74. Moin Syed: Glorious PNAS, editing a journal, and masterful procrastination

Moin Syed is a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota, where he studies identity and personality development. Our conversation focuses on his work in meta-science, especially the role of journals and editors in the scientific process.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: The silliness of prestige journals (especially PNAS)0:18:45: Deep description are necessary for science and theory0:29:43: Where should I submit my paper?0:35:51: Why would one want to be an editor at a journal?0:55:27: Cover letters1:03:44: Should I sign my peer reviews?1:13:03: A book/paper Moin thinks more people should read1:19:23: Something Moin wishes he'd learnt earlier1:29:22: Moin's advice to PhD students/postdocsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtMoin's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/syed-webSubstack/blog: https://geni.us/syed-blogGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/syed-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/syed-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences/linksFor Moin's blog posts on prestige journals, being an editor, etc. see link above for his Substack/blogGelman on Himmicanes: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/06/05/hurricanes-vs-himmicanes/Episodes w/ Chris Chambers (https://geni.us/bjks-chambers) and Mary-Elizabeth Sutherland (https://geni.us/bjks-sutherland)Bem (1987). Writing the empirical journal article. The compleat academic: A practical guide for the beginning social scientist.Cooper (1987). Conceptualizing research on adolescent development in the family: Four root metaphors. Journal of Adolescent Research.Crüwell, ... (2023). What’s in a badge? A computational reproducibility investigation... Psychological Science.DeYoung (2015). Cybernetic big five theory. Journal of research in personality.Dougherty & Horne (2022). Citation counts and journal impact factors do not capture ... Royal Society Open Science.Forestier, ... (2022). From ego depletion to self-control fatigue: A review of criticisms along with new perspectives for the investigation and replication of a multicomponent phenomenon. Motivation Science.Hagger, ... (2016). A multilab preregistered replication of the ego-depletion effect. Perspectives on Psychological Science. Jung, ... (2014). Female hurricanes are deadlier than male hurricanes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Palminteri (2023, February 26). How to prepare a rebuttal letter: Some advice from a scientist, reviewer and editor. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kyfus Pepper (1942). World hypotheses: A study in evidence. Univ of California Press. Rozin (2001). Social psychology and science: Some lessons from Solomon Asch. Personality and Social Psychology Review.