Adam Etkin
@adametkin.bsky.social
Peer Review/Journals Madman; Founder, PRE (Peer Review Evaluation). Pronouns: He/Him/His. OPINIONS MINE.
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Editors are ultimately responsible for what gets accepted and published.
Not reviewers. Not authors.
Not reviewers. Not authors.
Springer-Nature statement
“Whilst the details of peer review are confidential, we can confirm that the article underwent two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers, supporting an accept decision.”
How am I now expected to believe that two people looked at the paper twice and DGAF?
“Whilst the details of peer review are confidential, we can confirm that the article underwent two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers, supporting an accept decision.”
How am I now expected to believe that two people looked at the paper twice and DGAF?
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Editors are ultimately responsible for what gets accepted and published.
Not reviewers. Not authors.
Not reviewers. Not authors.
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Good journals (and good editors), and there are plenty that I love, do much more than peer review
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Good journals (and good editors), and there are plenty that I love, do much more than peer review
If you're an author outside N. America who'd like to learn more about getting published, join the FREE webinar on Nov 6 on how to "Navigate the Publication Process" from the Wilderness Medical Society. Register here: shorturl.at/UXizM @wildernessmedicine.bsky.social #science #authors #publishing
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November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If you're an author outside N. America who'd like to learn more about getting published, join the FREE webinar on Nov 6 on how to "Navigate the Publication Process" from the Wilderness Medical Society. Register here: shorturl.at/UXizM @wildernessmedicine.bsky.social #science #authors #publishing
Reviewer three major revision
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Archives banned making copies.
Archives banned making copies.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
New library catalogue website.
New library catalogue website.
October 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Reviewer three major revision
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Journal TOCs do allow occasional serendipitous discoveries other strategies don't yet enable. Meanwhile, highlights, reviews, news & views, etc. do point to things one should read, and I see a continued role for journals in curation 2/n
September 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Journal TOCs do allow occasional serendipitous discoveries other strategies don't yet enable. Meanwhile, highlights, reviews, news & views, etc. do point to things one should read, and I see a continued role for journals in curation 2/n
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The Death of the LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Line scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/29/t...
The Death of the LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Line - The Scholarly Kitchen
In today’s post, Teodoro (Teo) Pulvirenti and Marianne Calilhanna join Randy Townsend to unpack the disturbing topic of suicide among the LGBTQ+ community.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The Death of the LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Line scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/29/t...
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"there is a step in the (...) process which is highly accurate. It’s slow, error-prone, and expensive, but it is spectacularly good at identifying problematic research: that step is called "peer review".
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Peer-review works
Clear Skies’ data analysis shows that peer-review rejects papers where we flag concerns.
medium.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"there is a step in the (...) process which is highly accurate. It’s slow, error-prone, and expensive, but it is spectacularly good at identifying problematic research: that step is called "peer review".
medium.com/@clearskiesa...
medium.com/@clearskiesa...
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In today's post from ORIGINal Thoughts, KGL's Adam Etkin discusses the essential questions every publisher should be asking to ensure alignment, anticipate challenges, and foster a partnership that drives impact.
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#scholarlypublishing #publisher #society
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#scholarlypublishing #publisher #society
September 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In today's post from ORIGINal Thoughts, KGL's Adam Etkin discusses the essential questions every publisher should be asking to ensure alignment, anticipate challenges, and foster a partnership that drives impact.
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#scholarlypublishing #publisher #society
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#scholarlypublishing #publisher #society
New from yours truly! 10 Questions a #Publisher Should Ask the Editorial Office/Society @kwgloballtd.bsky.social #journals #stm
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10 Questions a Publisher Should Ask the Editorial Office/Society - KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd
In this edition of ORIGINal Thoughts, Adam Etkin shares 10 insightful questions—along with sample responses—crafted to spark meaningful and strategic dialogue between publishers and editorial offices ...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New from yours truly! 10 Questions a #Publisher Should Ask the Editorial Office/Society @kwgloballtd.bsky.social #journals #stm
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Tomorrow! Not too late to register!
Join the #Wilderness Medical Society for a live FREE webinar discussing #Space #Medicine & Health Systems! #nasa #spacex @spacex.extwitter.link @blueoriginai.bsky.social @wildernessmedicine.bsky.social
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September 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Tomorrow! Not too late to register!
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Join Wilderness Medical Society’s webinar on Space Medicine & Health Systems happening Sept 11 at 4 PM EDT / 1 PM PST.
This session ties into their latest special issue and explores the future of healthcare in extreme environments.
Register now: ow.ly/jnuL50W6SST
#SpaceMedicine #WildernessMedicine
This session ties into their latest special issue and explores the future of healthcare in extreme environments.
Register now: ow.ly/jnuL50W6SST
#SpaceMedicine #WildernessMedicine
August 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Join Wilderness Medical Society’s webinar on Space Medicine & Health Systems happening Sept 11 at 4 PM EDT / 1 PM PST.
This session ties into their latest special issue and explores the future of healthcare in extreme environments.
Register now: ow.ly/jnuL50W6SST
#SpaceMedicine #WildernessMedicine
This session ties into their latest special issue and explores the future of healthcare in extreme environments.
Register now: ow.ly/jnuL50W6SST
#SpaceMedicine #WildernessMedicine
Join the #Wilderness Medical Society for a live FREE webinar discussing #Space #Medicine & Health Systems! #nasa #spacex @spacex.extwitter.link @blueoriginai.bsky.social @wildernessmedicine.bsky.social
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f78672...
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f78672...
August 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Join the #Wilderness Medical Society for a live FREE webinar discussing #Space #Medicine & Health Systems! #nasa #spacex @spacex.extwitter.link @blueoriginai.bsky.social @wildernessmedicine.bsky.social
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This post from ORIGINal Thoughts offers a timely overview of the tools publishers and editors can use to uphold research integrity—from identifying manipulated images and fabricated data to detecting papermill submissions and peer-review fraud.
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#ResearchIntegrity
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#ResearchIntegrity
August 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This post from ORIGINal Thoughts offers a timely overview of the tools publishers and editors can use to uphold research integrity—from identifying manipulated images and fabricated data to detecting papermill submissions and peer-review fraud.
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#ResearchIntegrity
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#ResearchIntegrity
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Also, 30,000 fake papers out of 1 million+ does not indict or threaten science as a whole. This entire "science is in crisis from within" narrative is a right-wing myth.
August 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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“..turning the USA from the leader in science to an ideologically anti-scientific backwater of quackery and pseudoscience,"
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'Dangerous Anti-Vaccine Fanatic' RFK Jr. Shredded by Medical Experts After Pulling Support for mRNA Research | Common Dreams
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces backlash for cutting funding for mRNA vaccine research.
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August 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“..turning the USA from the leader in science to an ideologically anti-scientific backwater of quackery and pseudoscience,"
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I’ve known Adrian for years & couldn’t be happier about this!
We’re thrilled to announce that Adrian Stanley has been appointed our new Chief Business Development Officer! Adrian will spearhead KGL’s global sales strategy—expanding our reach, cultivating new relationships, and identifying new opportunities for innovation and impact. Congrats, Adrian!
August 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’ve known Adrian for years & couldn’t be happier about this!
Frontiers to retract 122 articles, links thousands in other publishers’ journals to “unethical” network
retractionwatch.com/2025/07/29/f...
retractionwatch.com/2025/07/29/f...
Frontiers to retract 122 articles, links thousands in other publishers’ journals to “unethical” network
The publisher Frontiers has begun retracting a batch of 122 articles across five journals after an investigation found a network of authors and editors engaged in “unethical actions” such as manipu…
retractionwatch.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Frontiers to retract 122 articles, links thousands in other publishers’ journals to “unethical” network
retractionwatch.com/2025/07/29/f...
retractionwatch.com/2025/07/29/f...
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❓Is it time to pay peer reviewers?
In today’s post from ORIGINal Thoughts, author Zen Faulkes addresses a commonly posited solution to the reviewer shortage—compensating reviewers.
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#PeerReview #ScholarlyPublishing
In today’s post from ORIGINal Thoughts, author Zen Faulkes addresses a commonly posited solution to the reviewer shortage—compensating reviewers.
Read the post now! buff.ly/G2Jg6u1
#PeerReview #ScholarlyPublishing
July 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
❓Is it time to pay peer reviewers?
In today’s post from ORIGINal Thoughts, author Zen Faulkes addresses a commonly posited solution to the reviewer shortage—compensating reviewers.
Read the post now! buff.ly/G2Jg6u1
#PeerReview #ScholarlyPublishing
In today’s post from ORIGINal Thoughts, author Zen Faulkes addresses a commonly posited solution to the reviewer shortage—compensating reviewers.
Read the post now! buff.ly/G2Jg6u1
#PeerReview #ScholarlyPublishing
1000 times this.
It's discouraging to be reminded again how much criticism of the current scholarly publishing environment is based on blatantly inaccurate caricatures of publishers and the publishing system. There's plenty to criticize, of course, but for critique to be useful it has to be reality-based.
July 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
1000 times this.
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NIH Director say journals "bully scientists into paying large fees".
No. Academia is a prestige economy in which scientific leadership chose to make journals the currency & Gold OA was deemed 'the way'. Publishers just cashed in; you don't have to pay $10K
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
No. Academia is a prestige economy in which scientific leadership chose to make journals the currency & Gold OA was deemed 'the way'. Publishers just cashed in; you don't have to pay $10K
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
NIH Plans to Cap Publisher Fees, Dilute “Scientific Elite”
Director of the National Institutes of Health says that capping research journals’ open-access fees will help rein in the $19 billion academic publishing industry and bolster scientific debate.
www.insidehighered.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NIH Director say journals "bully scientists into paying large fees".
No. Academia is a prestige economy in which scientific leadership chose to make journals the currency & Gold OA was deemed 'the way'. Publishers just cashed in; you don't have to pay $10K
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
No. Academia is a prestige economy in which scientific leadership chose to make journals the currency & Gold OA was deemed 'the way'. Publishers just cashed in; you don't have to pay $10K
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Loved the new Superman movie. And if you think a message to “be kind” is “woke” or “political” you probably were rooting to Lex. #superman @jamesgunn.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Loved the new Superman movie. And if you think a message to “be kind” is “woke” or “political” you probably were rooting to Lex. #superman @jamesgunn.bsky.social
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THIS! Researchers LIKE journals -- I hear this all the time, "I need journals as a filter mechanism. Everything open, everywhere is overwhelming, whereas the journal is a trust indicator. It's not perfect but it's needed." I think we have to recognize this is the dominant view.
July 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
THIS! Researchers LIKE journals -- I hear this all the time, "I need journals as a filter mechanism. Everything open, everywhere is overwhelming, whereas the journal is a trust indicator. It's not perfect but it's needed." I think we have to recognize this is the dominant view.
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Mentorship is a powerful force in #ScholComm. It fosters growth, trust, and long-lasting professional connections. In today's post from ORIGINal Thoughts, Patty Baskin reflects on how thoughtful mentoring transforms both mentors and mentees, with examples across editorial roles. buff.ly/hNxyWHX
June 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Mentorship is a powerful force in #ScholComm. It fosters growth, trust, and long-lasting professional connections. In today's post from ORIGINal Thoughts, Patty Baskin reflects on how thoughtful mentoring transforms both mentors and mentees, with examples across editorial roles. buff.ly/hNxyWHX
