"45 editors handled only 1.3% of all articles published by PLoS ONE, but accounted for more than 30% of retractions. Twenty-five of these editors also authored papers in PLoS ONE that were later retracted."

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fantastic new paper by @reeserichardson.bsky.social et al.

An enormous amount of work showing the extent of coordinated scientific fraud and involvement of some editors.
The number of fraudulent publications grows at a rate far outpacing that of legitimate science.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The "Standard Error error," which confuses SE and SD in computing effect sizes, is not uncommon, unfortunately. I've noticed those when re-analyzing some meta-analyses. It's actually easy for a meta-analyst to avoid such errors-- when an ES looks a bit too big to be true, re-examine your analysis.

For anyone on the Communication job market this year S. Rutherford McEwan has put together an excellent spreadsheet for 2025-2026 openings. Highly recommend checking it out (whether you're applying or hiring):

docs.getgrist.com/rHppfvPrMDQd...

#commsky #academicsky #communication

🚨 We are hiring at Penn State! My college (@bellisariograded.bsky.social‬) is hiring an Assistant Professor in Health/Science Communication (emphasis on social scientific approaches).

I'm leading the search, so feel free to reach out with any questions.

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

📣 CFP: Special Issue at Human Communication Research

📌 Theme: Advancements in the Study of Causal Mechanisms across Communication Contexts

👤 Guest Editor：R. Lance Holbert

🗓 September 15, 2025: Extended Abstracts Deadline

🔗 academic.oup.com/hcr/pages/ca...

As I am going over old blog posts, here is a nice blog by @bwroberts.bsky.social on qualities in graduate students that, in his opinion, lead to a successful career in academia. Still very good advice. pigee.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/a...

"Reform is hard partly because we have to reform everything at once—what good is it to train students to do better science when better science won’t be rewarded? Are we just setting them up to exit academia?"

I struggle with this a lot and sometimes feel like a drag on their career.

Indeed, when rigorous evidence of error is provided, especially for a meta-analysis (which tends to get cited more and carry more influence), it is enough to warrant attention-- Timely damage control is important.

A great model article for replication studies. Glad to see it published in JOC!

I won't be there but Tobias will represent us well! Looking forward to everyone's feedback 💬

New Preprint: "A Simple Future For Media Effects"

@lennertcoenen.bsky.social, @yesuncomm.bsky.social, & I critically discuss our field's current emphasis on complexity.

Instead, we argue to value description, prioritize regularities, formalize models, and unify theories.

osf.io/preprints/os...