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Publications

Submitted papers

  • van Aert, R. C. M. & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2023). Correcting for publication bias in a meta-analysis with the p-uniform* method. Manuscript submitted for publication. doi: 10.31222/osf.io/zqjr9 PDF OSF
  • Xindong, X., Reed, W. R., & van Aert, R. C. M. (2023). Social capital and economic growth: A meta-analysis. Manuscript submitted for publication.
  • van Aert, R. C. M. (2023). Meta-analyzing non-preregistered and preregistered studies. Manuscript submitted for publication. doi: 10.31222/osf.io/2bj85 PDF OSF
  • Grosz, M. P., van Aert, R. C. M., & Back, M. D. (2023). A meta-analysis on the associations of personality, intelligence, and physical size with social status. Manuscript submitted for publication. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/73mf4 PDF OSF
  • Weinstein, A. A., van Aert, R. C. M., Donovan, K., Muskens, L., & Kop, W. J. (2023). Affective responses to acute exercise: A meta-analysis of the potential beneficial effects of a single bout of exercise on general mood, anxiety and depressive symptoms. Manuscript submitted for publication.

In press

  • Jackson, D., Viechtbauer, W., & van Aert, R. C. M. (in press). Multi-step estimators of the between-study covariance matrix under the multivariate random-effects model for meta-analysis. Statistics in Medicine. doi: 10.1002/sim.9985 PDF OSF
  • van Aert, R. C. M. & Wicherts, J. M. (in press). Correcting for outcome reporting bias in a meta-analysis: A meta-regression approach. Behavior Research Methods. doi: 10.3758/s13428-023-02132-2 PDF OSF
  • Olsson-Collentine, A., van Aert, R. C. M., Bakker, M., & Wicherts, J. (in press). Meta-analyzing the multiverse: A peek under the hood of selective reporting. Psychological Methods. doi: 10.1037/met0000559 PDF OSF

2023

  • Hoogeveen, S., Sarafoglou, A., Aczel, B., Aditya, Y., Alayan, A. J., …, van Aert, R. C. M., …, & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2023). A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 13(3), 237-283. doi: 10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255 PDF OSF
  • Niemeyer, H., Knaevelsrud, C., van Aert, R. C. M., & Ehring, T. (2023). Research into evidence-based psychological interventions needs a stronger focus on replicability. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 5(3), 1-18. doi: 10.32872/cpe.9997 PDF
  • van Aert, R. C. M. & Goos, C. (2023). A critical reflection on computing the sampling variance of the partial correlation coefficient. Research Synthesis Methods, 14(3), 520-525. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1632 PDF OSF
  • van Aert, R. C. M. (2023). Meta-analyzing partial correlation coefficients using Fisher’s z transformation. Research Synthesis Methods, 14(5), 768-773. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1654 PDF OSF
  • De Roeck, L., Gillebert, C. R., van Aert, R. C. M., Vanmeenen, A., Klein, M., …, & Sleurs, C. (2023). Cognitive outcomes after multimodal treatment in adult glioma patients: A meta-analysis. Neuro-Oncology, 25, 1395-1414. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad045 PDF
  • van Assen, M. A. L. M., van den Akker, O. R., Augusteijn, H. E. M., Bakker, M., Nuijten, M. B., …, & van Aert, R. C. M. (2023). The meta-plot: A graphical tool for interpreting the results of a meta-analysis. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 231(1), 65-78. doi: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000513 PDF OSF
  • Isager, P. M., van Aert, R. C. M., Bahnik, S., Brandt, M. J., DeSoto, K. A., …, & Lakens, D. (2023). Deciding what to replicate: A decision model for replication study selection under resource and knowledge constraints. Psychological Methods, 28(2), 438-451. doi: 10.1037/met0000438 PDF OSF
  • van Aert, R. C. M., Nuijten, M. B., Olsson-Collentine, A., Stoevenbelt, A. H., van den Akker, O. R., …, & Wicherts, J. M. (2023). Comparing the prevalence of statistical reporting inconsistencies in COVID-19 preprints and matched controls: a registered report. Royal Society Open Science, 10(8), 1-16. doi: 10.1098/rsos.202326 PDF OSF
  • Schaerer, M., Nguyen, M., du Plessis, C., van Aert, R. C. M., Tiokhin, L., …, & Uhlmann, E. L. (2023). Meta-analysis of 44 years of field audits reveals a decline in gender discrimination across time. Manuscript submitted for publication. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 179(104280), 1-26. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2023.104280 PDF OSF

2022

  • van Aert, R. C. M. (2022). Analyzing data of a multi-lab replication project with individual participant data meta-analysis: A tutorial. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 230(1), 60-72. doi: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000483 PDF OSF
  • van Aert, R. C. M. & Niemeyer, H. (2022). Publication bias. In Lilienfeld, S. O., O’Donohue, W., & Masuda, A. Avoiding Questionable Research Practices in Applied Psychology. Springer. doi: 10.31222/osf.io/3rdys PDF OSF
  • van Assen, M. A. L. M., Stoevenbelt, A. H., & van Aert, R. C. M. (2022). The end justifies all means: Questionable conversion of different effect sizes to a common effect size measure. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 1-3. doi: 10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070249 OSF

2021

  • Ross, R. R., van Aert, R. C. M., van den Akker, O. R., & van Elk, M. (2021). The role of meta-analysis and preregistration in assessing the evidence for cleansing effects. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44(e19). doi: 10.1017/S0140525X20000606 PDF
  • van Aert, R. C. M., Schmid, C. H., Svensson, D., & Jackson, D. (2021). Study specific prediction intervals for random-effects meta-analysis. Research Synthesis Methods, 12(4), 429-447. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1490 PDF OSF
  • van Aert, R. C. M., Nuijten, M. B., Olsson-Collentine, A., Stoevenbelt, A. H., van den Akker, O. R., & Wicherts, J. M. (2021). Comparing the prevalence of statistical reporting inconsistencies in COVID-19 preprints and matched controls: A Registered Report. Conditionally accepted. Royal Society Open Science. PDF
  • Mulder, J., Williams, D. R., Gu, X., Tomarken, A., Boeing-Messing, F., …, van Aert, R. C. M., …, & van Lissa, C. (2021). BFpack: Flexible Bayes factor testing of scientific theories in R. Journal of Statistical Software, 100(18), 1-63. doi: 10.18637/jss.v100.i18 PDF
  • Brohmer, H., Eckerstorfer, L. V., van Aert, R. C. M., & Corcoran, K. (2021). Do behavioral observations make people catch the goal? A meta-analysis on goal contagion. International Review of Social Psychology, 34(1), 3. doi: 10.5334/irsp.428 PDF OSF
  • van Aert, R. C. M. & Mulder, J. (2021). Bayesian hypothesis testing and estimation under the marginalized random-effects meta-analysis model. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. doi: 10.3758/s13423-021-01918-9 PDF OSF
  • Schweinsberg, M., Feldman, M., Staub, N., van den Akker, O. R., van Aert, R. C. M., …, & Uhlmann, E. L. (2021). Same data, different conclusions: Radical dispersion in empirical results when independent analysts operationalize and test the same hypothesis. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 165, 228-249. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2021.02.003 PDF

2020

  • Niemeyer, H., van Aert, R. C. M., Schmid, S., Uelsmann, D., Knaevelsrud, C., & Schulte-Herbrueggen, O. (2020). Publication bias in meta-analyses of posttraumatic stress disorder interventions. Meta-Psychology, 4. doi: 10.15626/MP.2018.884 PDF
  • van der Meulen, E., van der Velden, P. G., van Aert, R. C. M., & van Veldhoven, M. J. P. M. (2020). Longitudinal associations of psychological resilience with mental health and functioning among military personnel: A meta-analysis of prospective studies. Social Science & Medicine, 255, 112814. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112814 PDF
  • Havranek, T., Stanley, T. D., Doucouliagos, H., Bom, P., Geyer-Klingeberg, J., …, & van Aert, R. C. M. (2020). Reporting guidelines for meta-analysis in economics. Journal of Economic Surveys, 34(3), 469-475. doi: 10.1111/joes.12363 PDF

2019

  • Augusteijn, H. E. M., van Aert, R. C. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2019). The effect of publication bias on the Q test and assessment of heterogeneity. Psychological Methods, 24(1), 116-134. doi: 10.1037/met0000197 PDF OSF
  • van Aert, R. C. M., van Assen, M. A. L. M., & Viechtbauer, W. (2019). Statistical properties of methods based on the Q-statistic for constructing a confidence interval for the between-study variance in meta-analysis. Research Synthesis Methods, 10(2), 225-239. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1336 PDF OSF
  • van Aert, R. C. M., Wicherts, J. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2019). Publication bias examined in meta-analyses from psychology and medicine: A meta-meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 14(4), e0215052. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215052 PDF OSF
  • van Aert, R. C. M. & Jackson, D. (2019). A new justification of the Hartung-Knapp method for random-effects meta-analysis based on weighted least squares regression. Research Synthesis Methods, 10(4), 515-527. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1356 PDF OSF

2018

  • van Aert, R. C. M. (2018). Meta-analysis: Shortcomings and potential. GVO drukkers & vormgevers. doi: 10.31222/osf.io/eqhjd PDF
  • van Aert, R. C. M. & Jackson, D. (2018). Multistep estimators of the between-study variance: The relationship with the Paule-Mandel estimator. Statistics in Medicine, 37(17), 2616-2629. doi: 10.1002/sim.7665 PDF OSF
  • Klein, R. A., Vianello, M., Hasselman, F., Adams, B. G., Adams, R. B., …, van Aert, R. C. M., …, & Nosek, B. A. (2018). Many Labs 2: Investigating variation in replicability across samples and settings. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1(4), 443-490. doi: 10.1177/2515245918810225 PDF OSF
  • van Aert, R. C. M. & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2018). Examining reproducibility in psychology: A hybrid method for combining a statistically significant original study and a replication. Behavior Research Methods, 50(4), 1515-1539. doi: 10.3758/s13428-017-0967-6 PDF OSF

2017

  • van Aert, R. C. M. & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2017). Bayesian evaluation of effect size after replicating an original study. PLOS ONE, 12(4), e0175302. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175302 PDF OSF

2016

  • Wicherts, J. M., Veldkamp, C. L. S., Augusteijn, H. E. M., Bakker, M., van Aert, R. C. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2016). Degrees of freedom in planning, running, analyzing, and reporting psychological studies: A checklist to avoid p-hacking. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(1832). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01832 PDF
  • van Aert, R. C. M., Wicherts, J. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2016). Conducting meta-analyses on p-values: Reservations and recommendations for applying p-uniform and p-curve. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(5), 713-729. doi: 10.1177/1745691616650874 PDF
  • Anderson, C. J., Bahnik, S., Barnett-Cowan, M., Bosco, F. A., Chandler, J., …, van Aert, R. C. M., …, & Zuni, K. (2016). Response to comment on ‘Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science’. Science, 351(6277), 1037. doi: 10.1126/science.aad9163 PDF

2015

  • Hartgerink, C. H. J., van Aert, R. C. M., Nuijten, M. B., Wicherts, J. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2015). Distributions of p-values smaller than .05 in psychology: What is going on?. PeerJ, 4:e1935. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1935 PDF
  • van Assen, M. A. L. M., van Aert, R. C. M., & Wicherts, J. M. (2015). Meta-analysis using effect size distributions of only statistically significant studies. Psychological Methods, 20(3), 293-309. doi: 10.1037/met0000025
  • Open Science Collaboration (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science, 349(6251). doi: 10.1126/science.aac4716
  • van der Ark, L. A. & van Aert, R. C. M. (2015). Comparing confidence intervals for Goodman and Kruskal’s gamma coefficient. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 85(12), 2491-2505. doi: 10.1080/00949655.2014.932791

2014

  • Nuijten, M. B., van Assen, M. A. L. M., van Aert, R. C. M., & Wicherts, J. M. (2014). Standard analyses fail to show that US studies overestimate effect sizes in softer research. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 111(7), 712-713. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1322149111
  • van Assen, M. A. L. M., van Aert, R. C. M., Nuijten, M. B., & Wicherts, J. M. (2014). Why publishing everything is more effective than selective publishing of statistically significant results. PLOS ONE, 9(1), e84896. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084896 PDF