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Lex Bouter
@lexbouter.bsky.social
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Professor Emeritus of Methodology and Integrity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
I'm an Amsterdam-based epidemiologist interested in Research Integrity and Open Science, and much more.

ORCID 0000-0002-2659-5482 - Profile page: https://bit.ly/48aE9vI
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lexbouter.bsky.social
"We included 608 articles, of which 243 articles were identified as problematic (40.0%)." (bit.ly/3X4PtGF) This finding of so many image-related problems by a team that wanted to do a systemic review, is deeply concerning.
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social
I've just updated my preprint on short personal reviews of novels on hashtag#ResearchIntegrity bit.ly/409E5ff
Please attend me to novels which you believe to belong to this list, but are not yet included.
The preprint recently also has been published in a Chinese journal: bit.ly/3K6P17B
September 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social
Nice! My preprint with short personal reviews of 31 novels on #ResearchIntegrity now published open access in Chinese.
English preprint: bit.ly/409E5ff
Chinese publication: bit.ly/4osKFYp
@peerreviewcongress.bsky.social @wcrifoundation.bsky.social @nrin-integrity.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"Questionable Research Practices s are ways of producing, maintaining, sharing, analyzing, or interpreting data that are likely to produce misleading conclusions, typically in the interest of the researcher."
bit.ly/3GxIqC1
July 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
First proposition of a PhD thesis defended today: 'It's difficult to know whether a publication has been retracted.' bit.ly/44ar5a3
Many congratulations to Dr Caitlin Bakker for this important work!
@peerreviewcongress.bsky.social @joskleijnen.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social
@jclinepi.bsky.social kindly invited me to express my thoughts on handling #ConflictsOfInterest of authors of scholarly publications. bit.ly/431UYIQ
@nrin-integrity.bsky.social @opensciencenl.bsky.social @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social @davidit.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"Randomisation of grant awarding works especially well in programmes where there are many more fundable applicants of a roughly equal standard than there is the funding available to support them." bit.ly/4jz79DI
@opensciencenl.bsky.social @nrin-integrity.bsky.social @coarassessment.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"...researchers ... have to strike a balance between underdetermination and overdetermination of study protocols..."
bit.ly/3QwmCI5
@peerreviewcongress.bsky.social @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social @cos.io @opensciencenl.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"... fair assessment and efficient change would require more comprehensive and rigorous data on the various aspects of the peer review system." www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
February 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social
Food for thought. Insightful commentory on the past and the future of academic publishing.
bit.ly/4jJujs2
@peerreviewcongress.bsky.social @elisabethbik.bsky.social @cos.io @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com @opensciencenl.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"...expert consensus methods can accelerate epistemic process, enhance transparency, increase replicability, stimulate diversity, and encourage fair processes in humanities research and the application of its findings." bit.ly/3PT1ETj
January 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social

.." expert consensus methods can accelerate epistemic process, enhance transparency, increase replicability, stimulate diversity, and encourage fair processes in humanities research and the application of its findings." bit.ly/3PT1ETj
January 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social
..."we applied empirical methods to identify core Epistemic Responsibiities of universities and their constituting elements."
@peerreviewcongress.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com @elisabethbik.bsky.social @grahamkendall.bsky.social @cos.io @opensciencenl.bsky.social @rorinstitute.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social
PhD thesis on #SearchStrategies for #SystematicReviews by Melissan Rethlefsen can be downloaded at
bit.ly/3DGPMkP
PhD defense can be followed on 21 January 16:00 CET on YouTube at bit.ly/3W9qa6n
January 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
Interesting analysis and good starting point for Delphi consensus study on guidelines for MMR on #ResearchIntegrity.
bit.ly/3W6htd9
@gengyantang.bsky.social @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
lexbouter.bsky.social
Short personal reviews of 31 novels on #ResearchIntegrity "Novels can realistically depict the dilemmas scholars need to navigate ... This may help them to reflect on what a good researcher is and what academic scholars can do to stay close to that ideal." bit.ly/409E5ff
December 23, 2024 at 3:17 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"... many elements of a
research protocol will either need to be further operationalised or adapted during its execution."
https://bit.ly/4i8ATr3
@WCRIFoundation @peerrevcongress @NRIN_Integrity @scholarlykitchn @TomvanDrimmelen @RetractionWatch @EmbassySci
December 20, 2024 at 12:15 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
Strongly recommended read on the sad state of affairs in scientific research and what needs to be done.
https://bit.ly/4eDp1dD
@WCRIFoundation @peerrevcongress @NRIN_Integrity @C0PE @OpenScience_NL @NLrepro @OSFramework @scholarlykitchn @fake_journals
December 20, 2024 at 12:15 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"The adoption of Open Science practices demonstrated a partial correlation with citation rates and Altmetric scores in RCTs on dental caries" https://bit.ly/3NjTJNF
December 20, 2024 at 12:20 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"Rules are important in setting Research Integrity standards and improving research practice, but they can lead to increased bureaucracy..."
https://bit.ly/3YevTcJ
@WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @EmbassySci @HHS_ORI @tweetsunl @VUamsterdam
December 20, 2024 at 12:25 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"...these are all symptomatic of a wider problem, namely the culture of ‘publish or perish’ and ongoing issues with how researcher performance is evaluated for grant, hiring, and promotion decisions. "
https://bit.ly/3Tyr4YF
@WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity
December 20, 2024 at 12:30 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"Less than 5% of publications were identified as retracted through all resources through which they were available.... Retraction notices were frequently incomplete..."
https://bit.ly/3LgTstN
@WCRIFoundation @RetractionWatch @NRIN_Integrity @C0PE
December 20, 2024 at 12:40 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"Expert consensus methods are regularly used in natural, social, and life sciences. This article explores the potential of applying these methods more frequently in humanities research".
https://bit.ly/3XJNGbG
@WCRIFoundation @AKC_VU @RikPeels @CCSRulkens
December 20, 2024 at 12:40 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
Interesting #ResesarchIntegrity conference in Rio de Janeiro. Call for papers and registration at https://www.viibrispe2024.com/
@WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @RetractionWatch @EmbassySci @scholarlykitchn @OpenScience_NL @OSFramework @MicrobiomDigest
December 20, 2024 at 12:40 PM
lexbouter.bsky.social
"...we need more structural support for initiatives that increase scientific integrity and condemn research misconduct."
https://rdcu.be/dIcX7
@WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @HHS_ORI @scholarlykitchn @C0PE @RetractionWatch @OSFramework @MicrobiomDigest
December 20, 2024 at 12:40 PM