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Peer review innovation lead at Elsevier;
chair of Peer Review Workbench @peerreviewresearch.bsky.social
Vice president of EASE @easeeditors.bsky.social
Posting on #PeerReview #ScholarlyPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #PRW #Academiclife #climatejustic
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Among 134 higher-impact journals, 36 required, 98 recommended #datasharing. Most studies intended to share data for purposes and by mechanisms at the discretion of and subject to approval by the PI, without supporting documents or specified timeframes
Researcher Adherence to Journal Data Sharing Policies: A Meta-Research Study - Peer Review Congress
Aidan Christopher Tan,1,2 Yiyi Lin,1 Michellie Lian,1 Zhilin Ren,1 Tony Lian,1 Vincent Yuan,3 Angela Webster,1 Anna Lene Seidler1 Objective We aimed to describe researcher adherence to journal data sharing policies across health research. This included describing what factors increase intention to share data and how journal policies requiring data sharing impact intended data sharing. Design Read more...
peerreviewcongress.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When asked what do you do if an author doesn't adhere to your policy Robert Thibault indicates "we provide annual summary of their open science activities: here is what you could have done, and here is what you have done". It works!
#openscience #PRC10
@asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org’s #OpenScience policy and compliance workflow — requiring grantees to post preprints, deposit research outputs, unambiguously i.d. research inputs — led to increases in all outcomes and activities.
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September 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Ethical review boards in Sweden handled 20,440 applications 2021-23, mostly amendments, primarily from health care systems (51%), universities (42%), & corporations (3%). COVID-19 studies had expedited processing times (median t to decision, 51 vs 63d; P < .001). @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @ki.se
September 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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In 2014-23 China experienced rapid growth in RCTs, surpassing Japan & the US. Neoplastic, CV, metabolic disease accounted for the largest percentages, each representing ~15-25% of all registered trials. In the US, mental health trials increased, reflecting growing interest in the area.
September 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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@asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org’s #OpenScience policy and compliance workflow — requiring grantees to post preprints, deposit research outputs, unambiguously i.d. research inputs — led to increases in all outcomes and activities.
peerreviewcongress.o...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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RT: Results: 102 publications in last year.
Most manuscripts do good job in sharing data, but large increase in sharing from manuscript stage to publication.
Research record should not just include vetted claim, but stands upon peer review, analysis, raw data, procedures, and lab materials.
#PRC10
September 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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@bmehmani.bsky.social and mine work (and interview) is featured in the Nature's News on Peer Review - nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02457-2. Reminder that for 2,857 Elsevier journals, Md 7 reviewers are invited, 2 accept, within Md 9 days of being invited - see: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
August 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Would you like to work with an #EarthScience journal, publishing key regional research in Denmark, Greenland & the North Atlantic? We are looking for a part-time Journal Manager (maternity cover) to support the editorial team at our flagship, diamond #OpenAccess journal. Read more:
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July 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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The Peer Review Workbench #dataset is updated with all Elsevier #journals & manuscripts metadata from
January 2018 to December 2024!
www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...
Meet the advisory board at #Metascience2025 next week!
#PeerReview #PeerReviewWorkbench #AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #Transparency
June 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
How do you check on your loved ones when there is a total operation outage in their country?
June 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
peer review committee of @easeeditors.bsky.social published a new item in its toolkit guiding journals on how to assess peer review quality: ease.org.uk/communities/...

@mariomalicki.bsky.social @jadrankaos.bsky.social #Peerreview #quality
How to Assess Peer Review Quality - EASE
ease.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The peer review congress in Chicago @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social announced its program. I won't travel to the US in these uncertain times. Don't miss @mariomalicki.bsky.social presentation of our work #peerreview

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10th Peer Review Congress - Peer Review Congress
peerreviewcongress.org
June 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Are you an author who has gone through a journal peer review process but hasn’t done any peer review? I would like to know what do you think about peer review quality in a 1- hour online interview session. DM me if you’re willing to share #peerreview#quality
June 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Choke in your web of lies, Duo.
June 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Peer review workbench dataset is updated! We have all Elsevier jnls and manuscripts metadata from 1-1-2019 to 1-1-2025! Check our updated white paper here:
ssrn.com/abstract=421...

@peerreviewresearch.bsky.social @mariomalicki.bsky.social @easeeditors.bsky.social @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social
Analysing Elsevier Journal Metadata with a New Specialized Workbench inside ICSR Lab
In this white paper we introduce Elsevier's Peer Review Workbench which will be available via the computational platform ICSR Lab. The workbench offers a unique
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June 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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In the science communication session, one speaker pointed out that 30% of the public did not know the Moon was smaller than the Earth, but they still support science. #SSP2025 So many academics don't appreciate or think that public science communication is a worthwhile effort, particularly in hiring
May 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Warning!! This is a self-promotion post: @easeeditors.bsky.social has a new president: ease.org.uk/about-us/his...
EASE Presidents 1982-2027 - EASE
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May 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A new and insightful systematic review on #peerreviewquality that is a wealth of tips, best practices, guidelines, and instructions:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Defining quality in peer review reports: a scoping review - Knowledge and Information Systems
This study examines the challenge of defining quality in peer-review reports, a crucial yet underexplored aspect of academic publishing. Reviewers are vital gatekeepers of scientific knowledge, but un...
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May 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I have been editor for many Registered Reports and many traditional articles, and it is truly amazing how null results suddenly appear all over the place in Registered Reports. Almost as if there is some problem with our traditional approach. Someone should look into that.
If you work in psychology in a research area without Registered Reports, you will see that the main hypotheses in papers are almost always supported. If your peers publish Registered Reports, you will also have access to null results, which should be very common. doi.org/10.1177/2515...
May 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The editors of Intelligence-based medicine (published by Elsevier) warn about using Gen AI in the manuscript peer review process:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266652122500050X
#GenAI #peerreview
May 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Day 3 at #easeconference. My colleague @morebrains.coop, @alicemeadows.bsky.social giving the keynote on author identity in the age of misinformation
May 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Iryna Izarova of University of Ukraine is presenting on the challenges of conducting scientific publishing in an occupied country.
Appropriation of research and publications robs countries of their intellectual identity and violates academic freedom.
#easeconference
May 16, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Really important points by Sofie Wennström, speaking about @thinkchecksub.bsky.social at #easeconference.
In the discussion about author behaviour when it comes to predatory journals, poor university / employer support and training isn't talked about enough
May 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Very much on the theme of our conference this week.

#EASEoslo
Foreign adversaries are pumping disinformation into our social media networks, but we know very little about the consequences let alone how to ameliorate them.

For years, Republicans have harassed us for studying this. Now, NSF has canceled all funding. It’s a profound lapse in national security.
Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I’m thinking of putting a working group proposal together for NISO to standardize the terminology @nicolinevdl.bsky.social @nisoinfo.bsky.social
One reason it's so hard to fight disinformation is that experts don't agree on the definition -
@vetpathophile.bsky.social #easeconference
May 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM