68: Friends don’t let friends believe in impact factors (with Nathan Hall) - a podcast by Dan Quintana

This episode includes part two of a chat with Nathan Hall (McGill University), who is the person behind the ’Shit academics say’ account (@AcademicsSay), which pokes fun of all the weird stuff that academics say. Before getting to the discussion, James and Dan answer two listener questions on grants and data cleaning.
Here’s what is covered in the episode:People talk about papers all the time, but the grant process is not discussed openly—why?
Speaking to your funding body’s relevant program officerAssembling a team that complements your weaknesses
Data carpentry and the tidyverseOutlier analysis
Nathan Hall on big publishingUpending the publication system by getting journals to bid for papers
Using peer review quality to judge the quality of journalsDebunking learning styes
Academics chasing after celebrity and hypeThe cost of chasing academic prestige
Using twitter hashtags like #PhDChat and #ECRchat to learn more about the experiences of other peopleLinks
Data carpentry https://datacarpentry.org/The paper with detailed code https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03811-x
The podcast conference https://www.soundeducation.fm/Cern and comic sans https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/4/3136652/cern-scientists-comic-sans-higgs-boson
Shit Academics Say on twitter https://www.twitter.com/AcademicsSayNathan on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/prof_nch
Dan on twitter https://www.twitter.com/dsquintanaJames on twitter https://www.twitter.com/jamesheathers
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Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/ Special Guest: Nathan Hall.

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