Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar

My new piece "Reproducibility: how to strengthen a weak foundation" is out today in @Nature! 🎉How reproducible is research in the social & behavioural sciences? A new study by Miske et al. assessed 600 papers across 62 journals: results are sobering 📄 doi.org/10.1038/d41586…

Kicked off 3rd Evidence Synthesis course with @ASanchez_Tojar @shreya_dimri_ and a full class from around the globe 🌍 covering systematic reviews, meta-analysis & evidence synthesis in ecology & evolution using R. physalia-courses.org/courses-worksh…

Have you been wondering how AI tools can be utilised to improve science research, rigorously and transparently? Look no further than this #ECRAsks interview of Malgorzata (Losia) Lagisz by Oakleigh Wilson on our blog! 🔗 sortee.org/blog/2025/06/1… #openscience #SORTEE

🚨 Fifty years of research on "badges of status" in animals, and we still don't know if the hypothesis holds. In our new reply, we argue that the evidence is shakier than recently claimed. 📄 doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7… 💻 Code & data github.com/ASanchez-Tojar…

Seats still available for the Meta-Analysis in R course (11–14 May, online) with @ASanchez_Tojar & @shreya_dimri_ Hands-on training from systematic reviews to meta-regression, heterogeneity & publication bias using R (metafor, orchaRd) physalia-courses.org/courses-worksh… #MetaAnalysis

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📢 Content submissions for the 6th SORTEE Conference (13-14 Oct 2026) are now OPEN #SORTEE2026 Submit your proposal for an unconference, hackathon or workshop by June 7th via sortee.org/upcoming SORTEE members can attend for free. Join us sortee.org/join/

Meet our Member Engagement and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committees! If you missed last month’s virtual social, you can learn about everything our committee members do to promote #openscience right here! Upcoming events: sortee.org/mixers/ #SpotlightOnSORTEE

New paper out in @journal_evo! 🎉 We use phylogenetic meta-analysis of variance to test stabilising selection & canalisation for wing length across 172 birds: migratory & aerial feeders show higher canalisation (~5–10% lower CV). 📄 doi.org/10.1093/evolut…

We hope future researchers study trait canalisation making use of the large datasets now available across species. 💾 Data & code github.com/ASanchez-Tojar… P.S. Apologies for no open access. We were mistaken about our university's publishing agreement. DM me for a copy! 📩

@sortecoevo We must go further: redesign institutions, test causal interventions, and have national funders establish dedicated meta-research panels: an investment this field has long deserved. Miske et al. 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586… 📰doi.org/10.1038/d41586… @NatureNV @UnivdeCoimbra

@Nature has published three groundbreaking papers on reproducibility, analytical robustness, and replicability across the social sciences. Sincere thanks are due to the many folks who contributed to these projects. It’s painstaking work, and a great service to social science.

My new piece "Reproducibility: how to strengthen a weak foundation" is out today in @Nature! 🎉How reproducible is research in the social & behavioural sciences? A new study by Miske et al. assessed 600 papers across 62 journals: results are sobering 📄 doi.org/10.1038/d41586…

Nature meta-research project puts claims in social-science papers. I'm interested in Econ and Psych so I focused on that: Econ had about the same rate of "not reproducible" analyses as Psych and a worse rate then Political Science. nature.com/articles/d4158…

@sortecoevo @NatureNV @UnivdeCoimbra Free view-only link: rdcu.be/fbcq5

Statistical Rethinking 2026 is done: 20 new lectures emphasizing logical & critical statistical workflow, from basics of probability to causal inference to reliable computation to sensitivity. It's all free, made just for you. Lecture list & links: #calendar--topical-outline" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">github.com/rmcelreath/sta…