Is psychological science progressing? Explained variance in PsycINFO articles during the period 1956 to 2022

We aimed to numerically assess the progress of modern psychological science. Average explained variance in 1565 included articles was 42.8 percent, and this was constant during 1956 to 2022. We explored whether this could be explained by a combination of methodological conventions with the semantic...

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Main Authors: Geir Smedslund, Jan Ketil Arnulf, Jan Smedslund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1089089/full