Ian Mulvany
@ianmulvany.bsky.social
CTO BMJ. Based in Hackney. Irish. Climber. Parent. Make myself laugh.
#FutureSciPub I do agree with the comment that a core question is the need to have the conversation about what research is for, and that this is a discussion that should happen at the national level.
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#FutureSciPub I do agree with the comment that a core question is the need to have the conversation about what research is for, and that this is a discussion that should happen at the national level.
#FutureSciPub in my opinion the call from the current panel to have funders underwrite loss making infrastructure, while at the same time wanting feature improvement, is unrealistic.
July 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
#FutureSciPub in my opinion the call from the current panel to have funders underwrite loss making infrastructure, while at the same time wanting feature improvement, is unrealistic.
#FutureSciPub as Rebecca Lawrence mentioned, there are no shortage of “solutions” that have been developed. a hint - that the existence of these solutions have not solved the problems indicates that the problems lie elsewhere.
July 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#FutureSciPub as Rebecca Lawrence mentioned, there are no shortage of “solutions” that have been developed. a hint - that the existence of these solutions have not solved the problems indicates that the problems lie elsewhere.
#FutureSciPub - prof jinghai li - call for AI translation between languages. This is such a good idea, and now cost effective to do. I feel there is a moral and commercial imperative to do this.
July 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#FutureSciPub - prof jinghai li - call for AI translation between languages. This is such a good idea, and now cost effective to do. I feel there is a moral and commercial imperative to do this.
#FutureSciPub. Thought experiment. How would scielo work if it had 3.5 million submissions in a year? Could it continue to manage at a cost of $400 per article?
July 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
#FutureSciPub. Thought experiment. How would scielo work if it had 3.5 million submissions in a year? Could it continue to manage at a cost of $400 per article?
#FutureSciPub in case anyone missed it, post publication peer review through any system of engaging with the paper does not work, clear evidence ton Ijad from research gate, anyone holding that torch is misguided.
July 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#FutureSciPub in case anyone missed it, post publication peer review through any system of engaging with the paper does not work, clear evidence ton Ijad from research gate, anyone holding that torch is misguided.
#FutureSciPub the underlying underdiscussed topics - for me - AI, scale, identity systems. I have now 20+ short pages of notes. Much comments to come.
July 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#FutureSciPub the underlying underdiscussed topics - for me - AI, scale, identity systems. I have now 20+ short pages of notes. Much comments to come.
#FutureSciPub Philip Campbell mentions that like laws of physics, systems change funeral by funeral. Luckily many of the people at this meeting are ready to support change!
July 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#FutureSciPub Philip Campbell mentions that like laws of physics, systems change funeral by funeral. Luckily many of the people at this meeting are ready to support change!
#futurescipub It strikes me that the overlap between publishing/peer review for dissemination vs assessment is a bit like a thing sitting in a superposition of states. When we stare at is a bit the thing collapses in unpredictable ways.
July 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#futurescipub It strikes me that the overlap between publishing/peer review for dissemination vs assessment is a bit like a thing sitting in a superposition of states. When we stare at is a bit the thing collapses in unpredictable ways.
I gave a talk yesterday at Publisherspeak in london, some notes about that talk, and links to the slides - https://world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/slides-from-my-talk-about-the-future-of-scholarly-publishing-c4f8c297
slides from my talk about the future of scholarly publishing
I gave a talk at the publisherspeak event yesterday here in London. I wrote a somewhat tongue in cheek post at the beginning of the year about what might be true about scholarly publishing (https://world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/what-things-might-be-true-about-scholarly-publishing-11d227f3), and I've been wanting to put a more constructive ...
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May 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I gave a talk yesterday at Publisherspeak in london, some notes about that talk, and links to the slides - https://world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/slides-from-my-talk-about-the-future-of-scholarly-publishing-c4f8c297
Thought - as we get older our photo memories get increasingly filled with dead people. I wonder if services could make a filter about this.
May 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Thought - as we get older our photo memories get increasingly filled with dead people. I wonder if services could make a filter about this.
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Web traffic from AI tech companies is overwhelming journal websites — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:
cen.acs.org/policy/publi...
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AI bots are overwhelming some journals
Web traffic from the bots is disrupting journal websites, but chemistry titles aren’t yet inundated
cen.acs.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Web traffic from AI tech companies is overwhelming journal websites — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:
cen.acs.org/policy/publi...
@ianmulvany.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/policy/publi...
@ianmulvany.bsky.social
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With research funding for medicine and science weathering under Trump’s cuts, what can Americans who care about public health do?
@ashishkjha.bsky.social talks to @kamranabbasi.bsky.social about cuts, censhorship, and the resurgence of anti-vaccine beliefs with RFK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziM2...
@ashishkjha.bsky.social talks to @kamranabbasi.bsky.social about cuts, censhorship, and the resurgence of anti-vaccine beliefs with RFK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziM2...
April 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
With research funding for medicine and science weathering under Trump’s cuts, what can Americans who care about public health do?
@ashishkjha.bsky.social talks to @kamranabbasi.bsky.social about cuts, censhorship, and the resurgence of anti-vaccine beliefs with RFK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziM2...
@ashishkjha.bsky.social talks to @kamranabbasi.bsky.social about cuts, censhorship, and the resurgence of anti-vaccine beliefs with RFK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziM2...
Bloop bloop beep beep - bot problems.
AI Bot traffic - a real problem, right now.
We have been experiencing some disruption at BMJ due to actions needed to protect against AI bot traffic. After reading this post by eric Hellman https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2025/03/ai-bots-are-destroying-open-access.html I wanted to share some of our experiences. The issue is a real one. To quote one of my team “Unfortunately, ...
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March 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Bloop bloop beep beep - bot problems.
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The promise of AI in education is it will save educators time. That's rubbish. It's sapping all our time already in working groups, committees, workshops, and marking anxiety. It's the most time-sapping, exhausting and frankly boring thing I've ever encountered in HE - and it's in my research area.
March 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The promise of AI in education is it will save educators time. That's rubbish. It's sapping all our time already in working groups, committees, workshops, and marking anxiety. It's the most time-sapping, exhausting and frankly boring thing I've ever encountered in HE - and it's in my research area.
First Saturday morning swim in a while. Right knee still a bit tweak from snowboarding injury in December.
March 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
First Saturday morning swim in a while. Right knee still a bit tweak from snowboarding injury in December.
I highly recommend reading this piece about AI and DOGE
An important read about the political implications of LLMs
Should AGI-preppers embrace DOGE? - by Henry Farrell “They are not an exit door through which we can escape the human condition,” If you are a reader of this blog and you are at all fascinated with AI I implore you to read this piece. This is a critical and important piece to read. The connection between investment in AI, the DOGE agen...
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March 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I highly recommend reading this piece about AI and DOGE
Some thoughts about alt text.
alt text alternatives
Alt Text - What is to be done? What should be done? A number of accessibility requirements are coming in to law over the next year that are going to pose some unique challenges for scholarly publishers. The European Union: European Accessibility Act (EAA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While there are many accessibly requir...
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March 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Some thoughts about alt text.
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In a world where political shifts disrupt the research landscape, ORCID's mission remains steadfast.
Our commitment to supporting researchers and their work is unwavering.
Read more on our latest blog: info.orcid.org/orcid-still-...
Our commitment to supporting researchers and their work is unwavering.
Read more on our latest blog: info.orcid.org/orcid-still-...
ORCID: Still Persistent, Still Independent
In this blog post, we reflect on the progress we’ve made at ORCID, and how we've remained true to the vision set forth in our earliest days.
info.orcid.org
March 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In a world where political shifts disrupt the research landscape, ORCID's mission remains steadfast.
Our commitment to supporting researchers and their work is unwavering.
Read more on our latest blog: info.orcid.org/orcid-still-...
Our commitment to supporting researchers and their work is unwavering.
Read more on our latest blog: info.orcid.org/orcid-still-...
I kicked the tyres on Claude code for the first time last night, I just had a few minutes before going to bed. It was by an order the most powerful code assistant I've used. I was also deeply impressed with the cli UX. I think having strong tests helps provide confidence.
March 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I kicked the tyres on Claude code for the first time last night, I just had a few minutes before going to bed. It was by an order the most powerful code assistant I've used. I was also deeply impressed with the cli UX. I think having strong tests helps provide confidence.
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For those affected - these are good resources to know about. Apologies if you've already been sent this by me.
europepmc.org covers all PubMed records and more. ebi.ac.uk for big biological data sets especially genomic data. These are not housed in USA.
europepmc.org covers all PubMed records and more. ebi.ac.uk for big biological data sets especially genomic data. These are not housed in USA.
Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
europepmc.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
For those affected - these are good resources to know about. Apologies if you've already been sent this by me.
europepmc.org covers all PubMed records and more. ebi.ac.uk for big biological data sets especially genomic data. These are not housed in USA.
europepmc.org covers all PubMed records and more. ebi.ac.uk for big biological data sets especially genomic data. These are not housed in USA.
https://www.tamingllms.com/markdown/toc.html# looks good on the topic of working productive with LLMs in code.
Taming LLMs
www.tamingllms.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
https://www.tamingllms.com/markdown/toc.html# looks good on the topic of working productive with LLMs in code.