Klaus Pforr
@klauspforr.bsky.social
Sociologist at @gesis.org working with EU-SILC in @fdzgml.bsky.social. Research interests: econometrics, survey methodology, sociology of wealth, family sociology, integration/migration, ethnic segregation. Typos galore🌻🏴🚩
Don't make me tap the sign
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Don't make me tap the sign
wie Stephen Colbert direkt nach der Wahl 2016 in seiner live show gesagt hat: "The devil cannot stand mockery"
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
wie Stephen Colbert direkt nach der Wahl 2016 in seiner live show gesagt hat: "The devil cannot stand mockery"
Change the incentive systems!
![Part from "Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration":
3. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity
Reward scientific achievement based primarily on quality—not quantity measures of today’s ‘reputation economy’ metric system [8].
Discourage ‘salami-slicing’ of results to obtain ‘least publishable units’; reduce the abundance of review articles (meta-analyses) and commentaries that over-burden reviewers and can too easily be generated using AI.
Rankings of academic achievement with metrics such as citation counts, ‘journal impact factor’ (JIF) and ‘publication number’ must be used responsibly because they often do not correlate with research quality [9] (see also CoARA—Reforming Research Assessment). 7
Select appropriate achievement criteria that are compatible with respective disciplines and publishing traditions.
Because peer review adds to researcher workload, the science community should reflect on how to incentivize it properly (e.g. tracking scientists' number of review assignments and their quality).
Applications for funding or positions/promotions should disregard metrics and limit the number of publications to be evaluated (e.g. 10) depending on career age, academic field, etc.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e3pl5vxcg7zhcaxu4bnrlvhv/bafkreibbk54lbcvgq7obdw34hl33bkwoefbyt2pcknt2d37vv5lu2alnge@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Change the incentive systems!
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
thats why obi-wan left academia in the episode iv
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
thats why obi-wan left academia in the episode iv
maybe we all have to choose the dark side
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
maybe we all have to choose the dark side
if we're argueing with memes and gifs i'd like to present this piece of evidence www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2013-0...
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
if we're argueing with memes and gifs i'd like to present this piece of evidence www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2013-0...
yes we can do magic tricks
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
yes we can do magic tricks
If you see this, post a vampire who isn’t Dracula
October 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If you see this, post a vampire who isn’t Dracula
Töchter von Merz:
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Töchter von Merz:
Interesting paper about effect of air pollution on labour market outcomes in GDR. Authors use Soviet oil supply cut in 1982 as instrument, and regional distribution of affected areas. download.ssrn.com/2025/10/17/5...
October 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Interesting paper about effect of air pollution on labour market outcomes in GDR. Authors use Soviet oil supply cut in 1982 as instrument, and regional distribution of affected areas. download.ssrn.com/2025/10/17/5...
My mother would have scolded me, saying that I had just gotten a new toy and didn't need another one, but this is case for #ArtsButMakeItDAG
October 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My mother would have scolded me, saying that I had just gotten a new toy and didn't need another one, but this is case for #ArtsButMakeItDAG
Plain DAG. No confounders exist. Only lives in our dreams. 6/10 (check if you're in a sensory deprivation tank)
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Plain DAG. No confounders exist. Only lives in our dreams. 6/10 (check if you're in a sensory deprivation tank)
October 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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“The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
“The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa”
Wir dürfen hier nicht halt machen, denn wie uns Metzgermeister Widmer schon früh gelehrt hat, wimmelt die Wirklichkeit vor schamlosen Fleischplagiaten!
October 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Wir dürfen hier nicht halt machen, denn wie uns Metzgermeister Widmer schon früh gelehrt hat, wimmelt die Wirklichkeit vor schamlosen Fleischplagiaten!