Ronaldo Araújo
ronaldfar.bsky.social
Ronaldo Araújo
@ronaldfar.bsky.social
🎓 PhD Ciência da Informação
📚 Science communication, Social media studies of science
💼 Professor na UFAL
Leia a matéria no blog da @revistaHCSM sobre "Periódicos de humanidades tecendo rumos da divulgação científica" www.revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br/periodicos-d...
December 18, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Real influence: A novel approach to characterize the visibility of journals and publications direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
December 6, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Reposted by Ronaldo Araújo
Academic Journals and News
(Updated Dec 3, 2024)

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December 4, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Our new paper "Twitter (X) as a Communication and Education Tool for Brazilian Cardiologists: Profile, Influence and Challenges" is out: abccardiol.org/en/article/t...
December 5, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Reposted by Ronaldo Araújo
BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD

Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce:

We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky!

We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct.

Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions.

Let's get into it!
December 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Reposted by Ronaldo Araújo
💥New: Unanswered questions in research assessment 1 – Whose values lead value-led approaches?

👩‍💻 @lizziegadd.bsky.social & Claire Fraser #AcademicSky #ResearchCulture #ResearchAssessment
Unanswered questions in research assessment 1 – Whose values lead value-led approaches?
Reflecting on the ongoing reform of research assessment, Claire Fraser and Elizabeth Gadd question some existing approaches. Here they discuss how  reform efforts may need to reconsider the usefuln…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 2, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Academic publishing is a game. And a lucrative one for those who win. There is ample evidence of excessive self-citation; citation cartels, researchers trading citations amongst themselves; coercive citations... blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Is there any alternative to the gamification of academic metrics?
Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public engagement and social impact, Daniel Pearson suggests these academics present an opportunity to rethink the existing…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 29, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Reposted by Ronaldo Araújo
People have been saying things about Google Scholar, so here are some of my thoughts, I'll follow up with tools and alternatives when I have time. I work with data about research outputs and their impact so I've spent a lot of time considering systems which capture citations. (1/7)
September 2, 2024 at 5:06 PM
The question of whether Google Scholar is broken has the obvious answer of “It depends”: on what it’s being used for, how it’s being used, and what alternatives are available. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Google Scholar is not broken (yet), but there are alternatives
For many Google Scholar has become a critical piece of research infrastructure. Yet, revelations in the manipulability of its metrics and its inclusion of AI generated papers have led some to ask i…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 28, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Reposted by Ronaldo Araújo
Você provavelmente já se deparou em alguma rede social com a afirmação de que "o QI médio do Brasil é 83" e com esse tipo de infográfico.

Neste fio eu quero comentar a origem desse número, discutir por que essa afirmação não faz sentido e destacar como ela é, além de tudo, racista. Chega aí.
October 24, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #9,043,188!
September 21, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Reposted by Ronaldo Araújo
I've updated my infographic to reflect that @bsky.app has 10m users and has also integrated video. Hopefully threads and in house scheduling up next. As well as making sure this place continues to stay largely free of bots and harmful content.
September 16, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Reposted by Ronaldo Araújo
New "genocide gentry" database tracks how educational and cultural institutions have granted prestigious positions to weapons manufacturers’ executives and directors

A very valuable resource from Adalah Justice Project, Little Sis, and ACRE genocidegentry.org
Genocide Gentry
genocidegentry.org
September 12, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Seminário Internacional de Informação, Tecnologia e Inovação - VI SITI de 7 a 11 de outubro em Maceió 😎💙
doity.com.br/visitiVI #siti #cienciadainformacao
doity.com.br
September 5, 2024 at 4:43 PM