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Asier Moneva
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Criminologist | Researcher in cybercrime @nscr-instituut.bsky.social & The Hague University of Applied Sciences | Co-Chair @opencriminology.bsky.social

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Asier Moneva @asiermoneva.com · Sep 18
🚨 It's been a long time in the making, but I'm happy it's finally out!

Standing on the shoulders of giants, in this preprint we propose an avenue for theoretical development in the field of environmental (cyber)criminology with practical applications for crime analysis.

bsky.app/profile/soca...
The title page of the preprint. Title: The Topology of Cyberspace and Cybercrime Journeys: A Framework for Analyzing Online Offender Mobility Authors: Asier Moneva, Stijn Ruiter, and Wim Bernasco Abstract: This paper introduces a novel framework for analyzing online offender mobility. Drawing on multidisciplinary insights, we extend two established criminological models for studying offline offending—the geometry of crime and crime journeys—by adapting their core concepts to cyberspace and developing a topology in which the cyber place is defined and becomes the unit of analysis. Just as offenders travel before, during, and after committing crime offline, we argue they also undertake trips before, during, and after committing cybercrime, and that like offline journeys these cybercrime journeys comprise identifiable and measurable components. We further distinguish between human journeys (what offenders perceive) and data journeys (what happens to the information they transmit). We explicitly demonstrate how concepts from the geometry of crime and crime journeys translate from offline to online crime and mobility. This approach enables the systematic formulation of research questions and the measurement of behavioral patterns, facilitating the generation and accumulation of knowledge on cybercrime offending. The paper illustrates the framework’s theoretical relevance within environmental criminology and its practical application for cybercrime analysis through concrete examples. Schematic representation of a cybercrime journey. Hindu-Arabic numerals represent the sequence of cyber places visited by the user, while Roman numerals indicate the sequence of infrastructure nodes traversed by the data.
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hansonmark.bsky.social
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

a 🧵 1/n

Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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nivette.bsky.social
Do you think about time in criminology? ⏰ Do you think about how we can better specify temporal processes and effects in theory and research? Consider contributing to a new special collection! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Feel free to send a message if you have any questions!
📣 Call for papers - special collection! 🕰️Rethinking time in developmental criminology The concept of time is integral to developmental and life course criminology. By definition, developmental… | J...
📣 Call for papers - special collection! 🕰️Rethinking time in developmental criminology The concept of time is integral to developmental and life course criminology. By definition, developmental and ...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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jjmedina.bsky.social
Ok,a very informal survey. I need suggestions as to the best UG programs in criminology, criminal justice, crime science internationally. Context: we need to persuade my Uni of what the contents have to be for our reformed program & need to arm myself with arguments and good examples
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
asiermoneva.com
One of the advantages of preprinting your work is that you can improve it and update it on the go.

Based on the feedback we received, we've added an empirical proof-of-concept of our framework, applying it to a human journey to web hacking.

🔗 Open materials: osf.io/54tga/
🔜 Preprint v2
Multiple representations of a human journey to web hacking. a, above) The journey as a network, with activity nodes and paths highlighted according to visit and transition frequency, and time spent. b, in the middle) Four sequential snapshots of the network to depict the journey’s progression over time. c, below) A line graph showing the step-by-step journey across time and cyber place.
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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mattashby.com
I haven’t read the full piece, but the argument in the quote seems to be of the form “some good were produced without this” (leaving unsaid “and quite a lot of bad results, too”).

But the argument for pre-registration isn’t that it leads to good results, it’s that it makes results more trustworthy.
November 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
asiermoneva.com
Hello Criminology journals! 👋🏼
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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mattashby.com
Great afternoon talking with Durham Constabulary leaders about how to make police problem solving really work.

If you’d like me to come and talk about making problem-oriented policing effective and sustainable, I don’t charge for talks to police forces. So please get in touch!
Flowchart illustrating the importance of both short-term and long-term responses. The process begins with a leftward arrow labeled “scanning,” leading to two parallel arrows: “short-term response” above and “analysis” below. A red stop sign appears at the end of the short-term response path, indicating its limit. Analysis continues forward into a third arrow labeled “long-term response.” The upper caption reads, “Have a short-term and a long-term response.” “Priority: rapid implementation” is noted above the short-term response, while “Priority: sustainability” appears below the long-term response, emphasizing the balance between urgency and lasting solutions.
October 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
asiermoneva.com
Your review is due. 💀
criminologist.bsky.social Alex Sutherland @criminologist.bsky.social · Oct 12
Full [ethics review/data-sharing agreement]* required

*Delete as appropriate
seema.bsky.social Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · Oct 12
Congratulations, you're department chair.
October 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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cos.io
🟢 OSF is back online with a refreshed design.

We’ve rolled out the updated OSF design, making it faster, easier to navigate, and ready for future improvements. Log in, explore the new experience, and see what’s changed: osf.io.
October 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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hannesrusch.bsky.social
🚨 WE ARE HIRING! 🚨

Looking for a PhD-student to help us study the damages caused by cybercriminals. 🕵‍♂️⌨️🖥️ 📈

Join our interdisciplinary consortium of cybercrime researchers for your PhD journey!

All information & job details: csl.mpg.de/en/career/

We look forward to your applications! #EconSky
October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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isabellevdv.bsky.social
PhD opportunity on online hate among youth (Dutch required). Come work with us! #DutchAcademia #AcademicJobs www.uu.nl/organisatie/...
PhD: Cyberhaat begrijpen en aanpakken
Wil jij een bijdrage leveren aan het beter begrijpen, in kaart brengen en aanpakken van cyberhaat? Dan is deze positie iets voor jou!
www.uu.nl
October 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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retractionwatch.com
The top editors of a criminology journal have stepped down after the society in charge of the publication assessed concerns about manuscript review times.
Editors of criminology journal resign amid concern about review times
The top editors of a criminology journal have stepped down after the society in charge of the publication assessed concerns about manuscript review times.  The board of the American Society of…
retractionwatch.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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opencriminology.bsky.social
Hello! ENOC is on BlueSky now. We are a working group of the @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social dedicated to the promotion, training, application and rewarding of open research in criminology. Check out our website for more: esc-enoc.github.io
European Network for Open Criminology
esc-enoc.github.io
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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posit.co
The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉

This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.

Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...

BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders

#RStats
ggplot2 hex with tada emoji. Text: Join the v4.0.0 release party with Teun van den Brand and the ggplot2 extenders, Oct 3 at 3pm Et, bit.ly/join-gg-extenders
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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cos.io
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam advances open science with an integrated approach to connecting infrastructure, training, & policy. Their model brings together librarians, data stewards, & systems managers to support researchers & help meet complex regulatory requirements.

💡:
Member Spotlight: Collaboration & Stewardship Across the Research Lifecycle at VU
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is advancing open science by building coordinated support for their research community through an integrated model that connects infrastructure, training, and policy development.
www.cos.io
September 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
asiermoneva.com
🚨 It's been a long time in the making, but I'm happy it's finally out!

Standing on the shoulders of giants, in this preprint we propose an avenue for theoretical development in the field of environmental (cyber)criminology with practical applications for crime analysis.

bsky.app/profile/soca...
The title page of the preprint. Title: The Topology of Cyberspace and Cybercrime Journeys: A Framework for Analyzing Online Offender Mobility Authors: Asier Moneva, Stijn Ruiter, and Wim Bernasco Abstract: This paper introduces a novel framework for analyzing online offender mobility. Drawing on multidisciplinary insights, we extend two established criminological models for studying offline offending—the geometry of crime and crime journeys—by adapting their core concepts to cyberspace and developing a topology in which the cyber place is defined and becomes the unit of analysis. Just as offenders travel before, during, and after committing crime offline, we argue they also undertake trips before, during, and after committing cybercrime, and that like offline journeys these cybercrime journeys comprise identifiable and measurable components. We further distinguish between human journeys (what offenders perceive) and data journeys (what happens to the information they transmit). We explicitly demonstrate how concepts from the geometry of crime and crime journeys translate from offline to online crime and mobility. This approach enables the systematic formulation of research questions and the measurement of behavioral patterns, facilitating the generation and accumulation of knowledge on cybercrime offending. The paper illustrates the framework’s theoretical relevance within environmental criminology and its practical application for cybercrime analysis through concrete examples. Schematic representation of a cybercrime journey. Hindu-Arabic numerals represent the sequence of cyber places visited by the user, while Roman numerals indicate the sequence of infrastructure nodes traversed by the data.
September 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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iainbrennan.bsky.social
The bit I'd add to this great piece is about language. The end-goal of OS is not openness but more dependable research findings, qual or quant. We need to start talking about research claims along a spectrum of 'credibility'.
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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davidbuil.bsky.social
New short piece on the European Network for Open Criminology site with Torbjørn Skardhamar:
Reduce the Costs and Increase the Benefits of Open Science
esc-enoc.github.io/how-to/cost-...
Reduce the Costs and Increase the Benefits of Open Science – European Network for Open Criminology
Find out how shifting incentives can make open science the norm.
esc-enoc.github.io
September 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
asiermoneva.com
Researchers often perceive 'barriers' to practicing #OpenScience, whether it’s publishing open access, sharing data, or pre-registering studies.

Last week at @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social, I presented our work at NSCR identifying 36 such distinct barriers.

Do you recognize them in your own work?
Tile chart showing 36 barriers to practicing open science, grouped by barrier type and by open science practice. The five barrier categories, based on National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2018), are: costs and infrastructure (3 barriers); structure of scholarly communications (8); lack of supportive culture, incentives, and training (15); privacy, security, and proprietary barriers to sharing (8); and (intra)disciplinary differences (2). Barriers are also grouped by nine open science practices: publishing open access (4 barriers), publishing preprints (5), sharing open code (4), sharing open data (6), sharing open materials (2), conducting open peer review (4), using open source software (4), pre-registering research (3), and disclosing contribution roles (4).
September 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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thomasp85.com
I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.

It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.

Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
ggplot2 4.0.0
A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
asiermoneva.com
If I ever celebrate a "# of citations" milestone, please slap me with a fish.
September 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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lisatompson.bsky.social
We've built registered reports into @evidencebasejnl.bsky.social to try and help with that 🤓
September 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
asiermoneva.com
This has to be the coolest conference badge ever!
Conference badge crafted from a floppy disk, with the attendee’s name printed on the disk’s label in a retro-style font. From the Human Factor in Cybercrime Conference 2025, hosted in Copenhagen.
September 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
asiermoneva.com
We're excited to keep pushing open science in criminology! Big responsibility too. 😅

One thing’s clear from the notes I took during our last meeting: ENOC is bursting with ideas and we’ll work hard to realize them!

#OpenScience #OpenCrim
Some notes I took during ENOC's pre-conference meeting at EUROCRIM. My handwriting is terrible, so I still need to figure out parts of it. But there are a lot of bullet points, which means a lot of ideas too.
September 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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davidbuil.bsky.social
The European Network for Open Criminology has a new team of co-Chairs: @asiermoneva.com, @isabellevdv.bsky.social
and @alextrinidad.bsky.social. What a team! 🔒🗝️
Read more about ENOC here: esc-enoc.github.io
European Network for Open Criminology
esc-enoc.github.io
September 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM