Mark Hahnel
@hahnel.org
Figshare Founder, Digital Science, DataCite, DOAJ, re3data #openscience #openaccess #openresearch #desci #stemcells #genomes
Conversational bibliometrics needs a recipe, not just ingredients
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Conversational bibliometrics needs a recipe, not just ingredients
Conversational AI for bibliometrics requires external structural constraints (Model Context Protocols) to prevent hallucinations and ensure methodological validity.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Conversational bibliometrics needs a recipe, not just ingredients
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AIR: AI in Research - A framework for transparent and responsible AI use mapped to the research process
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February 9, 2026 at 1:53 PM
AIR: AI in Research - A framework for transparent and responsible AI use mapped to the research process
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
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Excellent post, many important points made, including
“… credit is the engine of the system. Without it, data sharing becomes either altruism or compliance. And compliance has a predictable failure mode: it optimises for the minimum required output.”
“… credit is the engine of the system. Without it, data sharing becomes either altruism or compliance. And compliance has a predictable failure mode: it optimises for the minimum required output.”
The institutions that embrace machine-first FAIR will find themselves having more impact for their research and researchers.
More reuse. More trust. More interoperability.
Value, not volume.
www.digital-science.com/blog/2026/02...
More reuse. More trust. More interoperability.
Value, not volume.
www.digital-science.com/blog/2026/02...
Value over Volume: The Next Ten Years of Open Data - Digital Science
Mark Hahnel shares the open data wins of the past decade, the challenges, and the future of data sharing.
www.digital-science.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Excellent post, many important points made, including
“… credit is the engine of the system. Without it, data sharing becomes either altruism or compliance. And compliance has a predictable failure mode: it optimises for the minimum required output.”
“… credit is the engine of the system. Without it, data sharing becomes either altruism or compliance. And compliance has a predictable failure mode: it optimises for the minimum required output.”
Unlocking the AI for Science Revolution: A Call to Action for Autonomous Science Instruments
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Unlocking the AI for Science Revolution: A Call to Action for Autonomous Science Instruments — Renaissance Philanthropy – A brighter future for all through science, technology, and innovation (V2)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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February 9, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Unlocking the AI for Science Revolution: A Call to Action for Autonomous Science Instruments
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Join us for a #LoveDataWeek webinar with @hahnel.org. Graham Smith + guest panelists as we dive into The State of Open Data Report 2025:
🗓️ 11 Feb 2026
🕒 3pm GMT / 10am EST
Register: spklr.io/63327DB8Rd
#StateOfOpenData
🗓️ 11 Feb 2026
🕒 3pm GMT / 10am EST
Register: spklr.io/63327DB8Rd
#StateOfOpenData
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Join us for a #LoveDataWeek webinar with @hahnel.org. Graham Smith + guest panelists as we dive into The State of Open Data Report 2025:
🗓️ 11 Feb 2026
🕒 3pm GMT / 10am EST
Register: spklr.io/63327DB8Rd
#StateOfOpenData
🗓️ 11 Feb 2026
🕒 3pm GMT / 10am EST
Register: spklr.io/63327DB8Rd
#StateOfOpenData
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Cabells’ Predatory Reports database passes 20,000-journal milestone
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Activity from predatory publishers to con academic researchers and defraud funders shows no sign of stopping
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Activity from predatory publishers to con academic researchers and defraud funders shows no sign of stopping
Cabells’ Predatory Reports database passes 20,000-journal milestone - Research Information
Activity from predatory publishers to con academic researchers and defraud funders shows no sign of stopping
www.researchinformation.info
February 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Cabells’ Predatory Reports database passes 20,000-journal milestone
www.researchinformation.info/news/cabells...
Activity from predatory publishers to con academic researchers and defraud funders shows no sign of stopping
www.researchinformation.info/news/cabells...
Activity from predatory publishers to con academic researchers and defraud funders shows no sign of stopping
The institutions that embrace machine-first FAIR will find themselves having more impact for their research and researchers.
More reuse. More trust. More interoperability.
Value, not volume.
www.digital-science.com/blog/2026/02...
More reuse. More trust. More interoperability.
Value, not volume.
www.digital-science.com/blog/2026/02...
Value over Volume: The Next Ten Years of Open Data - Digital Science
Mark Hahnel shares the open data wins of the past decade, the challenges, and the future of data sharing.
www.digital-science.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The institutions that embrace machine-first FAIR will find themselves having more impact for their research and researchers.
More reuse. More trust. More interoperability.
Value, not volume.
www.digital-science.com/blog/2026/02...
More reuse. More trust. More interoperability.
Value, not volume.
www.digital-science.com/blog/2026/02...
Reposted by Mark Hahnel
🌟 NEW blog post: "Value over Volume: The Next Ten Years of Open Data," by our VP of Open Research, Mark Hahnel.
Mark celebrates a decade of #OpenData, sharing key findings & insights from the #StateOfOpenData 2025 - and looking to 2035.
🔗 https://ow.ly/t9Qo50Y7z2k
Springer Nature & Figshare.
Mark celebrates a decade of #OpenData, sharing key findings & insights from the #StateOfOpenData 2025 - and looking to 2035.
🔗 https://ow.ly/t9Qo50Y7z2k
Springer Nature & Figshare.
February 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
🌟 NEW blog post: "Value over Volume: The Next Ten Years of Open Data," by our VP of Open Research, Mark Hahnel.
Mark celebrates a decade of #OpenData, sharing key findings & insights from the #StateOfOpenData 2025 - and looking to 2035.
🔗 https://ow.ly/t9Qo50Y7z2k
Springer Nature & Figshare.
Mark celebrates a decade of #OpenData, sharing key findings & insights from the #StateOfOpenData 2025 - and looking to 2035.
🔗 https://ow.ly/t9Qo50Y7z2k
Springer Nature & Figshare.
metaphactory 5.10 delivers advanced AI search capabilities and enhanced modular ontology management
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metaphactory 5.10 delivers advanced AI search capabilities and enhanced modular ontology management
metaphactory 5.10 is here! Build a trustworthy, AI-driven foundation for enterprise knowledge modeling and discovery using our platform!
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January 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM
metaphactory 5.10 delivers advanced AI search capabilities and enhanced modular ontology management
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📣 Great news: Digital Science & Silverchair have partnered to support #ResearchIntegrity for publishers - by integrating the Dimensions Author Check API into ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Together, we're offering maximum benefit to #ScholarlyPublishing.
🔗 See more: https://ow.ly/3QFQ50Y5i1n
Together, we're offering maximum benefit to #ScholarlyPublishing.
🔗 See more: https://ow.ly/3QFQ50Y5i1n
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📣 Great news: Digital Science & Silverchair have partnered to support #ResearchIntegrity for publishers - by integrating the Dimensions Author Check API into ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Together, we're offering maximum benefit to #ScholarlyPublishing.
🔗 See more: https://ow.ly/3QFQ50Y5i1n
Together, we're offering maximum benefit to #ScholarlyPublishing.
🔗 See more: https://ow.ly/3QFQ50Y5i1n
Fudging or Fraud?
Where Research Misconduct becomes a Crime
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January 29, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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A paper in Nature presents AlphaGenome, a deep learning model that can predict the function of long DNA sequences, up to one million base pairs. The tool can predict how DNA sequence variations affect different biological processes. go.nature.com/4t5JQa7 🧬 🧪
January 28, 2026 at 11:29 PM
A paper in Nature presents AlphaGenome, a deep learning model that can predict the function of long DNA sequences, up to one million base pairs. The tool can predict how DNA sequence variations affect different biological processes. go.nature.com/4t5JQa7 🧬 🧪
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Our VP of Open Research, @hahnel.org, presenting on 10 years of #OpenData, following this week's release of "The State of Open Data 2025: A Decade of Progress and Challenges." #StateOfOpenData
Mark was in Bangkok, Thailand at the inaugural #CharlestonAsia conference. @chashub.bsky.social
Mark was in Bangkok, Thailand at the inaugural #CharlestonAsia conference. @chashub.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Our VP of Open Research, @hahnel.org, presenting on 10 years of #OpenData, following this week's release of "The State of Open Data 2025: A Decade of Progress and Challenges." #StateOfOpenData
Mark was in Bangkok, Thailand at the inaugural #CharlestonAsia conference. @chashub.bsky.social
Mark was in Bangkok, Thailand at the inaugural #CharlestonAsia conference. @chashub.bsky.social
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10th edition of State of Open Data report released
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Study into open research practices shows strong adoption, yet recognition gaps and regional variations remain
@digital-science.com @springernature.com
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Study into open research practices shows strong adoption, yet recognition gaps and regional variations remain
@digital-science.com @springernature.com
10th edition of State of Open Data report released - Research Information
Study into open research practices shows strong adoption, yet recognition gaps and regional variations remain
www.researchinformation.info
January 26, 2026 at 10:47 AM
10th edition of State of Open Data report released
www.researchinformation.info/news/10th-ed...
Study into open research practices shows strong adoption, yet recognition gaps and regional variations remain
@digital-science.com @springernature.com
www.researchinformation.info/news/10th-ed...
Study into open research practices shows strong adoption, yet recognition gaps and regional variations remain
@digital-science.com @springernature.com
Reposted by Mark Hahnel
📢 Our partner report, The State of Open Data in China 2025, is available now! #StateOfOpenData
🔗 Download the report here: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
From the Computer Network Information Center (CNIC), CAS, Science Data Bank, @digital-science.com, @springernature.com & @figshare.com.
#OpenData
🔗 Download the report here: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
From the Computer Network Information Center (CNIC), CAS, Science Data Bank, @digital-science.com, @springernature.com & @figshare.com.
#OpenData
January 27, 2026 at 2:31 PM
📢 Our partner report, The State of Open Data in China 2025, is available now! #StateOfOpenData
🔗 Download the report here: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
From the Computer Network Information Center (CNIC), CAS, Science Data Bank, @digital-science.com, @springernature.com & @figshare.com.
#OpenData
🔗 Download the report here: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
From the Computer Network Information Center (CNIC), CAS, Science Data Bank, @digital-science.com, @springernature.com & @figshare.com.
#OpenData
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COS Exec Director @briannosek.bsky.social is featured as an expert voice in the #StateofOpenData 10th anniv. report.
“Fundamental research is on a very long timescale. How did we get to GPS today? We couldn't have anticipated it 60 years ago. I put open science into that same frame."
⬇️ Read more
“Fundamental research is on a very long timescale. How did we get to GPS today? We couldn't have anticipated it 60 years ago. I put open science into that same frame."
⬇️ Read more
📢 Great news: The 10th Anniversary edition of the State of Open Data Report is here! 🎉 #StateOfOpenData
🌐 The report combines survey data from more than 4,700 responses across 151 countries.
🔗 Download now: https://ow.ly/i5gN50Y3ECi
A collaboration of Digital Science, Springer Nature & Figshare.
🌐 The report combines survey data from more than 4,700 responses across 151 countries.
🔗 Download now: https://ow.ly/i5gN50Y3ECi
A collaboration of Digital Science, Springer Nature & Figshare.
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
COS Exec Director @briannosek.bsky.social is featured as an expert voice in the #StateofOpenData 10th anniv. report.
“Fundamental research is on a very long timescale. How did we get to GPS today? We couldn't have anticipated it 60 years ago. I put open science into that same frame."
⬇️ Read more
“Fundamental research is on a very long timescale. How did we get to GPS today? We couldn't have anticipated it 60 years ago. I put open science into that same frame."
⬇️ Read more
Reposted by Mark Hahnel
📢 Great news: The 10th Anniversary edition of the State of Open Data Report is here! 🎉 #StateOfOpenData
🌐 The report combines survey data from more than 4,700 responses across 151 countries.
🔗 Download now: https://ow.ly/i5gN50Y3ECi
A collaboration of Digital Science, Springer Nature & Figshare.
🌐 The report combines survey data from more than 4,700 responses across 151 countries.
🔗 Download now: https://ow.ly/i5gN50Y3ECi
A collaboration of Digital Science, Springer Nature & Figshare.
January 26, 2026 at 11:01 AM
📢 Great news: The 10th Anniversary edition of the State of Open Data Report is here! 🎉 #StateOfOpenData
🌐 The report combines survey data from more than 4,700 responses across 151 countries.
🔗 Download now: https://ow.ly/i5gN50Y3ECi
A collaboration of Digital Science, Springer Nature & Figshare.
🌐 The report combines survey data from more than 4,700 responses across 151 countries.
🔗 Download now: https://ow.ly/i5gN50Y3ECi
A collaboration of Digital Science, Springer Nature & Figshare.
From Recommendation to Action: A New Tool for Measuring Metadata Completeness
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From Recommendation to Action: A New Tool for Measuring Metadata Completeness
A new collaboration between GREI and Metadata Game Changers delivers an open-source tool to help any repository visualize, measure, and…
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January 23, 2026 at 9:13 AM
From Recommendation to Action: A New Tool for Measuring Metadata Completeness
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We're excited to be speaking & exhibiting at the inaugural Charleston Conference Asia! 🌏 #CharlestonAsia
🗓️ 26-28 January 2026
📍 Bangkok, Thailand
Mark Hahnel will present on "A Decade of Open Data". #StateOfOpenData
🔗 More details: https://ow.ly/p5hb50XZVBp
Charleston Hub #CharlestonConference
🗓️ 26-28 January 2026
📍 Bangkok, Thailand
Mark Hahnel will present on "A Decade of Open Data". #StateOfOpenData
🔗 More details: https://ow.ly/p5hb50XZVBp
Charleston Hub #CharlestonConference
January 20, 2026 at 6:00 AM
We're excited to be speaking & exhibiting at the inaugural Charleston Conference Asia! 🌏 #CharlestonAsia
🗓️ 26-28 January 2026
📍 Bangkok, Thailand
Mark Hahnel will present on "A Decade of Open Data". #StateOfOpenData
🔗 More details: https://ow.ly/p5hb50XZVBp
Charleston Hub #CharlestonConference
🗓️ 26-28 January 2026
📍 Bangkok, Thailand
Mark Hahnel will present on "A Decade of Open Data". #StateOfOpenData
🔗 More details: https://ow.ly/p5hb50XZVBp
Charleston Hub #CharlestonConference
Its a new world
"NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books"
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"NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books"
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NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books * TorrentFreak
NVIDIA executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna's Archive to fuel its AI training.
torrentfreak.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Its a new world
"NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books"
torrentfreak.com/nvidia-conta...
"NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books"
torrentfreak.com/nvidia-conta...
Figshare was 15 over the weekend
Academic data has never been more important
Academic data has never been more important
January 19, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Figshare was 15 over the weekend
Academic data has never been more important
Academic data has never been more important
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📣 NEW on Substack: "The Battle for Knowledge" by our VP of #ResearchIntegrity & Security, Dr Leslie McIntosh.
"We are now fully engaged in a power struggle over knowledge itself," Leslie writes in her first FoSci post for 2026.
🔗 Join us at the front line - see more here: https://ow.ly/QnIy50XXbCm
"We are now fully engaged in a power struggle over knowledge itself," Leslie writes in her first FoSci post for 2026.
🔗 Join us at the front line - see more here: https://ow.ly/QnIy50XXbCm
January 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
📣 NEW on Substack: "The Battle for Knowledge" by our VP of #ResearchIntegrity & Security, Dr Leslie McIntosh.
"We are now fully engaged in a power struggle over knowledge itself," Leslie writes in her first FoSci post for 2026.
🔗 Join us at the front line - see more here: https://ow.ly/QnIy50XXbCm
"We are now fully engaged in a power struggle over knowledge itself," Leslie writes in her first FoSci post for 2026.
🔗 Join us at the front line - see more here: https://ow.ly/QnIy50XXbCm
The Battle for Knowledge
Knowledge is precious and vulnerable
fosci.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Join us in thanking the latest to sponsor #NISOPlus26,
@dclaboratory.bsky.social & @ebsco.bsky.social!
We're grateful to them & all our generous sponsors for helping us host the conversations that lead to standards. It's not to late to join them! niso.plus/niso-plus-20...
More info: niso.plus
@dclaboratory.bsky.social & @ebsco.bsky.social!
We're grateful to them & all our generous sponsors for helping us host the conversations that lead to standards. It's not to late to join them! niso.plus/niso-plus-20...
More info: niso.plus
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Join us in thanking the latest to sponsor #NISOPlus26,
@dclaboratory.bsky.social & @ebsco.bsky.social!
We're grateful to them & all our generous sponsors for helping us host the conversations that lead to standards. It's not to late to join them! niso.plus/niso-plus-20...
More info: niso.plus
@dclaboratory.bsky.social & @ebsco.bsky.social!
We're grateful to them & all our generous sponsors for helping us host the conversations that lead to standards. It's not to late to join them! niso.plus/niso-plus-20...
More info: niso.plus
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🤩 Congratulations! Dr Anita Bandrowski (SciCrunch) is the winner of the 2026 APE Award for Innovation in Scholarly Communication. 🏆
Dr Bandrowski has won for her long-term impact on scientific rigor and reproducibility.
🔗 See more: https://ow.ly/n8eY50XWLPf
Proudly supported by Digital Science.
Dr Bandrowski has won for her long-term impact on scientific rigor and reproducibility.
🔗 See more: https://ow.ly/n8eY50XWLPf
Proudly supported by Digital Science.
January 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
🤩 Congratulations! Dr Anita Bandrowski (SciCrunch) is the winner of the 2026 APE Award for Innovation in Scholarly Communication. 🏆
Dr Bandrowski has won for her long-term impact on scientific rigor and reproducibility.
🔗 See more: https://ow.ly/n8eY50XWLPf
Proudly supported by Digital Science.
Dr Bandrowski has won for her long-term impact on scientific rigor and reproducibility.
🔗 See more: https://ow.ly/n8eY50XWLPf
Proudly supported by Digital Science.