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To make innovations such as replication mainstream, publish them in mainstream journals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2018

Boris Egloff*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, D-55099, Germany. egloff@uni-mainz.dehttp://www.ppd.psychologie.uni-mainz.de/62.php

Abstract

It was a pleasure to read Zwaan et al.'s wise and balanced target article. Here, I use it as a shining example for bolstering the argument that to make innovations such as replication mainstream, it seems advisable to move the debates from social media to respected “mainstream” psychology journals. Only then will mainstream psychologists be reached and, we hope, convinced.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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