Mark Hooper
@markhooper.bsky.social
Founder of Tricky Goose Training (https://www.trickygoose.training), COPE Council Member, Philosophy PhD. #researchintegrity #openscience #academicintegrity #philosophy
I'm a bit weary of talks and papers that end, "So, we need to change the incentive structure." That's not a conclusion, it's a premise! #researchintegrity
October 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'm a bit weary of talks and papers that end, "So, we need to change the incentive structure." That's not a conclusion, it's a premise! #researchintegrity
It occurred to me that we need Contributor Statements (like CRediT), except to describe various uses of Gen-AI in research. But like all decent thoughts, someone else had it first. I really like what this group has done. Their tool is useful: www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/gai...
#researchintegrity
#researchintegrity
GAIDeT: a practical taxonomy for declaring AI use in research and publishing
Transparency of AI use in academia matters for authors, editors, reviewers, readers and repository moderators. This blog post introduces GAIDeT, a taxonomy for the structured disclosure of Generative ...
www.leidenmadtrics.nl
October 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It occurred to me that we need Contributor Statements (like CRediT), except to describe various uses of Gen-AI in research. But like all decent thoughts, someone else had it first. I really like what this group has done. Their tool is useful: www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/gai...
#researchintegrity
#researchintegrity
The people who say "science is self-correcting" are not usually the same people who work hard to correct science.
October 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The people who say "science is self-correcting" are not usually the same people who work hard to correct science.
Just submitted a highly amusing abstract to the International Research Integrity Conference (Sydney, November). Whatever the outcome, hope to see you there! Abstracts close on Monday. researchintegrityconf.com
International Research Integrity Conference | 16-18 November 2025, Sydney, Australia
researchintegrityconf.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Just submitted a highly amusing abstract to the International Research Integrity Conference (Sydney, November). Whatever the outcome, hope to see you there! Abstracts close on Monday. researchintegrityconf.com
Some folks confuse these things —who think the 'water movement' must be flawed, since bottled water is expensive, and contaminated water is poisonous. Clean water and #openaccess both cost $. We don't really need corporations selling packaged products, but communities funding reservoirs and taps.
September 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Some folks confuse these things —who think the 'water movement' must be flawed, since bottled water is expensive, and contaminated water is poisonous. Clean water and #openaccess both cost $. We don't really need corporations selling packaged products, but communities funding reservoirs and taps.
Is there a mathematical term for the most difficult sets to sort?
And why does that term perfectly explain the kind of mess that six year old’s prefer?
And why does that term perfectly explain the kind of mess that six year old’s prefer?
September 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Is there a mathematical term for the most difficult sets to sort?
And why does that term perfectly explain the kind of mess that six year old’s prefer?
And why does that term perfectly explain the kind of mess that six year old’s prefer?
Reposted by Mark Hooper
Even honest research results can flip – a new approach to assessing robustness in the social sciences
#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #WCRI2026 #WCRI
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #WCRI2026 #WCRI
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Even honest research results can flip – a new approach to assessing robustness in the social sciences
When academic studies get things wrong, it is often blamed on misconduct. Yet even good-faith research can produce contradictory conclusions.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
August 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Even honest research results can flip – a new approach to assessing robustness in the social sciences
#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #WCRI2026 #WCRI
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #WCRI2026 #WCRI
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
My daughter made this clay model, and stuck it on my webcam. So, if we’re chatting, know that I’m also speaking with a jaunty goose.
September 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
My daughter made this clay model, and stuck it on my webcam. So, if we’re chatting, know that I’m also speaking with a jaunty goose.
Reposted by Mark Hooper
If Melbourne University Publishing doesn’t want to keep publishing Meanjin, they should hand over the journal to someone worthy of the responsibility. Me in The Conversation theconversation.com/the-decision...
The decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves better
The decision to close Meanjin is the latest in a string of recent decisions that suggest universities are not safe harbours for priceless cultural institutions.
theconversation.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
If Melbourne University Publishing doesn’t want to keep publishing Meanjin, they should hand over the journal to someone worthy of the responsibility. Me in The Conversation theconversation.com/the-decision...
It boggles my mind that anyone would submit their work to any journal that they do not also read.
#Academicsky
#Academicsky
September 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
It boggles my mind that anyone would submit their work to any journal that they do not also read.
#Academicsky
#Academicsky
Reposted by Mark Hooper
The use of #AI tools in health care raises questions about patient informed consent, necessitating a framework to decide when disclosure is needed. Learn more in this Perspective. ja.ma/424oPR6
Ethical Obligations to Inform Patients About Use of AI Tools
This Perspective discusses the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in health care and offers a framework for deciding what patients should be told about AI tools.
ja.ma
September 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The use of #AI tools in health care raises questions about patient informed consent, necessitating a framework to decide when disclosure is needed. Learn more in this Perspective. ja.ma/424oPR6
Reposted by Mark Hooper
Navigating Open Research: A Guide for Early Career Researchers. Great work from the CONUL Research Group. Free to download zenodo.org/records/1702... #irishResearch #openResearch
September 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Navigating Open Research: A Guide for Early Career Researchers. Great work from the CONUL Research Group. Free to download zenodo.org/records/1702... #irishResearch #openResearch
Reposted by Mark Hooper
Pethick et al. Is There a Reproducibility Crisis? On the Need for Evidence-based Approaches www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #OpenScience
Is There a Reproducibility Crisis? On the Need for Evidence-based Approaches
The ‘Sixth Report—Reproducibility and Research Integrity’ (UK House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee 2023. ‘Sixth Report—Reproducibility and Research Integrity’) (‘The Report...
www.tandfonline.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Pethick et al. Is There a Reproducibility Crisis? On the Need for Evidence-based Approaches www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #OpenScience
I vibecoded this little tool for detecting duplications and clones within scientific figures. I think it works ok! Please try it. There are sample images you can try. Free to use. Not nearly as good as the paid models, obviously.
👉 dejaview.streamlit.app
#researchintegrity @elisabethbik.bsky.social
👉 dejaview.streamlit.app
#researchintegrity @elisabethbik.bsky.social
dejaview.streamlit.app
September 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I vibecoded this little tool for detecting duplications and clones within scientific figures. I think it works ok! Please try it. There are sample images you can try. Free to use. Not nearly as good as the paid models, obviously.
👉 dejaview.streamlit.app
#researchintegrity @elisabethbik.bsky.social
👉 dejaview.streamlit.app
#researchintegrity @elisabethbik.bsky.social
Reposted by Mark Hooper
🌟 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...
The Gantt Chart templates that universities offer their postgraduate students are some of the ugliest things I've ever seen.
August 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The Gantt Chart templates that universities offer their postgraduate students are some of the ugliest things I've ever seen.
Reposted by Mark Hooper
A new #Nature story investigates a preprint by #AusHSI Prof @aidybarnett.bsky.social, which has found that peer reviewers are more likely to approve articles that cite their own work. When the reasons for citing are hard to justify, this can make the peer-review process transactional. #peerreview
Peer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own work
Preprint examines how citations can influence the review process.
www.nature.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
A new #Nature story investigates a preprint by #AusHSI Prof @aidybarnett.bsky.social, which has found that peer reviewers are more likely to approve articles that cite their own work. When the reasons for citing are hard to justify, this can make the peer-review process transactional. #peerreview
Consider studying #philosophy. It’s fun, and: “Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning…”
theconversation.com/studying-phi...
theconversation.com/studying-phi...
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
theconversation.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Consider studying #philosophy. It’s fun, and: “Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning…”
theconversation.com/studying-phi...
theconversation.com/studying-phi...
Reposted by Mark Hooper
New paper:
Tackling paper mills requires us to prevent future contamination and clean up the past – the case of the journal Bioengineered
With @deadneanderthals.bsky.social, @smutclyde.bsky.social, @mortenoxe.bsky.social, @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social, and me
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tackling paper mills requires us to prevent future contamination and clean up the past – the case of the journal Bioengineered
With @deadneanderthals.bsky.social, @smutclyde.bsky.social, @mortenoxe.bsky.social, @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social, and me
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tackling paper mills requires us to prevent future contamination and clean up the past – the case of the journal Bioengineered
Taylor & Francis journal Bioengineered has been targeted by paper mills. Our goal is to identify problematic articles published in Bioengineered during the period 2010 to 2024. Dimensions was used ...
www.tandfonline.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
New paper:
Tackling paper mills requires us to prevent future contamination and clean up the past – the case of the journal Bioengineered
With @deadneanderthals.bsky.social, @smutclyde.bsky.social, @mortenoxe.bsky.social, @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social, and me
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tackling paper mills requires us to prevent future contamination and clean up the past – the case of the journal Bioengineered
With @deadneanderthals.bsky.social, @smutclyde.bsky.social, @mortenoxe.bsky.social, @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social, and me
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Two academics emailed me, saying kind things about my work. This honestly made my week.
If your Friday allows time, hammer-out a quick note that might make someone else's week. Let's emulate the good ones.
If your Friday allows time, hammer-out a quick note that might make someone else's week. Let's emulate the good ones.
August 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Two academics emailed me, saying kind things about my work. This honestly made my week.
If your Friday allows time, hammer-out a quick note that might make someone else's week. Let's emulate the good ones.
If your Friday allows time, hammer-out a quick note that might make someone else's week. Let's emulate the good ones.
Reposted by Mark Hooper
A paper that combines #peerreview & cheese... what could be better? Answer: writing said paper with @abalkina.bsky.social @image-integrity.bsky.social & Marie Souliere. Read on to learn how the Swiss Cheese Model could help peer review & #researchintegrity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Rethinking Peer Review Using the Swiss Cheese Model to Better Flag Problematic Manuscripts
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A paper that combines #peerreview & cheese... what could be better? Answer: writing said paper with @abalkina.bsky.social @image-integrity.bsky.social & Marie Souliere. Read on to learn how the Swiss Cheese Model could help peer review & #researchintegrity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
“There are only three classes of men that we in general have no patience with — superiors, inferiors, and equals.”
- Walter Savage Landor
[hat-tip Michael Gilleland]
- Walter Savage Landor
[hat-tip Michael Gilleland]
August 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“There are only three classes of men that we in general have no patience with — superiors, inferiors, and equals.”
- Walter Savage Landor
[hat-tip Michael Gilleland]
- Walter Savage Landor
[hat-tip Michael Gilleland]
My 6-yr-old just described $9.80 as twenty-to-ten, as if money can be described like time, and this has shaken me.
August 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
My 6-yr-old just described $9.80 as twenty-to-ten, as if money can be described like time, and this has shaken me.
“This LLM writes at a PhD Level” sounds a lot like, “This machine produces barista-grade coffee at the touch of a button”.
August 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“This LLM writes at a PhD Level” sounds a lot like, “This machine produces barista-grade coffee at the touch of a button”.
Reposted by Mark Hooper
🆕 New research: Med students & researchers both miss many duplicated images in papers
No big difference between groups. Tools & clearer guidelines needed.
researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #OpenScience #PeerReview
No big difference between groups. Tools & clearer guidelines needed.
researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #OpenScience #PeerReview
How good are medical students and researchers in detecting duplications in digital images from research articles: a cross-sectional survey - Research Integrity and Peer Review
Background Inappropriate manipulations of digital images pose significant risks to research integrity. Here we assessed the capability of students and researchers to detect image duplications in biome...
researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
🆕 New research: Med students & researchers both miss many duplicated images in papers
No big difference between groups. Tools & clearer guidelines needed.
researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #OpenScience #PeerReview
No big difference between groups. Tools & clearer guidelines needed.
researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #OpenScience #PeerReview