Daniel Hook
@dwh.bsky.social
CEO @ Digital Science | Visiting Prof @ Washington University in St Louis | Physicist, Technologist, interested in building open research infrastructures
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🎉 Digital Science congratulates @dashunwang.bsky.social and his team on their development of Funding the Frontier - an innovative prototype that explores the future of analysis to enable better decisions in research, by allowing a user to visualize the impacts of funding.
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🎉 Digital Science congratulates @dashunwang.bsky.social and his team on their development of Funding the Frontier - an innovative prototype that explores the future of analysis to enable better decisions in research, by allowing a user to visualize the impacts of funding.
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Funding the Frontier: Visualizing the Broad Impact of Science and Science Funding
Understanding the broad impact of science and science funding is critical to ensuring that science investments and policies align with societal needs. Existing research links science funding to the ou...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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🎉 Digital Science congratulates @dashunwang.bsky.social and his team on their development of Funding the Frontier - an innovative prototype that explores the future of analysis to enable better decisions in research, by allowing a user to visualize the impacts of funding.
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🎉 Digital Science congratulates @dashunwang.bsky.social and his team on their development of Funding the Frontier - an innovative prototype that explores the future of analysis to enable better decisions in research, by allowing a user to visualize the impacts of funding.
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You can read more about SRAD - and request access to it - in Kathryn’s recent post: ow.ly/gTQZ50X8nXa
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Introducing SRAD - Digital Science
Discover SRAD, Digital Science’s new program launched in July 2025, designed to streamline research analytics, offer real‑time data insights, and empower scientists to drive innovation across the open...
ow.ly
October 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
You can read more about SRAD - and request access to it - in Kathryn’s recent post: ow.ly/gTQZ50X8nXa
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October 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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📢 NEWS: China's #AI research dominance is undeniable.
A new report from Digital Science CEO Dr Daniel Hook @dwh.bsky.social reveals China’s pre-eminence in AI research volume, citation attention & influence. 🇨🇳 #DeepSeek
🔗 See more: www.digital-science.com/blog/2025/07...
Data from @dimensions.ai
A new report from Digital Science CEO Dr Daniel Hook @dwh.bsky.social reveals China’s pre-eminence in AI research volume, citation attention & influence. 🇨🇳 #DeepSeek
🔗 See more: www.digital-science.com/blog/2025/07...
Data from @dimensions.ai
July 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📢 NEWS: China's #AI research dominance is undeniable.
A new report from Digital Science CEO Dr Daniel Hook @dwh.bsky.social reveals China’s pre-eminence in AI research volume, citation attention & influence. 🇨🇳 #DeepSeek
🔗 See more: www.digital-science.com/blog/2025/07...
Data from @dimensions.ai
A new report from Digital Science CEO Dr Daniel Hook @dwh.bsky.social reveals China’s pre-eminence in AI research volume, citation attention & influence. 🇨🇳 #DeepSeek
🔗 See more: www.digital-science.com/blog/2025/07...
Data from @dimensions.ai
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Off to #ChemUK to host The Big Debate, midday on Stage 2. I’ll be wringing all the best insights and expertise from a stellar panel of chemistry-related folks from across academia, publishing, funding and industry to ask what we need to do NOW to secure a future where the UK’s chem scene can thrive.
May 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Off to #ChemUK to host The Big Debate, midday on Stage 2. I’ll be wringing all the best insights and expertise from a stellar panel of chemistry-related folks from across academia, publishing, funding and industry to ask what we need to do NOW to secure a future where the UK’s chem scene can thrive.
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Our @timoreilly.bsky.social argues we’re not witnessing the end of #programming, but the beginning of something far bigger. He draws on past computing revolutions to explore how #AI is reshaping what it means to build software. Check it out on Hugo Bowne-Anderson's podcast: bit.ly/4iL8JSL
High Signal by Delphina | Episode - The End of Programming As We Know It
Tim O’Reilly—founder of O’Reilly Media and one of the most influential voices in tech—argues we’re not witnessing the end of programming, but the beginning of something far bigger. He draws on past co...
high-signal.delphina.ai
March 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our @timoreilly.bsky.social argues we’re not witnessing the end of #programming, but the beginning of something far bigger. He draws on past computing revolutions to explore how #AI is reshaping what it means to build software. Check it out on Hugo Bowne-Anderson's podcast: bit.ly/4iL8JSL
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Dennis C. Grube opens the first session sparking dialogue on whether wicked problems need wicked solutions. He’s joined by @lauradiazanadon.bsky.social, Shailaja Fennell & Gordon Harold. #BennettInst
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Dennis C. Grube opens the first session sparking dialogue on whether wicked problems need wicked solutions. He’s joined by @lauradiazanadon.bsky.social, Shailaja Fennell & Gordon Harold. #BennettInst
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We welcome Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo as the first ORCID member in Bolivia! 🇧🇴 They have joined our Regional Latin American and Caribbean consortium led by Consortia. ORCID is now being adopted at institutions in 62 countries around the world!
March 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We welcome Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo as the first ORCID member in Bolivia! 🇧🇴 They have joined our Regional Latin American and Caribbean consortium led by Consortia. ORCID is now being adopted at institutions in 62 countries around the world!
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I'm happy to say that after almost 5 years, our work on comparing peer review with metrics at the institutional level is now finally available from QSS at doi.org/10.1162/qss_....
Here's the previous thread on our preprint:
social.cwts.nl/@vtraag/1101...
Here's the previous thread on our preprint:
social.cwts.nl/@vtraag/1101...
Metrics and peer review agreement at the institutional level
Abstract. In recent decades, many countries have started funding academic institutions based on the evaluation of their scientific performance. Post-publication peer review is often used in this conte...
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March 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm happy to say that after almost 5 years, our work on comparing peer review with metrics at the institutional level is now finally available from QSS at doi.org/10.1162/qss_....
Here's the previous thread on our preprint:
social.cwts.nl/@vtraag/1101...
Here's the previous thread on our preprint:
social.cwts.nl/@vtraag/1101...
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🌟 Key takeaway 1: It's now easy to access #ORCiD data with Google BigQuery; we can enhance Dimensions data. 🙌 @orcid.org
Find out more in this Research Musings post from @helenedraux.bsky.social & @sjcporter.bsky.social - available now on Substack.
🔗 researchmusings.substack.com/p/blooming-r...
Find out more in this Research Musings post from @helenedraux.bsky.social & @sjcporter.bsky.social - available now on Substack.
🔗 researchmusings.substack.com/p/blooming-r...
March 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🌟 Key takeaway 1: It's now easy to access #ORCiD data with Google BigQuery; we can enhance Dimensions data. 🙌 @orcid.org
Find out more in this Research Musings post from @helenedraux.bsky.social & @sjcporter.bsky.social - available now on Substack.
🔗 researchmusings.substack.com/p/blooming-r...
Find out more in this Research Musings post from @helenedraux.bsky.social & @sjcporter.bsky.social - available now on Substack.
🔗 researchmusings.substack.com/p/blooming-r...
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We are inclined to think of misinformation as a particularly modern phenomenon but it has been with us through the ages. Join us on Tues 25 Feb as we have a panel of experts guide you through the history of misinformation (online only - in person tix gone)
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...
The History of Misinformation
Delve into historical tales of distorted truths and alternative facts with renowned Academy Fellows – and find out how the past can help us to combat the challenges we face today.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
February 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We are inclined to think of misinformation as a particularly modern phenomenon but it has been with us through the ages. Join us on Tues 25 Feb as we have a panel of experts guide you through the history of misinformation (online only - in person tix gone)
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...
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@digital-science.com's VP of Research Eval and everyone's collective fun uncle @jwastl.bsky.social spoke at @univie.ac.at about the future of AI in research: responsible use of AI, chatbots, and harnessing Skynet to take over earth.
OK one of those isn't in the talk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZeD...
OK one of those isn't in the talk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZeD...
Exploring the Future of AI in Research: Insights from Jürgen Wastl | ub:talks December 2024
YouTube video by Universitätsbibliothek Wien
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February 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@digital-science.com's VP of Research Eval and everyone's collective fun uncle @jwastl.bsky.social spoke at @univie.ac.at about the future of AI in research: responsible use of AI, chatbots, and harnessing Skynet to take over earth.
OK one of those isn't in the talk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZeD...
OK one of those isn't in the talk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZeD...
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Discover more about our Advisory Board members - a panel of six experienced leaders in their fields. 🤝👥
The Board is assisting Digital Science to improve engagement and alignment with the communities we support.
🔗 See our Board members' bios here: www.digital-science.com/management-a...
The Board is assisting Digital Science to improve engagement and alignment with the communities we support.
🔗 See our Board members' bios here: www.digital-science.com/management-a...
February 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Discover more about our Advisory Board members - a panel of six experienced leaders in their fields. 🤝👥
The Board is assisting Digital Science to improve engagement and alignment with the communities we support.
🔗 See our Board members' bios here: www.digital-science.com/management-a...
The Board is assisting Digital Science to improve engagement and alignment with the communities we support.
🔗 See our Board members' bios here: www.digital-science.com/management-a...
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If you're keen to understand whether (and if so, why and how) including Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK industrial strategy and science matters, have a read of evidence-rich, hot-off-the-press 'Understanding the importance of SHAPE to the UK research ecosystem': arxiv.org/abs/2501.16701
January 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If you're keen to understand whether (and if so, why and how) including Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK industrial strategy and science matters, have a read of evidence-rich, hot-off-the-press 'Understanding the importance of SHAPE to the UK research ecosystem': arxiv.org/abs/2501.16701
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Attrition of women continues from academia, despite numbers in biological sciences starting healthy #womeinstem www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Who’s quitting academia? Data reveal gender gaps in surprising fields
Even in scientific areas in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research within 20 years.
www.nature.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Attrition of women continues from academia, despite numbers in biological sciences starting healthy #womeinstem www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This year's STI ENID Conference @stienid2025.bsky.social will be held at the @bristoluni.bsky.social from 3-5 September. The theme is "Reconciliation of research and measurement". The Call for submission is now open!
www.stienid2025.org/submissions
www.stienid2025.org/submissions
Submissions | STIENID2025 Bristol
www.stienid2025.org
January 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This year's STI ENID Conference @stienid2025.bsky.social will be held at the @bristoluni.bsky.social from 3-5 September. The theme is "Reconciliation of research and measurement". The Call for submission is now open!
www.stienid2025.org/submissions
www.stienid2025.org/submissions
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It was an amazing and busy year in bringing Forensic Scientometrics to life. If you don’t read anything else, read the #FoSci Paris Declaration — the culmination of this year’s work. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) Paris Declaration
doi.org
January 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It was an amazing and busy year in bringing Forensic Scientometrics to life. If you don’t read anything else, read the #FoSci Paris Declaration — the culmination of this year’s work. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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The current international financial architecture is a key reason that the UN SDGs are failing.
2025 must be the year when the rules of global finance are reformed. A landmark conference in Spain in June offers a chance to agree on how to do it
#natureeditorial
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2025 must be the year when the rules of global finance are reformed. A landmark conference in Spain in June offers a chance to agree on how to do it
#natureeditorial
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2025 must be the year when the rules of global finance are reformed
The current international financial architecture is a key reason that the UN Sustainable Development Goals are failing. A landmark conference in Spain must make progress in reforming it.
www.nature.com
December 31, 2024 at 9:43 AM
The current international financial architecture is a key reason that the UN SDGs are failing.
2025 must be the year when the rules of global finance are reformed. A landmark conference in Spain in June offers a chance to agree on how to do it
#natureeditorial
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2025 must be the year when the rules of global finance are reformed. A landmark conference in Spain in June offers a chance to agree on how to do it
#natureeditorial
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Always a great pleasure to work with @cmkeithw.bsky.social on talks like “The Digital Twin Paradox” where covered some of these topics recently!
I appreciate the post by @9thprime.bsky.social on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social today on #digitaltwins. @dwh.bsky.social and I presented on this topic at Charleston last month, and posed many questions but few answers. Todd has helped move this forward!
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/19/o...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/19/o...
Once It Has Been Trained, Who Will Own My Digital Twin? - The Scholarly Kitchen
Generative AI agents have the possibility to make us more productive, but once trained, who will own and control it?
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
December 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Always a great pleasure to work with @cmkeithw.bsky.social on talks like “The Digital Twin Paradox” where covered some of these topics recently!
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CALL for Nominations: 2025 Open Scholarship Awards - sponsored by the Canadian Social Knowledge Institute (c-ski.ca) and its partners! Nominations for the 2025 awards are due by January 17 2025 via forms.gle/NdeHTsfbv1Wm...
Open Scholarship Awards 2025
We are pleased to announce the Open Scholarship Awards, sponsored by the Canadian Social Knowledge Institute (c-ski.ca) and its partners! Nominations for the 2025 awards are due by January 17th 2025.
forms.gle
December 10, 2024 at 7:56 PM
CALL for Nominations: 2025 Open Scholarship Awards - sponsored by the Canadian Social Knowledge Institute (c-ski.ca) and its partners! Nominations for the 2025 awards are due by January 17 2025 via forms.gle/NdeHTsfbv1Wm...
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‘A truly remarkable breakthrough’: Google’s new quantum chip achieves accuracy milestone
This nature news story describes the new work from Google Quantum AI and Collaborators just published in Nature 👇🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This nature news story describes the new work from Google Quantum AI and Collaborators just published in Nature 👇🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘A truly remarkable breakthrough’: Google’s new quantum chip achieves accuracy milestone
Error-correction feat shows quantum computers will get more accurate as they grow larger.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:19 PM
‘A truly remarkable breakthrough’: Google’s new quantum chip achieves accuracy milestone
This nature news story describes the new work from Google Quantum AI and Collaborators just published in Nature 👇🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This nature news story describes the new work from Google Quantum AI and Collaborators just published in Nature 👇🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I never miss a chance to talk with Amy Brand of @mitpress.bsky.social! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/05/a...
Access to Science & Scholarship: An Interview with Amy Brand of MIT Press - The Scholarly Kitchen
On September 20, 2024, MIT Press hosted a workshop, Access to Science & Scholarship: An Evidence Base to Support the Future of Open Research Policy. I interviewed Amy Brand to discuss the goals and o...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
December 6, 2024 at 2:17 AM
I never miss a chance to talk with Amy Brand of @mitpress.bsky.social! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/05/a...
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Every government needs effective science advisers; not every scientist is a born adviser but schooling and practice can help to bridge the gap, as we argue in this week’s Nature’s editorial
@natureportfolio.bsky.social 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@natureportfolio.bsky.social 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Advising governments about science is essential but difficult. So train people to do it
A great scientist doesn’t necessarily make an effective science adviser — but schooling and practice can help to bridge the gap.
www.nature.com
December 6, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Every government needs effective science advisers; not every scientist is a born adviser but schooling and practice can help to bridge the gap, as we argue in this week’s Nature’s editorial
@natureportfolio.bsky.social 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@natureportfolio.bsky.social 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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What is disruption in science?
I am looking for a prospective PhD student to study disruption theoretically, qualitatively and quantitatively at Aarhus University.
If you are interested in developing your own project under our open call, in collaboration with me, please get in touch.
I am looking for a prospective PhD student to study disruption theoretically, qualitatively and quantitatively at Aarhus University.
If you are interested in developing your own project under our open call, in collaboration with me, please get in touch.
a woman says you are being disruptive
ALT: a woman says you are being disruptive
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December 2, 2024 at 9:11 AM
What is disruption in science?
I am looking for a prospective PhD student to study disruption theoretically, qualitatively and quantitatively at Aarhus University.
If you are interested in developing your own project under our open call, in collaboration with me, please get in touch.
I am looking for a prospective PhD student to study disruption theoretically, qualitatively and quantitatively at Aarhus University.
If you are interested in developing your own project under our open call, in collaboration with me, please get in touch.