Publications

Under Review/In Revision/In Press

  • Field, S. M. (2026). Do Non-Replicable Findings have no Epistemic Value for Science?. In the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Society. Ed. Rayvon Fouché. New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780197791219.013.ORE_STS-00100.R1. Manuscript in press.

  • Field., S. M., Hodge, S. M., & Derksen, M. The Science Reform Movement as a Community of Practice: Negotiating Identity, Community, and Belonging in a Changing Scientific Landscape. Manuscript in preparation.

  • Field, S. M. Open with Care! A Framework for Responsible Qualitative Openness. Manuscript under revision at Collabra: Psychology.

  • Ferwerda, J. & Field, S. M. Barriers and opportunities in the organization of Dutch Open Science Communities. Manuscript in preparation.

  • Ulpts, S., Bartscherer, S. F., Field, S. M. & Penders, B. The social replication of replication: Moving replication through epistemic communities. Manuscript in preparation.

  • Pownall, M. & Field, S. M. Can Open Science Speak Qualitative? Rearticulating Open Science Vocabulary for Qualitative Research. Manuscript submitted to Qualitative Research in Psychology.

  • Field, S. M. & Pownall, M. Confronting the Myth of Objectivity in Science. Manuscript submitted to PNAS.

  • Field, S. M., Thompson, J., Penders, B., de Rijcke, S., Munafò, M. R. Exploring the Dimensions of Responsible Research Systems and Cultures: A Scoping Review. IPA Stage 2 RR forthcoming.

  • Field, S. M., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Hoek, J. M., Pittelkow, M.-M., & Derksen, M. Qualitative Open Science - Pain Points and Perspectives. Manuscript in preparation.


Published

  • Pittelkow, M. M., Field, S. M., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2025). Thinking beyond RVCN: Addressing the complexity of replication target selection. Meta-Psychology, 9.


  • Field, S. M., Gaillard, S., Visser A., & Gruning, D. (2024). Editorial from our Incoming Editor in Chief: Introducing Open Peer Review, Streamlined Review, and a Trial of the Registered Report Format. Journal of Trial & Error, 4(2), 1-5.

  • Trueblood, J. S., Allison, D. B., Field, S. M., Fishbach, A., Gaillard, S. D., Gigerenzer, G., ... & Teodorescu, A. R. (2025). The misalignment of incentives in academic publishing and implications for journal reform. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(5), e2401231121.

  • Davis-Stober, C. P., Sarafoglou, A., Aczel, B., Chandramouli, S. H., Errington, T. M., Field, S. M., Fishbach, A., Freire, J., Ioannidis, J. P., Oberauer, K., Pestilli, F., Ressl, S., Schad, D. J., Ter Schure, J., Tentori, K., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Vandekerckhove, J., & Gundersen, O. (2024). How can we make sound replication decisions? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(5), e2401236121.


  • Field, S. M., van Dongen, N., & Tiokhin, L. (2024), Reflections on the Unintended Consequences of the Science Reform Movement. Journal of Trial & Error, 4 (1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.36850/ed4

  • Field, S. M., Volz, L., Kaznatcheev, A., & van Dongen, N. (2024). Can a good theory be built using bad ingredients?. Computational Brain & Behavior, 7(4), 608-615.

  • Pittelkow, M.-M., Field, S. M., Isager, P. M., van't Veer, A. E., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2023). The Process of Replication Target Selection: What to Consider? Royal Society Open Science, 10, 210586.

  • van Ravenzwaaij, D., Bakker, M., Heesen, R., Romero, F., van Dongen, N., Crüwell, S., Field, S. M., Held, L., Munafo, M., Pittelkow, M.-M., Tiokhin, L, Traag, V., van den Akker, O., van't Veer, A., & Wagenmakers, E. -J. (2022). Perspectives on Scientific Error. Royal Society Open Science, 10, 230448.

  • Hoek, J.*, Field, S. M.*, de Vries, Y. A., Linde, M., Pittelkow, M.-M., Muradchanian, J., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2021). Rethinking Remdesivir for COVID-19: A Bayesian Reanalysis of Trial Findings. PLOS ONE, 16(7): e0255093. *Equal first author

  • Derksen, M., & Field, S. M. (2021). The Tone Debate: Knowledge, Self, and Social Order. Review of General Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/10892680211015636

  • Field, S.M., Derksen, M. (2020). Experimenter as automaton; experimenter as human: Exploring the position of the researcher in scientific research. European Journal of Philosophy of Science (11), 11, 1-21.

  • Field, S. M., Wagenmakers, E. -J., Hoekstra, R., Kiers, H. A. L., Ernst, A. F., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2020). The Effect of Preregistration on Trust in Empirical Research Findings: Results of a Registered Report. Royal Society Open Science (7), 181351.

  • Field, S. M., Hoekstra, R., Bringmann, L., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2019). When and Why to Replicate: As Easy as 1, 2, 3?. ​Collabra: Psychology, 5(1), 46. PDF and OSF. This paper won the Heyman's Snijders-Kouwer prize for best PhD student paper published in 2019.

  • Field, S. M., Wagenmakers, E.-J., Newell, B. R., Zeelenberg, R., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2016). Two Bayesian tests of the GLOMOsys Model. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145(12), e81-e95.

Editorial & Reviewing

I am the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Trial and Error, an action editor for Collabra: Psychology and the Journal of Research on Research, and am a PCI-RR Recommender.

I review scholarly articles for:

  • Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

  • Wellcome Open Research

  • BMC Public Health

  • The Information Society

  • Science, Technology, & Human Values

  • Nature Human Behavior

  • Computational Brain and Behavior

  • Cortex

  • Social and Personality Psychology Compass

  • Meta-Psychology

  • Royal Society Open Science

  • European Journal for Philosophy of Science

  • Journal of European Psychology Students

  • Behavior Research Methods

  • Language Learning

  • Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

I review proposals/preprints for:

  • Collaborative Replications Education Project (CREP)

  • Psychological Science Accelerator (methods reviewer)