24.02.2025New Article: SUZ Researchers on «Publication bias in the social sciences since 1959»

Analyzing 12,340 test statistics from 571 papers in the Quarterly Journal of Economics published in 1959-2018, SUZ researchers reveal that while bias existed many years ago, it has shifted from the 10 percent to the 5 percent significance level. These changes are accompanied by advancements in computational capabilities and evolving journal acceptance rates.
Read the full article in the journal PLOS One here.

Dr. Julia Jerke, Dr. Antonia Velicu, Dr. Fabian Winter, and Prof. Dr. Heiko Rauhut research and teach at the Departement of Sociology of Zurich on Social Norms and Cooperations. Among their flagship projects is the Zurich Survey of Academics which investigate how researchers deal with the conflicts and increasing pressure to publish.

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