Luciana Machado
@machadolac.bsky.social
Doctor in Epidemiology, senior research scientist, founder and Executive Director of the Science Integrity Alliance #researchintegrity #openscience
https://www.sci-integrity.com
https://www.sci-integrity.com
Reposted by Luciana Machado
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Reposted by Luciana Machado
@bmj.com has issued an expression of concern for a paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure. The move comes after sleuths and scientists critiqued the “complete mismatch” between the study data and the article itself.
BMJ places expression of concern on heavily criticized stem cell paper
The BMJ has issued an expression of concern for a paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure. The move comes after sleuths and scientists critiqued the “complete mismatch…
retractionwatch.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
@bmj.com has issued an expression of concern for a paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure. The move comes after sleuths and scientists critiqued the “complete mismatch” between the study data and the article itself.
Reposted by Luciana Machado
📗 The new issue of REACH Magazine is almost here!
🔍 Featuring insights on the future of peer review, updated guidance on research misconduct oversight, science sleuthing with Lonni Besançon, WCRI history, and more.
👀 Stay tuned!
#REACHmagazine #SIA #ResearchIntegrity
🔍 Featuring insights on the future of peer review, updated guidance on research misconduct oversight, science sleuthing with Lonni Besançon, WCRI history, and more.
👀 Stay tuned!
#REACHmagazine #SIA #ResearchIntegrity
October 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
📗 The new issue of REACH Magazine is almost here!
🔍 Featuring insights on the future of peer review, updated guidance on research misconduct oversight, science sleuthing with Lonni Besançon, WCRI history, and more.
👀 Stay tuned!
#REACHmagazine #SIA #ResearchIntegrity
🔍 Featuring insights on the future of peer review, updated guidance on research misconduct oversight, science sleuthing with Lonni Besançon, WCRI history, and more.
👀 Stay tuned!
#REACHmagazine #SIA #ResearchIntegrity
Reposted by Luciana Machado
🚀 The first video created for the #MIRROR hub is out, marking the start of a series of multimedia resources developed in partnership with @collablibrary.bsky.social and designed to make meta-research insights more engaging, inclusive, and actionable. #SIA #MetaResearch
youtu.be/M70yZ_55AQQ?...
youtu.be/M70yZ_55AQQ?...
The Pandemic's Risky Bet- Publishing Science Before It Was Checked- Video Lay summary
YouTube video by The Collaborative Library
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🚀 The first video created for the #MIRROR hub is out, marking the start of a series of multimedia resources developed in partnership with @collablibrary.bsky.social and designed to make meta-research insights more engaging, inclusive, and actionable. #SIA #MetaResearch
youtu.be/M70yZ_55AQQ?...
youtu.be/M70yZ_55AQQ?...
Reposted by Luciana Machado
🌱 We're thrilled to share that our editorial team is growing! Under the leadership of Matt Hodgkinson (Editorial Lead), SIA’s newly formed Editorial Committee brings together a stellar group of experts.✨✨
@mattjhodgkinson.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy @andre-brasil.bsky.social @danielucko.bsky.social
@mattjhodgkinson.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy @andre-brasil.bsky.social @danielucko.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🌱 We're thrilled to share that our editorial team is growing! Under the leadership of Matt Hodgkinson (Editorial Lead), SIA’s newly formed Editorial Committee brings together a stellar group of experts.✨✨
@mattjhodgkinson.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy @andre-brasil.bsky.social @danielucko.bsky.social
@mattjhodgkinson.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy @andre-brasil.bsky.social @danielucko.bsky.social
Reposted by Luciana Machado
🌟 The Science Integrity Alliance welcomes James Parry as Senior Strategic Advisor! James brings 20 years of research integrity leadership, including 15 years as Chief Executive of UKRIO, supporting 120+ orgs. At SIA, he'll drive partnerships and advance our educational platforms.
Welcome James! 👏👏👏
Welcome James! 👏👏👏
September 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🌟 The Science Integrity Alliance welcomes James Parry as Senior Strategic Advisor! James brings 20 years of research integrity leadership, including 15 years as Chief Executive of UKRIO, supporting 120+ orgs. At SIA, he'll drive partnerships and advance our educational platforms.
Welcome James! 👏👏👏
Welcome James! 👏👏👏
Reposted by Luciana Machado
"Much of what shapes a scientific paper never sees the light of day."
RoRI's André Brasil writes about MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) and opening the black box of peer review in the inaugural issue of REACH by @sci-integrity.com: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...
RoRI's André Brasil writes about MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) and opening the black box of peer review in the inaugural issue of REACH by @sci-integrity.com: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...
September 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"Much of what shapes a scientific paper never sees the light of day."
RoRI's André Brasil writes about MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) and opening the black box of peer review in the inaugural issue of REACH by @sci-integrity.com: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...
RoRI's André Brasil writes about MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) and opening the black box of peer review in the inaugural issue of REACH by @sci-integrity.com: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...
Heading home after #PRC10 feeling inspired by so many people with fresh ideas on how to make research better, and the highlight was reconnecting with my wonderful friend @james-mcauley.bsky.social after 10 years! Let’s keep the conversation going at the Science Integrity Alliance’s community forum!
September 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Heading home after #PRC10 feeling inspired by so many people with fresh ideas on how to make research better, and the highlight was reconnecting with my wonderful friend @james-mcauley.bsky.social after 10 years! Let’s keep the conversation going at the Science Integrity Alliance’s community forum!
Arrived in Chicago for the Peer Review Congress and looking forward to hearing about strategies to safeguard the scholarly literature from fraud and misconduct, while engaging in productive networking. #PCR10 #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity
September 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Arrived in Chicago for the Peer Review Congress and looking forward to hearing about strategies to safeguard the scholarly literature from fraud and misconduct, while engaging in productive networking. #PCR10 #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity
Reposted by Luciana Machado
🌟 REACH is live!
A new digital magazine on research integrity & open science.
📖 In this issue:
✨ Launch of the Science Integrity Alliance
✨ Coverage of the U.S. Conference on Research Integrity
✨ COPE’s evolution in publication ethics
...and more!
🔗 Read here: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...
A new digital magazine on research integrity & open science.
📖 In this issue:
✨ Launch of the Science Integrity Alliance
✨ Coverage of the U.S. Conference on Research Integrity
✨ COPE’s evolution in publication ethics
...and more!
🔗 Read here: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...
August 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🌟 REACH is live!
A new digital magazine on research integrity & open science.
📖 In this issue:
✨ Launch of the Science Integrity Alliance
✨ Coverage of the U.S. Conference on Research Integrity
✨ COPE’s evolution in publication ethics
...and more!
🔗 Read here: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...
A new digital magazine on research integrity & open science.
📖 In this issue:
✨ Launch of the Science Integrity Alliance
✨ Coverage of the U.S. Conference on Research Integrity
✨ COPE’s evolution in publication ethics
...and more!
🔗 Read here: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...
Reposted by Luciana Machado
🌟 Can you visualize a future in which you’ve won a grant of up to £25,000? #CatalystGrant
💡🌱 Digital Science’s 2025 Catalyst Grant is now open for applications - with the theme of #DataVisualization.
🔗 See more about our Catalyst Grant - and apply here: www.digital-science.com/investment/c...
💡🌱 Digital Science’s 2025 Catalyst Grant is now open for applications - with the theme of #DataVisualization.
🔗 See more about our Catalyst Grant - and apply here: www.digital-science.com/investment/c...
August 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌟 Can you visualize a future in which you’ve won a grant of up to £25,000? #CatalystGrant
💡🌱 Digital Science’s 2025 Catalyst Grant is now open for applications - with the theme of #DataVisualization.
🔗 See more about our Catalyst Grant - and apply here: www.digital-science.com/investment/c...
💡🌱 Digital Science’s 2025 Catalyst Grant is now open for applications - with the theme of #DataVisualization.
🔗 See more about our Catalyst Grant - and apply here: www.digital-science.com/investment/c...
This is going to be incredible! 5 days to go! 🔥
🚀 ONLY 5 DAYS TO GO!
REACH is almost here, and we can barely contain our excitement!
📅 Mark your calendars.
⏰ Set your reminders.
📣 Tell your colleagues.
Research integrity communication will never be the same.
#REACHMagazine #ResearchIntegrity #LaunchCountdown #SIA
REACH is almost here, and we can barely contain our excitement!
📅 Mark your calendars.
⏰ Set your reminders.
📣 Tell your colleagues.
Research integrity communication will never be the same.
#REACHMagazine #ResearchIntegrity #LaunchCountdown #SIA
August 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is going to be incredible! 5 days to go! 🔥
Reposted by Luciana Machado
🎬 Episode 3 of "Meet Our Partners" video series is here! We're proud to feature the Brazilian Reproducibility Network @redebrrepro.bsky.social—a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional initiative promoting transparent and reliable research practices across Brazil.🇧🇷 #ResearchIntegrity #Reproducibility
August 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🎬 Episode 3 of "Meet Our Partners" video series is here! We're proud to feature the Brazilian Reproducibility Network @redebrrepro.bsky.social—a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional initiative promoting transparent and reliable research practices across Brazil.🇧🇷 #ResearchIntegrity #Reproducibility
Reposted by Luciana Machado
We discuss cultural change initiatives to promote #researchintegrity. We distinguish 2 schemas of research integrity:
👉The thick, lived kind
👉The thin, rule-based kind.
We need both. What’s interesting is trying to understand how they relate. Had fun writing this!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉The thick, lived kind
👉The thin, rule-based kind.
We need both. What’s interesting is trying to understand how they relate. Had fun writing this!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Research integrity, thick and thin - Synthese
We contrast two value-schemas of research integrity. One is the ‘thick’ ethos of an immersed and ethical researcher. The other is the ‘thin’ rules, responsibilities, and metrics that we use to communi...
link.springer.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
We discuss cultural change initiatives to promote #researchintegrity. We distinguish 2 schemas of research integrity:
👉The thick, lived kind
👉The thin, rule-based kind.
We need both. What’s interesting is trying to understand how they relate. Had fun writing this!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉The thick, lived kind
👉The thin, rule-based kind.
We need both. What’s interesting is trying to understand how they relate. Had fun writing this!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👀 Have you heard? The Integrity Café is now open on the #ScienceIntegrityAlliance platform!
☕️ The Integrity Café is a welcoming space to share resources, spotlight events, and post quick updates on #ResearchIntegrity and #OpenScience. Ready to join? 1/2
☕️ The Integrity Café is a welcoming space to share resources, spotlight events, and post quick updates on #ResearchIntegrity and #OpenScience. Ready to join? 1/2
July 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
👀 Have you heard? The Integrity Café is now open on the #ScienceIntegrityAlliance platform!
☕️ The Integrity Café is a welcoming space to share resources, spotlight events, and post quick updates on #ResearchIntegrity and #OpenScience. Ready to join? 1/2
☕️ The Integrity Café is a welcoming space to share resources, spotlight events, and post quick updates on #ResearchIntegrity and #OpenScience. Ready to join? 1/2
Disappointed to miss #Metascience2025. If you’re attending, please share your thoughts in the Integrity Café and consider joining the Meta-Research Working Group to help shape targeted collaborative projects supported by the Science Integrity Alliance. #ResearchIntegrity
www.sci-integrity.com
www.sci-integrity.com
Science Integrity Alliance
Together, we lead the movement toward a more transparent, accountable, and trustworthy scientific community.
www.sci-integrity.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Disappointed to miss #Metascience2025. If you’re attending, please share your thoughts in the Integrity Café and consider joining the Meta-Research Working Group to help shape targeted collaborative projects supported by the Science Integrity Alliance. #ResearchIntegrity
www.sci-integrity.com
www.sci-integrity.com
📢 Big move toward transparency: All @nature.com research articles will now include published peer review reports and author responses.
#openscience #researchintegrity #peerreview #transparency
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#openscience #researchintegrity #peerreview #transparency
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers
From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.
www.nature.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
📢 Big move toward transparency: All @nature.com research articles will now include published peer review reports and author responses.
#openscience #researchintegrity #peerreview #transparency
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#openscience #researchintegrity #peerreview #transparency
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Don’t miss this virtual presentation on the updated Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines 👇🏻
🤝 Join our Advisory Board member @davidmellor.bsky.social on Monday, June 16 at 3 PM EDT for a look at the updated Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines.
📖 Learn more: osf.io/preprints/me...
📅 Register: cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #metascience2025 #researchintegrity #openscience
📖 Learn more: osf.io/preprints/me...
📅 Register: cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #metascience2025 #researchintegrity #openscience
OSF
osf.io
June 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Don’t miss this virtual presentation on the updated Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines 👇🏻
This is a long-overdue initiative. Patient care should no longer be compromised by flawed or misleading research. It’s also time to recognize that publication in a “high-profile” journal does not always reflect the true quality or integrity of a study. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’
Thrilled to announce this new $900,000 project headed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce this new $900,000 project headed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social
Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’
Group behind Retraction Watch aims to pinpoint the most influential flawed health data.
www.nature.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is a long-overdue initiative. Patient care should no longer be compromised by flawed or misleading research. It’s also time to recognize that publication in a “high-profile” journal does not always reflect the true quality or integrity of a study. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Reposted by Luciana Machado
The journal of sport sciences recently made a sample size justification section mandatory. More and more journals are implementing this, as it is a central part of a study! Learn how to create a state of the art sample size justification from my paper: online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
Sample Size Justification
An important step when designing an empirical study is to justify the sample size that will be collected. The key aim of a sample size justification for such studies is to explain how the collected da...
online.ucpress.edu
June 2, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The journal of sport sciences recently made a sample size justification section mandatory. More and more journals are implementing this, as it is a central part of a study! Learn how to create a state of the art sample size justification from my paper: online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
Ah yes, the gold standard of science. Start with an official health report full of fake citations. What could possibly go wrong? 🥇📉🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ah yes, the gold standard of science. Start with an official health report full of fake citations. What could possibly go wrong? 🥇📉🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
Reposted by Luciana Machado
The Science Integrity Alliance is building the first global network to unite research integrity initiatives under one powerful umbrella. 🤝
Join us in advancing research integrity worldwide!
✨ Your Initiative.
✨ Our Network.
✨ Maximum Impact.
www.sci-integrity.com
#ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience
Join us in advancing research integrity worldwide!
✨ Your Initiative.
✨ Our Network.
✨ Maximum Impact.
www.sci-integrity.com
#ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience
May 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The Science Integrity Alliance is building the first global network to unite research integrity initiatives under one powerful umbrella. 🤝
Join us in advancing research integrity worldwide!
✨ Your Initiative.
✨ Our Network.
✨ Maximum Impact.
www.sci-integrity.com
#ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience
Join us in advancing research integrity worldwide!
✨ Your Initiative.
✨ Our Network.
✨ Maximum Impact.
www.sci-integrity.com
#ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience
Reposted by Luciana Machado
"A literature that's ...polluted with junk is not only no good to anyone, it's a source of real harm, and it lends itself to ... bad-faith attacks on scientific research in general... We need to speak up more about this situation and we need to start cleaning house more vigorously" #Papermills 🧪
Inside a Scientific Paper Mill
@dereklowe.bsky.social writes about how Csaba Szabo was contacted by a paper mill and offered money if he could help them write more junk papers.
www.science.org/content/blog...
@dereklowe.bsky.social writes about how Csaba Szabo was contacted by a paper mill and offered money if he could help them write more junk papers.
www.science.org/content/blog...
Inside a Scientific Paper Mill
www.science.org
May 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
"A literature that's ...polluted with junk is not only no good to anyone, it's a source of real harm, and it lends itself to ... bad-faith attacks on scientific research in general... We need to speak up more about this situation and we need to start cleaning house more vigorously" #Papermills 🧪
Couldn't agree more, Darren. Walking away from university rankings is one of the most powerful moves we can make to fix research culture. When we stop chasing numbers, we can start focusing on what really matters: quality research that helps people. #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchCulture (1/5)
We've been asked what the most important thing we can do to improve research culture. My answer, the only answer, is to withdraw immediately from university rankings.
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Restating a prediction I made on twitter that university rankings will be a thing of the past 10 years from now, and we'll look back on the university heads that first led us away from them with a great respect and appreciation....1/
May 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Couldn't agree more, Darren. Walking away from university rankings is one of the most powerful moves we can make to fix research culture. When we stop chasing numbers, we can start focusing on what really matters: quality research that helps people. #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchCulture (1/5)
Just finished a few inspiring days at the National Conference on #ResearchIntegrity in Chicago. Grateful for the thoughtful conversations and feedback on the Science Integrity Alliance. The sun came out just in time after a few rainy days, a perfect end to the trip. ☀️ #NCRI2025 #ResearchCulture
May 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Just finished a few inspiring days at the National Conference on #ResearchIntegrity in Chicago. Grateful for the thoughtful conversations and feedback on the Science Integrity Alliance. The sun came out just in time after a few rainy days, a perfect end to the trip. ☀️ #NCRI2025 #ResearchCulture