Theo Bloom
@theobloom.bsky.social
Biomedical research communication, publishing, tech, open research, open data, meta research, peer review. Executive Editor, @bmj.com Co-Founder @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social.
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So great to catch up with previous @plos.org and other colleagues at #Metascience2025 @theobloom.bsky.social @roliroberts.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So great to catch up with previous @plos.org and other colleagues at #Metascience2025 @theobloom.bsky.social @roliroberts.bsky.social
The trenchant views of two eminent researchers miscited in the MAHA report: www.statnews.com/2025/06/20/m...
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The MAHA children’s health report mis-cited our research. That’s sloppy — and worrying
Being cited in a major government report, like the MAHA report on children’s health, should be gratifying. Not this time.
www.statnews.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The trenchant views of two eminent researchers miscited in the MAHA report: www.statnews.com/2025/06/20/m...
#SciComm
#ResearchIntegrity
#SciComm
#ResearchIntegrity
In case you're interested in where The BMJ stands on Presidential Executive Orders banning certain language from research communications www.bmj.com/content/388/... @kamranabbasi.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social #SciencePublishing #SciComm #AcademicSky #ResearchIntegrity
Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology
The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and sci...
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February 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
In case you're interested in where The BMJ stands on Presidential Executive Orders banning certain language from research communications www.bmj.com/content/388/... @kamranabbasi.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social #SciencePublishing #SciComm #AcademicSky #ResearchIntegrity
Scary to see this, whether it is unneeded over-reaction or appropriate obeisance to the new US administration. www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/t...
Removal of DEI content from a microbiology group’s website shows reach of Trump executive orders
The professional society for microbiologists stripped content about Black, female, and LGBTQ scientists from its website
www.statnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Scary to see this, whether it is unneeded over-reaction or appropriate obeisance to the new US administration. www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/t...
Nice summary of how to tackle paper mills, from an impressive list of 'sleuths' www.nature.com/articles/d41... #ResearchIntegrity #ScientificPublishing
‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research
A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct.
www.nature.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Nice summary of how to tackle paper mills, from an impressive list of 'sleuths' www.nature.com/articles/d41... #ResearchIntegrity #ScientificPublishing
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The PRC10 abstract submission site is now open!
Abstracts that report new research & findings w generalizable results that can improve scientific research will be given priority.
Submit by Jan 31, 2025 at
abstracts.peerreviewcongress.org
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Abstracts that report new research & findings w generalizable results that can improve scientific research will be given priority.
Submit by Jan 31, 2025 at
abstracts.peerreviewcongress.org
Learn more at peerreviewcongress.org
@jama.com
@bmj.com
International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication
Enhancing the quality and credibility of science.
peerreviewcongress.org
December 11, 2024 at 6:50 PM
The PRC10 abstract submission site is now open!
Abstracts that report new research & findings w generalizable results that can improve scientific research will be given priority.
Submit by Jan 31, 2025 at
abstracts.peerreviewcongress.org
Learn more at peerreviewcongress.org
@jama.com
@bmj.com
Abstracts that report new research & findings w generalizable results that can improve scientific research will be given priority.
Submit by Jan 31, 2025 at
abstracts.peerreviewcongress.org
Learn more at peerreviewcongress.org
@jama.com
@bmj.com
Twenty years of image manipulation screening has got us ... where? Mike Rossner reflects. retractionwatch.com/2024/08/12/w...
What’s in a picture? Two decades of image manipulation awareness and action
via www.CartoonStock.com This year marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of “What’s in a picture? The temptation of image manipulation,” in which I described the problem of image mani…
retractionwatch.com
August 13, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Twenty years of image manipulation screening has got us ... where? Mike Rossner reflects. retractionwatch.com/2024/08/12/w...
I rather like the idea of trying out a 'bug bounty' for those who find errors in published papers. Might it reverse the tendency to keep quiet about errors found, and reward professional error spotters? www.nature.com/articles/d41... #ScientificPublishing #ScienceCommunication
Pay researchers to spot errors in published papers
Borrowing the idea of ‘bug bounties’ from the technology industry could provide a systematic way to detect and correct the errors that litter the scientific literature. Borrowing the idea of ‘bug boun...
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May 23, 2024 at 9:26 AM
I rather like the idea of trying out a 'bug bounty' for those who find errors in published papers. Might it reverse the tendency to keep quiet about errors found, and reward professional error spotters? www.nature.com/articles/d41... #ScientificPublishing #ScienceCommunication
Very disappointing to see that Nature published Google DeepMind's protein folding paper with fanfare but without requiring code availability retractionwatch.com/2024/05/14/n...
Nature earns ire over lack of code availability for Google DeepMind protein folding paper
via Nature A group of researchers is taking Nature to task for publishing a paper earlier this month about Google DeepMind’s protein folding prediction program without requiring the authors publish…
retractionwatch.com
May 15, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Very disappointing to see that Nature published Google DeepMind's protein folding paper with fanfare but without requiring code availability retractionwatch.com/2024/05/14/n...
Can't work out whether to be pleased at this 'movement' or depressed that it is still required in the 2020s www.nature.com/articles/d41...
February 1, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Can't work out whether to be pleased at this 'movement' or depressed that it is still required in the 2020s www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Do conflicts of interests matter when scientists and journalists talk about issues like ultra-processed foods? (TL;DR: I believe they do) www.bmj.com/content/383/... #scicomm #ScientificPublishing
November 3, 2023 at 12:44 PM
Do conflicts of interests matter when scientists and journalists talk about issues like ultra-processed foods? (TL;DR: I believe they do) www.bmj.com/content/383/... #scicomm #ScientificPublishing
Find out more about medRxiv (medrxiv.org) and bioRxiv (biorxiv.org) on more social channels now (but not yet this one): connect.medrxiv.org/news/2023/10... #Academic Publishing #SciComm
October 12, 2023 at 2:25 PM
Find out more about medRxiv (medrxiv.org) and bioRxiv (biorxiv.org) on more social channels now (but not yet this one): connect.medrxiv.org/news/2023/10... #Academic Publishing #SciComm
You publish no articles for ages, then two come along at once: reminiscences on 20 years of
PLOS Biology (with emmaganley.bsky.social): journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... And the future of open science for The Lancet's 200th: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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PLOS Biology (with emmaganley.bsky.social): journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... And the future of open science for The Lancet's 200th: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#SciencePublishing #AcademicPublishing
October 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM
You publish no articles for ages, then two come along at once: reminiscences on 20 years of
PLOS Biology (with emmaganley.bsky.social): journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... And the future of open science for The Lancet's 200th: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#SciencePublishing #AcademicPublishing
PLOS Biology (with emmaganley.bsky.social): journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... And the future of open science for The Lancet's 200th: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#SciencePublishing #AcademicPublishing
Trying again with some hashtags. Apologies for new-user issues! #SciencePublishing #PublishingModels #ResearchPublishing #ScientificResearchPublishing #AcademicPublishing
Lots of interesting data on Frontiers and MDPI publishing output, and its recent decline, even though I don't 100% agree with the analysis. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/09/18/g...
Guest Post - Reputation and Publication Volume at MDPI and Frontiers - The Scholarly Kitchen
Compared to their peak levels, publication volume has declined at MDPI by 27% and at Frontiers by 36%. What's behind these declines, and how do they reflect the inherent risk in the APC open access mo...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
September 20, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Trying again with some hashtags. Apologies for new-user issues! #SciencePublishing #PublishingModels #ResearchPublishing #ScientificResearchPublishing #AcademicPublishing
Lots of interesting data on Frontiers and MDPI publishing output, and its recent decline, even though I don't 100% agree with the analysis. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/09/18/g...
Guest Post - Reputation and Publication Volume at MDPI and Frontiers - The Scholarly Kitchen
Compared to their peak levels, publication volume has declined at MDPI by 27% and at Frontiers by 36%. What's behind these declines, and how do they reflect the inherent risk in the APC open access mo...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
September 19, 2023 at 4:09 PM
Lots of interesting data on Frontiers and MDPI publishing output, and its recent decline, even though I don't 100% agree with the analysis. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/09/18/g...