Pavithran Narayanan
@npavi.bsky.social
Content Acquisition Specialist, Wiley | #OpenScience #OpenAccess advocate | #ScholarlyPublishing
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Great to see that cOAlition S is going to enhance its "focus on sustainable and equitable models, such as PRC, diamond open access and preprints".
This aligns with some of the work we are doing at @cwts.nl and in @rorinstitute.bsky.social.
This aligns with some of the work we are doing at @cwts.nl and in @rorinstitute.bsky.social.
1/ cOAlition S announces its 2026–2030 strategy, guided by a refreshed, shared vision: a scholarly communication system that enables rapid, open, transparent & equitable sharing of trustworthy scientific knowledge.
www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-...
#OpenScience #ScholarlyComm #Plan_S #OpenAccess
www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-...
#OpenScience #ScholarlyComm #Plan_S #OpenAccess
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Great to see that cOAlition S is going to enhance its "focus on sustainable and equitable models, such as PRC, diamond open access and preprints".
This aligns with some of the work we are doing at @cwts.nl and in @rorinstitute.bsky.social.
This aligns with some of the work we are doing at @cwts.nl and in @rorinstitute.bsky.social.
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✍️ Advance the Culture of Peer Review with Preprints!🚀
Tips for researchers:
✨ Request reviews and feedback for your next preprint
✨Write preprint reviews
✨Agree to review preprints
✨Convert journal clubs to a preprint review club
✨List preprint reviews on your lab website
Tips for researchers:
✨ Request reviews and feedback for your next preprint
✨Write preprint reviews
✨Agree to review preprints
✨Convert journal clubs to a preprint review club
✨List preprint reviews on your lab website
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
✍️ Advance the Culture of Peer Review with Preprints!🚀
Tips for researchers:
✨ Request reviews and feedback for your next preprint
✨Write preprint reviews
✨Agree to review preprints
✨Convert journal clubs to a preprint review club
✨List preprint reviews on your lab website
Tips for researchers:
✨ Request reviews and feedback for your next preprint
✨Write preprint reviews
✨Agree to review preprints
✨Convert journal clubs to a preprint review club
✨List preprint reviews on your lab website
💯this: "Community is not a nice-to-have; it is the foundation of lasting cultural change" - This article presents a fantastic read on the need for community efforts for Open Science to progress!
#Community #OpenScience #Engagement #Culture #Change #Academia
www.themodernpeer.com/the-loss-of-...
#Community #OpenScience #Engagement #Culture #Change #Academia
www.themodernpeer.com/the-loss-of-...
The loss of community in open science: a sign of a failing movement?
Open Science (OS) is a movement that aims to bring about a change to the academic publishing system. Yet, despite being around for over 30 years, it has had relatively limited success. Traditional pub...
www.themodernpeer.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
💯this: "Community is not a nice-to-have; it is the foundation of lasting cultural change" - This article presents a fantastic read on the need for community efforts for Open Science to progress!
#Community #OpenScience #Engagement #Culture #Change #Academia
www.themodernpeer.com/the-loss-of-...
#Community #OpenScience #Engagement #Culture #Change #Academia
www.themodernpeer.com/the-loss-of-...
It was a pleasure to share my thoughts on Open Access through the #LinkedIn profile of Trevor Mundel, President of Global Health, Gates Foundation, on account of #OAWeek! @openaccessmaven.bsky.social @sparcopen.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenResearch
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenResearch
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Celebrating Open Access Week: Why OA Matters | Trevor Mundel posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Hello all! This is Pavithran Narayanan, taking over Trevor’s LinkedIn in recognition of International Open Access Week. As an open access (OA) enthusiast, it’s a pleasure to share a few reflections on...
www.linkedin.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It was a pleasure to share my thoughts on Open Access through the #LinkedIn profile of Trevor Mundel, President of Global Health, Gates Foundation, on account of #OAWeek! @openaccessmaven.bsky.social @sparcopen.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenResearch
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenResearch
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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"The story of diamond #OA is still being written. Its rise reflects a powerful shift toward scholarly communication as a public good.. But... ideals alone cannot sustain journals." Great post on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social by my fellow chef Maryam Sayab scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/15/d...
Diamond Dreams, Unequal Realities: The Promise and Pitfalls of No-APC Open Access - The Scholarly Kitchen
Diamond Open Access promises equity, but sustainability challenges remain. Discover the hidden costs, global gaps, and paths toward lasting open publishing.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"The story of diamond #OA is still being written. Its rise reflects a powerful shift toward scholarly communication as a public good.. But... ideals alone cannot sustain journals." Great post on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social by my fellow chef Maryam Sayab scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/15/d...
"All solutions need not scale to inspire and instruct"! 💯
New Blog Post:
Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem. This Means You.
pracheeac.substack.com/p/scholarly-...
Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem. This Means You.
pracheeac.substack.com/p/scholarly-...
Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem. This Means You.
Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem.
pracheeac.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:09 AM
"All solutions need not scale to inspire and instruct"! 💯
💯!
I think experiments are brilliant (whether I agree with them or not) and I still give talks about PRC but the coordinated effort to make that the dominant model is where I find problems. It shuts down other experiments which is the opposite of what's really needed right not, imo.
September 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
💯!
(1/2) For the 2nd question, I feel we need an entirely different assignment type like "Reviewed Preprint" or "Assessed Preprint" (for reviewed preprints with editorial assessment)! @ludowaltman.bsky.social @andre-brasil.bsky.social @rorinstitute.bsky.social @crossref.bsky.social @elife.bsky.social
We need good practices for DOI registration for publish-review-curate platforms like @metaror.bsky.social and others.
@andre-brasil.bsky.social and I wrote a blog post about this: doi.org/10.64000/76j...
Together with @crossref.bsky.social we hope to receive input from the community on this issue!
@andre-brasil.bsky.social and I wrote a blog post about this: doi.org/10.64000/76j...
Together with @crossref.bsky.social we hope to receive input from the community on this issue!
Innovation in scientific publishing and its implications for Crossref DOI registration practices - Request for input - Crossref
Lots of exciting innovations are being made in scientific publishing, often raising fundamental questions about established publishing practices. In this guest post, Ludo Waltman and André Brasil disc...
doi.org
September 27, 2025 at 6:55 AM
(1/2) For the 2nd question, I feel we need an entirely different assignment type like "Reviewed Preprint" or "Assessed Preprint" (for reviewed preprints with editorial assessment)! @ludowaltman.bsky.social @andre-brasil.bsky.social @rorinstitute.bsky.social @crossref.bsky.social @elife.bsky.social
@ludowaltman.bsky.social @andre-brasil.bsky.social & @crossref.bsky.social are requesting input on #DOI registration for P-R-C model!
We need good practices for DOI registration for publish-review-curate platforms like @metaror.bsky.social and others.
@andre-brasil.bsky.social and I wrote a blog post about this: doi.org/10.64000/76j...
Together with @crossref.bsky.social we hope to receive input from the community on this issue!
@andre-brasil.bsky.social and I wrote a blog post about this: doi.org/10.64000/76j...
Together with @crossref.bsky.social we hope to receive input from the community on this issue!
Innovation in scientific publishing and its implications for Crossref DOI registration practices - Request for input - Crossref
Lots of exciting innovations are being made in scientific publishing, often raising fundamental questions about established publishing practices. In this guest post, Ludo Waltman and André Brasil disc...
doi.org
September 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
@ludowaltman.bsky.social @andre-brasil.bsky.social & @crossref.bsky.social are requesting input on #DOI registration for P-R-C model!
Speaks for the impact that @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social & @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social have come to have on the field!
And the exemplary work led by @richardsever.bsky.social @johninglis.bsky.social - both very much deserving of The Royal Society Research Culture Award 2025!
And the exemplary work led by @richardsever.bsky.social @johninglis.bsky.social - both very much deserving of The Royal Society Research Culture Award 2025!
Yeah, I think it does that too. One person I spoke to made it seem like it is now an expectation in his (biomedical) field to preprint, but in the same way that it's an expectation that journal brand is important.
September 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Speaks for the impact that @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social & @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social have come to have on the field!
And the exemplary work led by @richardsever.bsky.social @johninglis.bsky.social - both very much deserving of The Royal Society Research Culture Award 2025!
And the exemplary work led by @richardsever.bsky.social @johninglis.bsky.social - both very much deserving of The Royal Society Research Culture Award 2025!
This is interesting - it'll make institutions take more (almost complete) responsibility for integrity issues but they may also want to invest significant money (& possibly human resource) to make these checks available for everyone!
We'll probably also see orgs like HHMI push things like data checks upstream, in-house (many institutions, including CSHL, require faculty to run plagiarism and image checks before submitting papers). I'm a bit conflicted about this because of COIs, some bad acts better exposed publicly, etc. 2/n
September 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is interesting - it'll make institutions take more (almost complete) responsibility for integrity issues but they may also want to invest significant money (& possibly human resource) to make these checks available for everyone!
Very much befitting - many congratulations @richardsever.bsky.social & @johninglis.bsky.social! 👏👏👏
Very honored to receive the Royal Society Research Culture Award - this represents the work of a great team who've worked non-stop since we launched bioRxiv in 2013 royalsociety.org/news/2025/08... www.cshl.edu/inglis-and-s...
Invisibility cloak pioneer Sir John Pendry awarded Royal Society’s top prize | Royal Society
The Royal Society announces the medals and awards recipients 2025
royalsociety.org
August 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Very much befitting - many congratulations @richardsever.bsky.social & @johninglis.bsky.social! 👏👏👏
"Self-citation requests can turn peer review into a transaction rather than an objective critique of the article" - @aidybarnett.bsky.social in his OSF @cos.io preprint! #PeerReview #SelfCitation #Preprint #OSF
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
August 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Self-citation requests can turn peer review into a transaction rather than an objective critique of the article" - @aidybarnett.bsky.social in his OSF @cos.io preprint! #PeerReview #SelfCitation #Preprint #OSF
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
Wishing @tracykteal.bsky.social & team @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social @openrxiv.bsky.social the best - Let "Speed of Science" be the phrase of the year! :)
Thanks so much @richardsever.bsky.social! I'm so excited to work with you and the team advancing 'communication at the speed of science'. 💚
August 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Wishing @tracykteal.bsky.social & team @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social @openrxiv.bsky.social the best - Let "Speed of Science" be the phrase of the year! :)
(1/2) Interesting proposal by @rnls.bsky.social @f1000publishing.bsky.social for @nisoinfo.bsky.social ("or a similar neutral entity") to standardize a framework for #verifications & #checks of #preprints, journal articles and other published output! #Trust
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The need for verification markers on published content - Rebecca Lawrence, 2025
Ethics and integrity cases in submitted manuscripts is becoming an increasingly common problem, whilst retractions continue to grow at a rapid rate. These cases...
journals.sagepub.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
(1/2) Interesting proposal by @rnls.bsky.social @f1000publishing.bsky.social for @nisoinfo.bsky.social ("or a similar neutral entity") to standardize a framework for #verifications & #checks of #preprints, journal articles and other published output! #Trust
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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All of this underscores the point above: if we want to truly make research open, and avoid public misunderstanding—we need to actually consider the public (and the journalists who share research with them) in our approach to #openscience, preprints and otherwise.
August 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
All of this underscores the point above: if we want to truly make research open, and avoid public misunderstanding—we need to actually consider the public (and the journalists who share research with them) in our approach to #openscience, preprints and otherwise.
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I am deeply concerned about the research integrity issues we are seeing right now. Including around preprints, but also science more broadly.
But I am equally concerned that our fears about misinformation will lead us toward an even more closed, exclusionary science system.
But I am equally concerned that our fears about misinformation will lead us toward an even more closed, exclusionary science system.
August 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I am deeply concerned about the research integrity issues we are seeing right now. Including around preprints, but also science more broadly.
But I am equally concerned that our fears about misinformation will lead us toward an even more closed, exclusionary science system.
But I am equally concerned that our fears about misinformation will lead us toward an even more closed, exclusionary science system.
Reposted by Pavithran Narayanan
Again, concerns about research integrity and openness go beyond preprints. We saw this in our study of journalists and their use/perceptions of predatory journals, which participants associated with #openaccess: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
[Still a preprint, but accepted at Journalism Practice]
[Still a preprint, but accepted at Journalism Practice]
“I’d like to think I’d be able to spot one if I saw one”: How science journalists navigate predatory journals
Predatory journals—or journals that prioritize profits over editorial and publication best practices—are becoming more common, raising concerns about the integrity of the scholarly record. Such journa...
www.biorxiv.org
August 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Again, concerns about research integrity and openness go beyond preprints. We saw this in our study of journalists and their use/perceptions of predatory journals, which participants associated with #openaccess: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
[Still a preprint, but accepted at Journalism Practice]
[Still a preprint, but accepted at Journalism Practice]
"LLMs are being used in problematic ways with preprints. But they are also clearly being misused within peer review itself"! 💯 #LLM #Preprints #PeerReview
If you have ever published in a journal, you know that peer review does not always deliver on the promise of "quality control" so many of us continue to expect of it.
Yes, LLM's are being used in problematic ways with preprints. But they are also clearly being misused within peer review itself.
Yes, LLM's are being used in problematic ways with preprints. But they are also clearly being misused within peer review itself.
August 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"LLMs are being used in problematic ways with preprints. But they are also clearly being misused within peer review itself"! 💯 #LLM #Preprints #PeerReview
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(You can read a sum up of this argument on the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social — co-authored with @nataschachtena.bsky.social and @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Preprints at a crossroads – Are we compromising openness for credibility? - Impact of Social Sciences
Natascha Chtena, Juan Pablo Alperin & Alice Fleerackers argue the benefits of preprints risk being undermined by incorporation into traditional publishing workflows.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
August 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
(You can read a sum up of this argument on the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social — co-authored with @nataschachtena.bsky.social and @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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Some key perspectives on this 🧵:
I love the comment in Robert's article about the stakeholders "missing" from debates about #openscience.
Beyond scholarly societies, journalists, #scicomm professionals, and the public need to be included in these conversations. f1000research.com/articles/12-...
I love the comment in Robert's article about the stakeholders "missing" from debates about #openscience.
Beyond scholarly societies, journalists, #scicomm professionals, and the public need to be included in these conversations. f1000research.com/articles/12-...
F1000Research Article: Making science public: a review of journalists’ use of Open Access research.
Read the latest article version by Alice Fleerackers, Natascha Chtena, Stephen Pinfield, Juan Pablo Alperin, Germana Barata, Monique Oliveira, Isabella Peters, at F1000Research.
f1000research.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Some key perspectives on this 🧵:
I love the comment in Robert's article about the stakeholders "missing" from debates about #openscience.
Beyond scholarly societies, journalists, #scicomm professionals, and the public need to be included in these conversations. f1000research.com/articles/12-...
I love the comment in Robert's article about the stakeholders "missing" from debates about #openscience.
Beyond scholarly societies, journalists, #scicomm professionals, and the public need to be included in these conversations. f1000research.com/articles/12-...
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🔊Four weeks to go until OpenFest 2025! 🥳Join us ONLINE for sessions on building diverse and inclusive research cultures, recognition practices, publishing ecosystems, open research communities, and libraries.
Full programme and registration links below:
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🔊Registration is NOW OPEN for OpenFest 2025, the annual open research event led by Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam unis.
2nd-5th September - all welcome.
This year's theme is Open Research & Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion - in all the meanings of those terms.
More details and registration:⬇️
2nd-5th September - all welcome.
This year's theme is Open Research & Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion - in all the meanings of those terms.
More details and registration:⬇️
OpenFest 2025
OpenFest 2025 will take place between 2nd-5th September 2025. View the programme and book your place:
www.sheffield.ac.uk
August 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🔊Four weeks to go until OpenFest 2025! 🥳Join us ONLINE for sessions on building diverse and inclusive research cultures, recognition practices, publishing ecosystems, open research communities, and libraries.
Full programme and registration links below:
Full programme and registration links below:
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Great initiative by Wiley! The publisher has started marking retracted papers in reference lists. When you click on the retraction notice, you can also see the date and reason for the retraction.
All publishers should adopt this practice. But also screen references during submission.
All publishers should adopt this practice. But also screen references during submission.
August 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Great initiative by Wiley! The publisher has started marking retracted papers in reference lists. When you click on the retraction notice, you can also see the date and reason for the retraction.
All publishers should adopt this practice. But also screen references during submission.
All publishers should adopt this practice. But also screen references during submission.
(1/2) @maddipow.bsky.social draws an interesting comparison here regarding #PeerReview. I think this could really benefit bad reviews but probably not rogue reviews - the latter consisting of bias, rudeness & deliberate mishandling!
One thing it underscores - Peer review training is essential!
One thing it underscores - Peer review training is essential!
I can never understand why efforts to improve peer review don’t learn from the decades of educational research about how to do good, robust, constructive assessment and feedback.
What would happen if we treated peer review as pedagogy?
New in @wonkhe.bsky.social
wonkhe.com/blogs/peer-r...
What would happen if we treated peer review as pedagogy?
New in @wonkhe.bsky.social
wonkhe.com/blogs/peer-r...
Peer review is broken, and pedagogical research has a fix
The lessons of decades of research into assessment and feedback haven’t tracked across into the practice of peer review. Madeleine Pownall wonders why not The lessons of decades of research into asses...
wonkhe.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
(1/2) @maddipow.bsky.social draws an interesting comparison here regarding #PeerReview. I think this could really benefit bad reviews but probably not rogue reviews - the latter consisting of bias, rudeness & deliberate mishandling!
One thing it underscores - Peer review training is essential!
One thing it underscores - Peer review training is essential!
Reposted by Pavithran Narayanan
Any suggestions/recommendations for a tool that would allow the audience at a conference to ask questions, but...
a. Those could only be seen by a moderator, with the relevant app and permissions (so that the moderator would ask the question on the person's behalf)
b. can be asked anonymously
Thx!
a. Those could only be seen by a moderator, with the relevant app and permissions (so that the moderator would ask the question on the person's behalf)
b. can be asked anonymously
Thx!
August 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Any suggestions/recommendations for a tool that would allow the audience at a conference to ask questions, but...
a. Those could only be seen by a moderator, with the relevant app and permissions (so that the moderator would ask the question on the person's behalf)
b. can be asked anonymously
Thx!
a. Those could only be seen by a moderator, with the relevant app and permissions (so that the moderator would ask the question on the person's behalf)
b. can be asked anonymously
Thx!