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If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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First paper is form the #MetricsLiteracy project. They tested the use of videos to educate on the h-index. You can see one here:
youtu.be/HSf79S3XkJw?...
#StiEnid2025

Really lovely little video! I felt very sorry for the poor sad English professor.

In the lead up to this year's STI-ENID Conference in Bristol (3-5 September 2025), we are happy to announce this year's Women in Science Policy (WISP Event).

Read more here: www.stienid2025.org/wisp

And don't forget to register to take part!

The blog of @cwts.nl @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social world-leading #scientometrics centre, has spotlighted #GAIDeT. The question is no longer if #AI use in research should be declared, but how to do it transparently and responsibly. 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/gai... #AcademicPublishing

This week on Wonkhe: Sophie Crouchman and Laura Jackson introduce a programme to develop data-confident staff to add value to everything universities do

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📢 At #Metascience2025, Science Minister Lord Vallance launched 2 major reports on UK metascience:

🔹 A Year in Metascience
🔹 The Past, Present and Future of UK Metascience - co-authored with RoRI

Together, they offer the most comprehensive picture yet of UK metascience: www.gov.uk/government/p...

🌍 Together with our partners, we’re reshaping research systems.

RoRI’s new Impact Report shares what we’ve achieved with 30 funders across 15 countries – and where we’re heading next: rori.figshare.com/articles/rep...

"The NIH didn’t respond to a query about how it will check for compliance."

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

Should @orcid.org replace all other researcher identifier systems? The answer is No according to the @morebrains.coop: It's "ORCID and…," not "ORCID or…". Read about how ORCID complements national, disciplinary and proprietary researcher identifier systems in this informative white paper.

This Friday, we’re launching Funding by Algorithm - a new major publication from RoRI on responsible AI use in research funding.

Join us online to hear from funders and experts driving this important conversation: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launching-...

We're hosting a UKRI Policy Fellow!

Work with us on contextualised admissions and help shape fairer HE access.

Open to researchers in education, policy, economics, sociology + more.

Apply by 15 July: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

💥New: Today is #AutisticPrideDay, let’s talk about accessibility in academic #publishing

Akhilesh Ayer, CEO cactusglobal.bsky.social‬, shares tips to improve accessibility—adding alt-text, multilingual audio, translations, headings & navigable layouts

🎉 On Monday, 16 June at 4 pm (CEST), our colleague Thed van Leeuwen will deliver his inaugural lecture "Academic life at a crossroads" (in Dutch).

Attend in person? Register here 👉 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
or watch the live stream 👉 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/academic-...

The h-index is frequently used, but it has many shortcomings. Colleagues at #ScholCommLab made two educational videos explaining why it should never be used in isolation when evaluating researchers. Read more in our guest blog by @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca & team sfdora.org/2025/04/07/i...