UK Reproducibility Network
@ukrepro.bsky.social
The UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) is a national peer-led consortium that aims to promote and enable rigorous, robust, transparent, and reproducible research in the UK.
https://www.ukrn.org/ #AcademicSky #OpenResearch #Research
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#dataviz #rstats #ggplot
What are people's thoughts on UpSet plots?
Easier way to show multiple comparisons in one plot? Or just more plot clutter?
share.google/ggr8YOogsnBt...
What are people's thoughts on UpSet plots?
Easier way to show multiple comparisons in one plot? Or just more plot clutter?
share.google/ggr8YOogsnBt...
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
#dataviz #rstats #ggplot
What are people's thoughts on UpSet plots?
Easier way to show multiple comparisons in one plot? Or just more plot clutter?
share.google/ggr8YOogsnBt...
What are people's thoughts on UpSet plots?
Easier way to show multiple comparisons in one plot? Or just more plot clutter?
share.google/ggr8YOogsnBt...
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Explainers & tutorials are a great way to criticize current practices with a positive twist. Tailoring them to a specific substantive (!) subfield can greatly increase uptake. Forget about novelty; if some statistican said sth in the 70s but no one was around to hear it, say it again.>
January 8, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Explainers & tutorials are a great way to criticize current practices with a positive twist. Tailoring them to a specific substantive (!) subfield can greatly increase uptake. Forget about novelty; if some statistican said sth in the 70s but no one was around to hear it, say it again.>
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✨ We're delighted to announce a new online workshop on using agent-based models as a simulation tool to generate synthetic data.
📅 18 February 2026
⏰ 14:00-16:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/using...
📅 18 February 2026
⏰ 14:00-16:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/using...
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
✨ We're delighted to announce a new online workshop on using agent-based models as a simulation tool to generate synthetic data.
📅 18 February 2026
⏰ 14:00-16:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/using...
📅 18 February 2026
⏰ 14:00-16:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/using...
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We've got our 2025 statistics now, and it's clear just how well-read publications on Octopus are - it's a fast-growing platform.
(Bots removed from the data)
Lots of new features in 2025 - such as being able to find UK government research priorities and link your work to them.
More features soon!
(Bots removed from the data)
Lots of new features in 2025 - such as being able to find UK government research priorities and link your work to them.
More features soon!
January 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
We've got our 2025 statistics now, and it's clear just how well-read publications on Octopus are - it's a fast-growing platform.
(Bots removed from the data)
Lots of new features in 2025 - such as being able to find UK government research priorities and link your work to them.
More features soon!
(Bots removed from the data)
Lots of new features in 2025 - such as being able to find UK government research priorities and link your work to them.
More features soon!
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One of the best ways for early-career researchers to create community within their department and effect change towards doing open and thoughtful research is to start a ReproducibiliTea journal club. We've distilled our network's experience into a set of simple rules to follow and get started!
📢 New preprint! Ten Simple Rules for Running a ReproducibiliTea Journal Club
🔗 doi.org/10.31222/osf...
Our aim is to equip you as early career researchers with the tools needed to lead grassroots change in research culture.
#reproducibility #openresearch #openscience #metasci #academicsky
🔗 doi.org/10.31222/osf...
Our aim is to equip you as early career researchers with the tools needed to lead grassroots change in research culture.
#reproducibility #openresearch #openscience #metasci #academicsky
January 7, 2026 at 11:31 AM
One of the best ways for early-career researchers to create community within their department and effect change towards doing open and thoughtful research is to start a ReproducibiliTea journal club. We've distilled our network's experience into a set of simple rules to follow and get started!
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Can AI be used to evaluate open science practices? 🤖🔎
Join us to find out from Dr Daryl Lee at the next ReproducibiliTea! 🫖
📅 Jan 13th, 3pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evaluating...
@tabeasch.bsky.social @uclopenscience.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org @ukrepro.bsky.social
Join us to find out from Dr Daryl Lee at the next ReproducibiliTea! 🫖
📅 Jan 13th, 3pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evaluating...
@tabeasch.bsky.social @uclopenscience.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org @ukrepro.bsky.social
Evaluating open science practices with AI, with Dr Daryl Lee
Join Dr. Yu Heng Daryl Lee to learn about the efficacy of AI in evaluating open science practices.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Can AI be used to evaluate open science practices? 🤖🔎
Join us to find out from Dr Daryl Lee at the next ReproducibiliTea! 🫖
📅 Jan 13th, 3pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evaluating...
@tabeasch.bsky.social @uclopenscience.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org @ukrepro.bsky.social
Join us to find out from Dr Daryl Lee at the next ReproducibiliTea! 🫖
📅 Jan 13th, 3pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evaluating...
@tabeasch.bsky.social @uclopenscience.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org @ukrepro.bsky.social
Nominations for the Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 are closing soon!
Remember to nominate before 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Remember to nominate before 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Nominations for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 have opened!
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026
www.ukrn.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Nominations for the Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 are closing soon!
Remember to nominate before 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Remember to nominate before 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
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🚀 We want to give a big shoutout to our friends at @prereview.bsky.social who work tirelessly to promote the constructive and open peer review of prepints! 👏
PREreview works with many like-minded organizations and preprint servers to "bring more equity and transparency to scholarly peer review."👏
PREreview works with many like-minded organizations and preprint servers to "bring more equity and transparency to scholarly peer review."👏
PREreview: Open preprint reviews. For all researchers.
See preprints with a PREreview.
prereview.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:19 PM
🚀 We want to give a big shoutout to our friends at @prereview.bsky.social who work tirelessly to promote the constructive and open peer review of prepints! 👏
PREreview works with many like-minded organizations and preprint servers to "bring more equity and transparency to scholarly peer review."👏
PREreview works with many like-minded organizations and preprint servers to "bring more equity and transparency to scholarly peer review."👏
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⏰ There's one week to go until our next computational social science drop-in.
If you're interested in discussing data skills with like-minded individuals then please book your place at the link below:
📅 13 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/compu...
If you're interested in discussing data skills with like-minded individuals then please book your place at the link below:
📅 13 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/compu...
January 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
⏰ There's one week to go until our next computational social science drop-in.
If you're interested in discussing data skills with like-minded individuals then please book your place at the link below:
📅 13 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/compu...
If you're interested in discussing data skills with like-minded individuals then please book your place at the link below:
📅 13 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/compu...
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Applying for an Academy Starter Grant?
You can also apply for our PPI Fund and receive up to £2.5K to directly remunerate PPI contributors who help shape your application.
📅 Starter Grants open this month - stay tuned!
👉 Learn more on how to apply: bit.ly/4poPHoJ
#PatientInvolvement
You can also apply for our PPI Fund and receive up to £2.5K to directly remunerate PPI contributors who help shape your application.
📅 Starter Grants open this month - stay tuned!
👉 Learn more on how to apply: bit.ly/4poPHoJ
#PatientInvolvement
January 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Applying for an Academy Starter Grant?
You can also apply for our PPI Fund and receive up to £2.5K to directly remunerate PPI contributors who help shape your application.
📅 Starter Grants open this month - stay tuned!
👉 Learn more on how to apply: bit.ly/4poPHoJ
#PatientInvolvement
You can also apply for our PPI Fund and receive up to £2.5K to directly remunerate PPI contributors who help shape your application.
📅 Starter Grants open this month - stay tuned!
👉 Learn more on how to apply: bit.ly/4poPHoJ
#PatientInvolvement
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Join us Jan 20 as Prof. Edward Waddell explores dietary preferences in black soldier flies. His research shows adults live an average of 4-6 days longer and mate more frequently when given their preferred diet—revealing practical pathways to improve welfare for trillions farmed annually.
Register:
Register:
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Dietary preferences and impacts of feeding on behavior, longevity, and reproduction in adult black solider flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae; Hermetia illucens). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Edward Waddell | Assistant Professor, Biology | Holy Family University The black soldier fly (BSF; Hermetia illucens; Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is a novel mini-livestock species now reared in the…
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January 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Join us Jan 20 as Prof. Edward Waddell explores dietary preferences in black soldier flies. His research shows adults live an average of 4-6 days longer and mate more frequently when given their preferred diet—revealing practical pathways to improve welfare for trillions farmed annually.
Register:
Register:
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The NHS takes FOI requests very seriously. When I joined, the training on getting answers to FOIs was rigorous.
FOI answers are routinely openly published:
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.nss.nhs.scot/publications...
FOI answers are routinely openly published:
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.nss.nhs.scot/publications...
Really interesting from Martin.
And do you know what else will be interesting if you're into freedom of information?
FOI Fest! Thursday 19 February, London/online, free, sign up now pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
And do you know what else will be interesting if you're into freedom of information?
FOI Fest! Thursday 19 February, London/online, free, sign up now pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
January 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The NHS takes FOI requests very seriously. When I joined, the training on getting answers to FOIs was rigorous.
FOI answers are routinely openly published:
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.nss.nhs.scot/publications...
FOI answers are routinely openly published:
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.nss.nhs.scot/publications...
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From strategic vision to intelligent infrastructure and empowered people, Data Matters 2026 will equip you with the insight, connections and confidence to lead with clarity and impact. Registrations close next week, have you got your ticket yet?
#academicsky
#academicsky
Data Matters 2026 - Jisc
jisc.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 10:38 AM
From strategic vision to intelligent infrastructure and empowered people, Data Matters 2026 will equip you with the insight, connections and confidence to lead with clarity and impact. Registrations close next week, have you got your ticket yet?
#academicsky
#academicsky
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'UK universities must evolve to deliver the brighter future people want'
Prof. Malcolm Press CBE, President of UUK, sets out some of the key challenges for the sector in 2026, as well as introducing a new project connecting businesses and communities🤝
The full piece⬇️
https://loom.ly/AMt3Sn0
Prof. Malcolm Press CBE, President of UUK, sets out some of the key challenges for the sector in 2026, as well as introducing a new project connecting businesses and communities🤝
The full piece⬇️
https://loom.ly/AMt3Sn0
UK universities must evolve to deliver the brighter future people want
If 2025 was about establishing stability, in 2026 our focus must turn to building for the future, says UUK president Malcolm Press
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:56 AM
'UK universities must evolve to deliver the brighter future people want'
Prof. Malcolm Press CBE, President of UUK, sets out some of the key challenges for the sector in 2026, as well as introducing a new project connecting businesses and communities🤝
The full piece⬇️
https://loom.ly/AMt3Sn0
Prof. Malcolm Press CBE, President of UUK, sets out some of the key challenges for the sector in 2026, as well as introducing a new project connecting businesses and communities🤝
The full piece⬇️
https://loom.ly/AMt3Sn0
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Happy New Year! To get 2026 off to a good start, why not join the first ReproducibiliTea session of the year from 10-11:30AM (online) on Wednesday 7th? Our theme is "how to work openly?" and we'll be hearing from 3 wonderful speakers – Dr Mahesh Karnani, Dr Emma Ganley, and Dr Danny Schnitzler
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Happy New Year! To get 2026 off to a good start, why not join the first ReproducibiliTea session of the year from 10-11:30AM (online) on Wednesday 7th? Our theme is "how to work openly?" and we'll be hearing from 3 wonderful speakers – Dr Mahesh Karnani, Dr Emma Ganley, and Dr Danny Schnitzler
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2026 is continuing where 2025 left off with a focus on alternatives to animal use in research and testing. Today the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology published a POSTnote on this topic highlighting the opportunities and challenges: post.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Technology alternatives to animals in life sciences research
How is the UK replacing animal testing with technology alternatives? What are the opportunities, risks and barriers?
post.parliament.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:25 PM
2026 is continuing where 2025 left off with a focus on alternatives to animal use in research and testing. Today the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology published a POSTnote on this topic highlighting the opportunities and challenges: post.parliament.uk/research-bri...
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"The most ambitious thing we could do... is to meaningfully invest in metascientific research"
Hopefully more metascience funding will come from @ukri.org that isn't tied to narrow aims or definitions of metascience.
Hopefully more metascience funding will come from @ukri.org that isn't tied to narrow aims or definitions of metascience.
The Max Planck Society has begun an exploratory round table for open science. We are drafting some recommendations to leadership. Still a long way to go! But here are my notes on the most recent draft, just so you all know how I am trying to steer things.
December 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The most ambitious thing we could do... is to meaningfully invest in metascientific research"
Hopefully more metascience funding will come from @ukri.org that isn't tied to narrow aims or definitions of metascience.
Hopefully more metascience funding will come from @ukri.org that isn't tied to narrow aims or definitions of metascience.
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Very happy to have received a replication grant from NWO! We will be reproducing power analyses of large scale replication projects, to learn how to improve power analyses, and increase quality control in large team Science projects! www.openscience.nl/en/news/27-s...
27 studies re-examined | Open Science NL
Open Science NL has awarded funding to 27 applicants to replicate earlier studies. They will reanalyse original data, repeat experiments, and replicate studies with slight variations to the original…
www.openscience.nl
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Very happy to have received a replication grant from NWO! We will be reproducing power analyses of large scale replication projects, to learn how to improve power analyses, and increase quality control in large team Science projects! www.openscience.nl/en/news/27-s...
How can universities make better, evidence-informed decisions about research strategy and culture?
Our new COMET blog explores this question!
comet.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/12/10/w...
Our new COMET blog explores this question!
comet.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/12/10/w...
Welcome to the COMET blog! | Comet Blog | UK Reproducibility Network
comet.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How can universities make better, evidence-informed decisions about research strategy and culture?
Our new COMET blog explores this question!
comet.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/12/10/w...
Our new COMET blog explores this question!
comet.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/12/10/w...
UKRN welcomes REF’s renewed focus on collaboration and strategy. Institutions can now highlight partnerships in their REF statements to promote responsible research. Read more:
www.ukrn.org/2025/12/16/r...
www.ukrn.org/2025/12/16/r...
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
UKRN welcomes REF’s renewed focus on collaboration and strategy. Institutions can now highlight partnerships in their REF statements to promote responsible research. Read more:
www.ukrn.org/2025/12/16/r...
www.ukrn.org/2025/12/16/r...
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The second interview in our series "Preprints and the Global South" features Prof. To Thi Mai Huong from the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, interviewed by the 2025 ASAPbio Fellow Jimeng Li, a PhD student from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
Preprints and the Global South: An Interview with To Thi Mai Huong
Jimeng Li, a PhD student from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, interviews Prof. To Thi Mai Huong from the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (also called Vietnam – France…
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December 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The second interview in our series "Preprints and the Global South" features Prof. To Thi Mai Huong from the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, interviewed by the 2025 ASAPbio Fellow Jimeng Li, a PhD student from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
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We're thrilled to open registration for our 1st 2026 Replication Games. The event will be at the University of Zurich on January 19th.
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We're thrilled to open registration for our 1st 2026 Replication Games. The event will be at the University of Zurich on January 19th.
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
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Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
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#statstab #478 Stuck between Zero and One: Modelling Non-Count Proportions with Beta and Dirichlet Regression
Thoughts: A few resources for proportion data.
#Dirichlet #proportions #betareg #count #tutorial
methodsblog.com/2019/08/06/b...
Thoughts: A few resources for proportion data.
#Dirichlet #proportions #betareg #count #tutorial
methodsblog.com/2019/08/06/b...
Stuck between Zero and One: Modelling Non-Count Proportions with Beta and Dirichlet Regression
Post provided by JAMES WEEDON & BOB DOUMA Chinese translation provided by Zishen Wang 這篇博客文章也有中文版 Imagine the scene: you’re presenting your exciting research results at an important internation…
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December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
#statstab #478 Stuck between Zero and One: Modelling Non-Count Proportions with Beta and Dirichlet Regression
Thoughts: A few resources for proportion data.
#Dirichlet #proportions #betareg #count #tutorial
methodsblog.com/2019/08/06/b...
Thoughts: A few resources for proportion data.
#Dirichlet #proportions #betareg #count #tutorial
methodsblog.com/2019/08/06/b...
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Rapidly-growing research and data demands have prompted many institutions to develop cross-functional models that combine the strengths of libraries, IT, research computing, and research administration.
🏛️ Four institutions reflect on building cross-campus collaborations:
🏛️ Four institutions reflect on building cross-campus collaborations:
It Takes a Campus: Building Cross-Campus Collaborations to Support Research Computing and Data Needs
The Center for Open Science brought together librarians and research professionals for a webinar on how institutions develop cross-campus models to meet evolving research and computing data needs. The event featured speakers from OSF Institutions members Duke University, Princeton University, and UC Berkeley, as well as NC State University.
www.cos.io
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Rapidly-growing research and data demands have prompted many institutions to develop cross-functional models that combine the strengths of libraries, IT, research computing, and research administration.
🏛️ Four institutions reflect on building cross-campus collaborations:
🏛️ Four institutions reflect on building cross-campus collaborations: