Profile Beth Clarke

Prof. Dr. Beth Clarke

Professor Psychological Metascience

+49 (0) 651 603419-012

 

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Aug. 2025 – 2026, The University of Bern
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology) 2022 – 2025, The University of Melbourne
  • Bachelor of Arts Hons. (Majors: Psychology & Philosophy), 2021, The University of Melbourne

 

Research interests

Open science, replication, research communication, and LLM-assisted research tools

 

Publications (selection)

  • Clarke, B., Sajjad, A., Moodie, N., & Vazire, S. (2026) Do social and personality psychologists claim that their findings have applied value? An empirical study of application claims in social and personality psychology articles. Royal Society Open Science, 13(7), 260407. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260407
  • Clarke, B., Lee, K., Schiavone, S. R., Rhemtulla, M., & Vazire, S. (2026). Estimating the Prevalence of Direct Replication Articles in Top-Ranking Psychology Journals. American Psychologist, 81(2), 238–253. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001385
  • Clarke, B., Alley, L., Ghai, S., Flake, J., Rohrer, R., Simmons, J. P., Schiavone, S. R., & Vazire, S. (2024). Looking our limitations in the eye: A call for more thorough and honest reporting of study limitations. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(7), e12979. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12979
  • Clarke, B., Schiavone, S. R., & Vazire, S. (2023). What limitations are reported in short articles in social and personality psychology? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 125(4), 874–901. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000458
  • Whamond, A., Vazire, S., Clarke, B., Moodie, N., Schiavone, S. R., Thibault, R. T., & Hardwicke, T. E. (2025). How do psychology journals handle post-publication critique? A cross-sectional study of policy and practice. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 8(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251366102
  • Hardwicke, T. E., Thibault, R. T., Clarke, B., Moodie, N., Crüwell, S., Schiavone, S. R., Handcock, S., An Nghiem, K., Mody, F. Eerola, T. & Vazire, S. (2024). Prevalence of transparent research practices in empirical psychology articles published in 2022: A cross sectional study. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 7(4), 1–13.
  • Hardwicke, T. E., Schiavone, S. R., Clarke, B., & Vazire, S. (2024). An empirical appraisal of eLife’s assessment vocabulary. PLOS Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002645
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