Any idea who might have signed this memorandum? It was a War Office memo dated 01 Sep 1914. Possibly initials like ASD, but I'm not entirely sure. I've checked the War Office List, but couldn't spot any names. #skystorians

The very first reaction by the FO clerk to the news of the Ottoman Black Sea raid on 29 October 1914. He might just be the first person contributing to the enduring debate over who was responsible for the Ottoman entry into war. It reminds me Mustafa Aksakal 's great work doi.org/10.1017/CBO9...

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...

Ending this thread with a word cloud of titles published in 2024 would be a perfect way to summarise key themes and trends in intelligence studies.

Another interesting trend is the increase of multiple authorship on papers. The gap between the ratio of single vs multiple-authored publications has been narrowing, suggesting collaboration is becoming increasingly common in intelligence studies.

For the first time in 20 years, the ratio of #openaccess articles has surpassed that of non-OA access articles. This is a good indicator that growing awareness and supportive policies around open access are yielding results.

Journal article is unsurprisingly the most common type of publication followed by newspaper articles and book chapters. Discussions on intelligence are also being shared in non-academic venues, providing convenient platforms for comments on current affairs.

The most common theme in 2024 was 'Global intelligence', meaning that studies on non-British and American intelligence continued to grow. It's great to see that #intelligencestudies is becoming more global, slowly moving away from the 'global north'.

Publications on intelligence have been growing steadily for over a century, peaking in 2024 with 960 publications (chart on the left). Publications include all types, from blog posts and books to journal articles. The trend is the same with journal articles only (chart on the right).

Could 2024 be considered the golden year of #intelligence studies? Based on @intelarchive.io data, the answer is yes.

A mini thread about publications on intelligence studies in 2024. +

Awesome. Really looking forward to seeing the responses.

This is the wordcloud for the publications on the intelarchive.app database.

Heading to the #LISBibliometrics 2024 conference. Lots of interesting talks just wait us today. I’m sure it’ll be a fun and productive day.

The underlined part is one of my favourite quotes about the Dardanelles campaign. It’s from George Cassar’s book.

Strachan says the lessons of the failure in the Gallipoli camping had not been studied well before D-Day. The same thing happened in 1915 before the campaign. The British largely ignored previous assessments of an amphibious operation against Dardanelles. +

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It’s my common cycling route. I literally love it. Paradise for cyclists! Mine from Friday.