Dr Hamid Khan
@openscihamid.bsky.social
Open Research Manager @imperialcollege. Board of directors
@SPARC_EU. Past life: @senseaboutsci @unisouthampton @ASTARsg.
Views mine unless you insist on sharing.
@SPARC_EU. Past life: @senseaboutsci @unisouthampton @ASTARsg.
Views mine unless you insist on sharing.
Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social ranks first in the UK and Europe in the 2026 QS World University Rankings @qscorporate.bsky.social. This puts us in a unique position to challenge the dominance of the traditional rankers.
Read my op-ed for Imperial's student newspaper, Felix.
Read my op-ed for Imperial's student newspaper, Felix.
It’s time to challenge the flawed and damaging university rankings
In the 2026 QS World University Rankings, Imperial came first in the UK and Europe and second globally. The university called the result “a powerful endorsement of the talent, dedication and ambition”...
felixonline.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social ranks first in the UK and Europe in the 2026 QS World University Rankings @qscorporate.bsky.social. This puts us in a unique position to challenge the dominance of the traditional rankers.
Read my op-ed for Imperial's student newspaper, Felix.
Read my op-ed for Imperial's student newspaper, Felix.
You have to start somewhere, but this is an odd place to start. It's as if Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman in 'Independence Day' saw the aliens blow up NYC and LA, and then sat among the ruins telling each other: "Gosh, there's a lot of rubble about, isn't there? Careful where you step!"
Science advances our economic, physical, and social and cultural wellbeing, and is key to a sustainable future. However, we live in times of great change, and the values that have driven science for the benefit of humanity are under threat. Read our statement here: royalsociety.org/news/2025/02...
Science under threat | Royal Society
The Royal Society will use its voice and the expertise of our Fellows to resist the various challenges to science.
royalsociety.org
February 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
You have to start somewhere, but this is an odd place to start. It's as if Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman in 'Independence Day' saw the aliens blow up NYC and LA, and then sat among the ruins telling each other: "Gosh, there's a lot of rubble about, isn't there? Careful where you step!"
Elon Musk FRS daily trashes the reputation of the @royalsociety.org. Will they respond to Stephen's call and revoke his fellowship?
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Signature tally now closing in on 3000. Please keep discussing, sharing and signing to put as much pressure on the Royal Society to respond as possible. forms.gle/AuYvuWqytx8K...
Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values
If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
forms.gle
February 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Elon Musk FRS daily trashes the reputation of the @royalsociety.org. Will they respond to Stephen's call and revoke his fellowship?
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Hence the scenes in Popeye cartoons, in which he chugs a whole tin of spinach before speeding off to rescue Olive Oyl from Bluto.
2) Spinach and Iron
Thanks to a rogue decimal point in a german chemist's article which overstated the iron in spinach tenfold, the whole world believed spinach was magic until a chap called Hamblin revealed the error in a 1981 paper simply titled "FAKE":
www.bmj.com/content/...
Except...
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Thanks to a rogue decimal point in a german chemist's article which overstated the iron in spinach tenfold, the whole world believed spinach was magic until a chap called Hamblin revealed the error in a 1981 paper simply titled "FAKE":
www.bmj.com/content/...
Except...
4/19
February 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hence the scenes in Popeye cartoons, in which he chugs a whole tin of spinach before speeding off to rescue Olive Oyl from Bluto.
Reposted by Dr Hamid Khan
🗓️ #RetainYourRights: Join us on 20 Feb (13:00 CET) for a webinar on 'Ten Approaches to #RightsRetention in Europe'!
🔝 Get an exclusive preview of @sparc-eu.bsky.social’s upcoming 2nd KR21 Project Retain, compiling insights from 10 European countries.
🎫 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔝 Get an exclusive preview of @sparc-eu.bsky.social’s upcoming 2nd KR21 Project Retain, compiling insights from 10 European countries.
🎫 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🗓️ #RetainYourRights: Join us on 20 Feb (13:00 CET) for a webinar on 'Ten Approaches to #RightsRetention in Europe'!
🔝 Get an exclusive preview of @sparc-eu.bsky.social’s upcoming 2nd KR21 Project Retain, compiling insights from 10 European countries.
🎫 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔝 Get an exclusive preview of @sparc-eu.bsky.social’s upcoming 2nd KR21 Project Retain, compiling insights from 10 European countries.
🎫 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
As we move away from the Journal Impact Factor, tools like @altmetric.com show how much attention research gets in news, social media and policy docs. We subscribe to Altmetric at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Library. We encourage researchers to use it to learn about the visibility of their work.
I've co-authored a short post with @openscihamid.bsky.social about Imperial research outputs cited on @bsky.app.
By using @altmetric.com, we found a massive uptick in mentions of Imperial publications on Bluesky from mid-November 2024.
Read the full post here:
blogs.imperial.ac.uk/openaccess/2...
By using @altmetric.com, we found a massive uptick in mentions of Imperial publications on Bluesky from mid-November 2024.
Read the full post here:
blogs.imperial.ac.uk/openaccess/2...
February 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As we move away from the Journal Impact Factor, tools like @altmetric.com show how much attention research gets in news, social media and policy docs. We subscribe to Altmetric at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Library. We encourage researchers to use it to learn about the visibility of their work.
Finally X'iting the sinking ship across the water.
I chose Bluesky instead of Mastodon or Threads because the research world seems to be coalescing here.
I got up to 300 followers on X. Hope to clear that by 2030, which would be a record-breaking rate of increase in my influence...
I chose Bluesky instead of Mastodon or Threads because the research world seems to be coalescing here.
I got up to 300 followers on X. Hope to clear that by 2030, which would be a record-breaking rate of increase in my influence...
January 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Finally X'iting the sinking ship across the water.
I chose Bluesky instead of Mastodon or Threads because the research world seems to be coalescing here.
I got up to 300 followers on X. Hope to clear that by 2030, which would be a record-breaking rate of increase in my influence...
I chose Bluesky instead of Mastodon or Threads because the research world seems to be coalescing here.
I got up to 300 followers on X. Hope to clear that by 2030, which would be a record-breaking rate of increase in my influence...