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catmacoa.bsky.social
thoughtful analysis about Clarivate's latest actions from James Butcher: open.substack.com/pub/journalo...
Cureus loses its impact factor
Web of Science announces "Editorial De-listing"
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October 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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We're looking forward to this webinar on the outputs from our community engagement work with @ukri.org on their #OpenAccess policy. Speakers include Melissa Harrison @ebi.embl.org Catriona MacCallum @wiley.com & Agustina Martinez-Garcia @uniofcam.bsky.social & UKCoRR.
ukri.org UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · Aug 13
We're running a webinar on the 'Improving the Open Access Research Information Landscape' report.

🗓️3 September
⏰11:00 - 12:00

Join us to hear about the report's findings and discuss the future of the open access research information landscape.

Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1b6a1e...
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August 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Born #OnThisDay in 1953 was ecologist and conservation scientist Georgina Mace FRS, who transformed our understanding of of #biodiversity loss. A recent @royalsocietypublishing.org #PhilTransB issue looked at building on her legacy: #WomenInSTEM royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
July 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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danbrockington.bsky.social
This is a fascinating exuberant overview of one of the most exciting fields I've worked in in years. Kudos to the authors for putting it together.

@paolocrosetto.bsky.social @MarkHanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy @pagomba.bsky.social
jameswilsdon.bsky.social James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · Jul 1
The past, present & future of UK metascience: new paper by me, @ludowaltman.bsky.social @andre-brasil.bsky.social & Ben Steyn

Published yesterday by DSIT as part of the govt’s ‘A Year in Metascience’ report

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July 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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jameswilsdon.bsky.social
For me, Kelvin Katukula Mubiana of Namibia’s NCRST was one of the stars of #Metascience2025. Here he is doing an interview about the conference on the NBC (Namibia’s state broadcaster) youtu.be/ZByH9Ni2VJ8?...
THE DAILY ROUNDUP WITH NINA | NCRST advances Metascience for better policy - nbc
YouTube video by NBC Digital News
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July 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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veramikkila.bsky.social
#Metascience2025 jatkuu. Cassidy Sugimoton (Georgia Institute of Technology) piti puhua aiheesta How to become a science superpower. Sattuneesta syystä aiheena on How to lose leadership in science. Laskelmien perusteella USA menettää johtoasemansa tieteessä Kiinalle yhden vuoden sisällä.
Esitysdialla kuviot, joissa näkyy tutkimusrahoituksen jyrkkä lasku USAssa kaikilla tieteenaloilla.
July 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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warrenpearce.bsky.social
This is an excellent presentation on geographies of science with some very persuasive metrics. The rate of geographical self-citation in US science was particularly striking #metascience2025
tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · Jul 1
Cassidy Sugimoto pulls no punches in diagnosing the science policy effects of the current US administration

#metascience2025
Photo. Slide says "current us policies strongly reduce our ability to create, recruit and retain a skilled scientific workforce"
July 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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jameswilsdon.bsky.social
Stellar panel to kick off Day 2 of #Metascience2025

A passionate & brilliant opening keynote by @crsugimoto.bsky.social surveying the outlook for US & global science.

Followed by @fidlerfm.bsky.social, John Ioannidis, Lin Zhang & Andy Stirling. Superbly chaired by Chonnettia Jones.
July 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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warrenpearce.bsky.social
Great read and good context for our all-star, international panel this morning "Are metascientists reinventing the wheel?" 🪄🛞⁉️ #metascience2025
nomadit.co.uk/conference/m...

11.30am in Logan Hall ⏰
Critics argue that metascience merely reinvents the wheel of other academic fields. Through a range of disciplinary, historical and geographical perspectives, this panel asks what is new about metascience, and why it may have captured greater attention than previous research and reform initiatives. Long Abstract Critics argue that metascience is merely reinventing the wheel, as fields such as History and Philosophy of Science, Science and Technology Studies, and Science of Science have long examined issues like scientific error and alternative research structures. In response, this panel asks what, if anything, is new about metascience, and why it may have captured greater attention than previous research and reform initiatives. These questions are addressed through a range of disciplinary, historical and geographical perspectives, featuring scholars with extensive cross-disciplinary experience. Nicole Nelson & Fiona Fidler discuss how a focus on how deteriorating labor conditions of academic work have both incentivized suboptimal scientific practices, and prompted greater openness to reform, providing metascience with a greater opportunity for change than the previous statistical reform movement. Hui Li discusses the rise, decline and resurgence of metascience in China, since the 1980s, using the case of the historical development of Science of Science in Shanghai. Qi Wu will present the VirSci project—an AI-based simulation of scientific collaboration—as an example of how policy-driven Science of Science research in Shanghai is evolving toward new process-based inquiries. Felipe Romero argues that more engagement between metascience and philosophy of science can avoid reinventing the wheel. He will share insights from co-founding the Perspectives on Scientific Error Workshop, uniting philosophers and metascientists over seven editions. Bart Penders reflects on his experiences of STS-metascience encounters in which ‘good science’ and ‘quality’ are contested o…
July 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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behrenstimb.bsky.social
This is an excellent step towards transparency but it still hides the majority of reviews. The next (and most important) step is to publish all reviews and get rid of the arbitrary decision.
magdalenaskipper.bsky.social Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · Jun 16
From today, every paper submitted to Nature -if published - will be accompanied by peer reviewers comments & authors rebuttal.

We started the trial in 2020; we now want to open up the review process & showcase its role in shaping & improving papers
🧪 #AcademicSky

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers
From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.
www.nature.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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ludowaltman.bsky.social
Papers mills and other manipulative practices are major problem in scientific publishing system. Addressing this problem requires in-depth system-level understanding of dynamics leading to these practices. At @cwts.nl we have PhD position to work on this!

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
PhD Paper Mills and Systematic Manipulation in Research Publishing
PhD candidate Paper Mills and Systematic Manipulation in Research PublishingThe past decade has seen the rise of distinct new challenges for research integrity in the context of scientific publishing....
www.universiteitleiden.nl
April 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
catmacoa.bsky.social
Open for whom? Open how? Open at what cost? Questions and challenges that @oaspa.bsky.social is asking of itself and all those involved in scholarly communication. A really thoughtful and thought-provoking article about the complexities of open access by OASPA's Malavika Legge
April 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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plosbiology.org
Can we ever have too much #ecological field #data? This Perspective advocates for proper funding and resources to enable collection of long-term ecological data, which is essential to assess animal behavior and adaptation in the face of anthropogenic change 🧪
▶️ plos.io/44ir6tZ
The end of long-term ecological data?
Can we ever have too much ecological field data? Are data sharing norms and the environmental costs of travel disincentivizing its collection? This Perspective advocates for proper funding and resourc...
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April 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy
I'm delighted to have my "Firehose" Upstream article be the first blog post peer reviewed through @MetaROR . The reviews are very high quality and will make a future revision of this piece all the better. Thank you reviewers and editors!

https://metaror.org/kotahi/articles/40/index.html
MetaROR (@MetaROR@scicomm.xyz)
0 Posts, 9 Following, 13 Followers · MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) is a new platform for open peer review of metaresearch. The platform is currently being set up by @aimos@masto.ai and @RoRInstitute@indieweb.social and is expected to launch later in 2023.
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March 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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metaror.bsky.social
🧯 In perhaps the first time the Publish, Review, Curate model was applied to a blog post, today we publish @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy's "Drinking from the Firehose? Write More and Publish Less", previously out on Upstream.

👇 Find the post, editorial assessment & peer reviews on MetaROR
Drinking from the Firehose? Write More and Publish Less
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March 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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cos.io
Thank you for all the input so far on the Metascience Alliance! A wide range of perspectives is crucial for informing future development.

🗣️ Please continue to share this call. The feedback form is open through 3/16/25. (See further info in the thread below.)

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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ginnybarbour.bsky.social
Love this ⬇️⬇️
March 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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deevybee.bsky.social
ALLEA (European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities) Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States
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ALLEA Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States
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February 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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opencitations.bsky.social
The new logo of #OpenCitations is an evolution of the elements of the old one and embodies our values of openness, curiosity, and innovation:
Letter O = “Open”;
Letter C =“Citations”;
Eye = curiosity driving research;
<> = the semantic web technologies.
👉 opencitations.hypotheses.org/3797
February 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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clearskiesadam.bsky.social
This video is getting on for 2 years old. I've written dozens of blogs, and done other talks, webinars etc in the meantime, but people still ask me about this one. Apparently it's still of interest. It was certainly a lot of fun! @oaspa.bsky.social youtu.be/yOvpsQ7bDtA?...
Scholarly Communication in Crisis: Research Integrity and Open Scholarship
YouTube video by OASPA Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association
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February 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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eggletonkim.bsky.social
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February 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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oaspa.bsky.social
Happening today. Still time to join almost 700 others and register free at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

With help from our webinar sponsor Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org we are able to continue offering our webinars cost free.
Get in touch to hear how to support our webinars and work.
February 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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researchorgs.bsky.social
You can give feedback on the new version of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) through March 5, 2025. https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/public-comment-v2/ Help shape the future of scholarly infrastructure!
#POSI #OpenScholarlyInfrastructure
Proposed POSI 2.0 revisions
A request for public comment on proposed revisions to POSI.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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rouhiroo.bsky.social
Thanks to all you #academicsky #scholcomm legends we just hit 1000 signatories with more organizational ones on the way ✊ to @lschiff.bsky.social @alicemeadows.bsky.social @petersuber.bsky.social @camitchell.bsky.social 's leadership. SIGN/SHARE and #defendresearch docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...
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February 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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rouhiroo.bsky.social
Follow @petersuber.bsky.social ‘s work including signing our declaration to #defendresearch and #openscience from censorship - critical to preserving the life times of work destroyed hourly these days… docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM