27lOD6EgipnADLnAbK>
>>>>> /
>>>>>
>>>>> ResearchGate <http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeroen_Bosman/> /
>>>>> Scopus <http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=7003519484>
>>>>> /  Slideshare <http://www.slideshare.net/hierohiero> /  VIAF
>>>>> <http://viaf.org/viaf/36099266/> /  Worldcat
>>>>> <http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n91-100619>
>>>>>
>>>>> blogging at: I&M 2.0 <http://im2punt0.wordpress.com/> (with others)
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> ------------
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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