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Michael Andrades
@michaelandrades.bsky.social
Scientist and no-performance cyclist.
You're right. Still, the text says the reviewers can opt to be acknowledged.
June 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Recognizing reviewers is great (long overdue!), but could it backfire?

1️⃣ Discourage honest critiques due to fear of backlash?

2️⃣ Might it push reviewers to go easy, just to get name recognition, lowering the rigor?

Thoughts?
June 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Brandon Stell puts it powerfully - and accurately: 'We value publications more than what's inside them.'
It's not something we wanted to hear, but it's something we needed to.
June 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Great! Will you be broadcasting it online?
June 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Belkin et al. demonstrated that male and female hearts respond differently to a preventive diet against dilated cardiomyopathy. Looks like sex matters in #cardiology, huh? See doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...

@reproducibilitea.org @redebrrepro.bsky.social @ukrepro.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Science should reflect complexity, not oversimplify it. It's time to design experiments that embrace controlled diversity for more robust and translatable results. See doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Systematic heterogenisation to improve reproducibility in animal studies
A recent study published in PLoS Biology investigated whether the systematic use of multiple experimenters boosts the reproducibility of behavioural assays in mice. This Primer explores study designs ...
doi.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Que análise sobre o voto e países soberanos na democracia moderna. Não tem jeito, o sistema precisa de atualização e o Miguel Lago finaliza com umas poucas ideias. Pena que não investiu mais nessa abordagem. Estou curioso para ler o A Construção de um Estado para o Século XXI. a.co/d/9pyveTN
January 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What do you mean by 'visual sloppiness'?
January 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I suspect it's a holdover from the era of physical paper-submitted manuscripts, when high-definition figures were printed separately—almost like an archaeological relic. Sometimes we update the system but not the practices.
January 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Do you think state-funded institutes should be maintained to audit certain state-funded projects, or would changing policies to eliminate harmful incentives (such as overvaluing high-impact journals) be a more cost-effective way to improve science?
January 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Before the AI era, Clark et al. completed a full systematic review in just 2 wks by dividing the process into parts and automating them.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I’m not naive, but this demonstrates that we can improve data synthesis with better training datasets and ethical oversight.
A full systematic review was completed in 2 weeks using automation tools: a case study
Systematic reviews (SRs) are time and resource intensive, requiring approximately 1 year from protocol registration to submission for publication. Our…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 23, 2024 at 3:33 PM