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Ng Ting Hui
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Senior lecturer @ Uni Malaysia Sabah 🇲🇾
Biodiversity, ecology, freshwater molluscs & other inverts, invasive species, natural history collections, Southeast Asia
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5123-0039
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Ng Ting Hui @siputairtawar.bsky.social · Nov 12
I study the biodiversity and ecology of #freshwater #Mollusca and other #inverts, and #InvasiveSpecies in #SoutheastAsia. Since 2022, I've been a senior lecturer at #UniversitiMalaysiaSabah in 🇲🇾 #Borneo. My research and teaching heavily involves #NaturalHistoryCollections. 🌏🧪 [1/5]
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hansonmark.bsky.social
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

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Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Guide to the #Ferns of Mount Alab 🇲🇾 by @ladyfern1991.bsky.social, Luiza Majuakim & Geofarry Gunsalam. 🌏🧪📚
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
To read about the history of the Paleontological Research Institution's 1/2 million specimen modern mollusk collections, including many endangered or recently extinct species;

check out page 141 on of the Nautilus issue on the history of malacology collections 🦑🦪🐌

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Front page of "the modern mollusk collection at the Paleontological Research Institution" by Dietl et al
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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#Histories of #Malacological #Collections special issue in The Nautilus shellmuseum.org/shells-and-s... 🌏🧪🐚🐌🐙🦑🦪🏛️
Publications - Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquariums
The Nautilus The Nautilus is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles on the biology, ecology, and systematics of mollusks.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
siputairtawar.bsky.social
Marinoni et al. (2025) Network of biological collections in Paraná State, Brazil—Taxonline: a success story
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doi.org/10.1093/biol...
#biodiversity #collections #openScience 🐚🌿🪲🍄🏛️🌏
Network of biological collections in Paraná State, Brazil—Taxonline: a success story
Abstract. Scientific biological collections play a vital role in preserving biodiversity knowledge, particularly in regions experiencing rapid environmenta
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November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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linneansociety.bsky.social
Shell-o...is it a Linnean Lens you're looking for?

Tomorrow, Jon Ablett will share some species from our collection – from sex changing seashells, to killer cone shells. We'll hear how molluscs have been used for dyes, clothing, and even musical instruments.

Join online, 2pm, 4 Nov
Linnean Lens | Treasures of the Linnean Shells collection
A shell show-and-tell, with Jon Ablett, Senior Curator of Mollusca at the Natural History Museum, sharing the Linnean shell collection.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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ladyfern1991.bsky.social
Finally, our paper on climate is published! Those who are interested can read it via this link - doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Dr @ladyfern1991.bsky.social, Luiza Majuakim, Monica Suleiman, Kanehiro Kitayama, Thor-Seng Liew. Comparison of ambient temperature variations at 2 elevations of ⛰️ #Kinabalu, Sabah, 🇲🇾 #Borneo, 2016–2017 in relation to the El Niño event.
🔓via Climate Change Ecology doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... 🧪🌏
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November 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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apaterlini.bsky.social
Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
A manifesto for plant science education
Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....
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October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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dantheclamman.blog
Shipworms are actually a common food clam, particularly in Asia! Some cultures throw logs or stumps in the water to farm them! Researchers suggest they could someday make for a sustainable market in the West, as they can be cooked similarly to calamari (312) nautil.us/naked-clams-...
A plate of shipworms looking a lot like breaded/fried calamari. They are on buns with sauce and red cabbage
October 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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One like, one clam fact
davidho.bsky.social David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 21
One like, one opinion about how to solve climate change.
holz-bau.bsky.social Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · Jul 21
1 like, 1 housing opinion
July 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life
Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life
Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows
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October 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Are you a PhD student ready to publish a paper? Submit your research to our journal today & enter one of our new journal prizes, celebrating PhD student work in #Biology! 🧪🌍👇
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/p...
September 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Are you a PhD student ready to publish a paper? Submit your research to our journal today & enter one of our new journal prizes, celebrating PhD student work in #Botany or #Biology !🧪🌍👇
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September 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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natsca.bsky.social
Moving a ‘Monster’ – the Ups and Downs of Exhibiting a Japanese Spider Crab

Written by Hannah Clarke – Assistant Curator (Collections Access), University of Aberdeen. In May this year, I was given the slightly terrifying task of overseeing the removal and transportation of Aberdeen University’s…
Moving a ‘Monster’ – the Ups and Downs of Exhibiting a Japanese Spider Crab
Written by Hannah Clarke – Assistant Curator (Collections Access), University of Aberdeen. In May this year, I was given the slightly terrifying task of overseeing the removal and transportation of Aberdeen University’s much-loved Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) specimen. The crab, who is usually proudly displayed in the foyer of the University’s Zoology Building, had been requested for loan by Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, for their exciting new exhibition ‘Monsters of the Deep.’
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August 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
siputairtawar.bsky.social
📢New paper: Led by Zhang Le-Jia & Yen Yu-Hsiu, with Chen Zhe-Yu, Du Li-Na, me, Thomas von Rintelen (2025). A #newGenus of river #snails, Bakyietaia (Mollusca, Viviparidae), from South China and the Indochinese Peninsula. 🔓 European Journal of #Taxonomy doi.org/10.5852/ejt....

7️⃣ new comb. 🔟 new spp.
A new genus of river snails, Bakyietaia (Mollusca, Viviparidae), from South China and the Indochinese Peninsula | European Journal of Taxonomy
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August 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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squamiferum.bsky.social
[New Paper] in @zse.pensoft.net names Bathylepeta wadatsumi, the world’s DEEPEST true limpet from 6 km deep! Giant sized (4 cm) for this depth, we named it after the god of sea in Japan & also the Large Monk “Wadatsumi” from the manga series ONE PIECE!
OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
July 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Recent publication by @cefass-ruacambodia.bsky.social
Chhuoy S , Ngor PB, Uy S, Sup M, M Glue, Kong M, Lim M, S Rog, P Sinovas 2025. A first record of goblinfish Trichosomus trachinoides from Cambodian coastal waters 🌏🐟
Via Cambodian J. Nat. Hist. 2025 Vol 1 www.rupp.edu.kh/cjnh/journal...
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July 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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New publication by @cefass-ruacambodia.bsky.social
Sophorn Uy, ZS Hogan, G Grenouillet, S Lek, S Chandra, PB Ngor, 2025. Declining 🐟 sizes across the Lower #Mekong Basin highlights urgent #conservation needs 🌏
🔓via Biological Conservation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
Declining fish sizes across the Lower Mekong Basin highlights urgent conservation needs
Fish body size is a key indicator to understand the status of fish stocks and thus necessary for fisheries management and conservation planning. Howev…
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July 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Muhammad Azamuddeen Mohammad Nasir, John Pfeiffer, Hanna Hartikainen, Jake Dimon, Alexandra Zieritz (2025) First record of Ensidens telus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from #Malaysia
🔓 via J. Molluscan Studies doi.org/10.1093/moll... #molluscs 🌏
First record of Ensidens telus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Malaysia
There are six recognized species in the freshwater mussel genus Ensidens Frierson, 1911 (Unionidae: Gonideinae: Rectidentini), which is distributed across
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July 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Weerada Panchot et al. (2025) Damaging potential to rice crops of the invasive apple snail (Pomacea maculata) and the native Thai apple snail (Pila celebensis) under changing temperature conditions in #Thailand 🌏🧪 #BioInvasions
🔓 via Climate Change Ecology doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
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June 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
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“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
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June 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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tatsuya-amano.bsky.social
Our guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English for #ICCB2025 are now on @figshare.com - please use and disseminate it widely!
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#languagebarriers
June 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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jkfni.bsky.social
It’s been 5 years since a presumed extinct snail species was rediscovered. Now, after a successful ex-situ breeding program at Taronga Zoo, scientists are bringing their descendants back home. australian.museum/blog/amri-ne...
Homecoming! A journey from stress to success for Norfolk Island snails
It’s been five years since Norfolk Island local, Mark Scott, showed Malacologists from the Australian Museum a small living population of a snail species previously feared to be extinct. After a succe...
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June 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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cabbageleek.bsky.social
Digitised specimens fuel global science, but local communities are often left behind. To halt biodiversity loss, countries must work together, investing in inclusive research & capacity building. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
Capacity building needed to reap the benefits of access to biodiversity collections
Global conservation efforts increasingly depend on digitised natural history collections, yet the benefits of this digital data are not equally shared. We analysed biodiversity specimens and citation...
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June 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM