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@plosbiology.org is formalizing its long‑standing practice of asking authors to share research code, introducing a mandatory #code‑sharing policy and clarifying what is meant by code sharing.

Learn more and find guidance on best practice: plos.io/4reyX3v

Exploring trust and sustainable research ecosystems at the #LondonBookFair 📚

Don't miss our speakers at two key sessions:

🛡️ Custodians of trust in an era of misinformation
🔗 https://cup.org/4rjDUYU

🔎 Keynote: Designing a sustainable research system
🔗 https://cup.org/4rkHMJ6

#LBF2026

ORCID Community Town Hall 2026 We are delighted to invite you to attend the ORCID Community Town Hall meeting on 25 March 2026. To accommodate our global audience, we’ve organized two separate instances of the event.

💡 Your voice matters—join the ORCID Community Town Hall on 25 March to:

📌 Hear 2025 highlights
📌 See what's ahead in 2026
📌 Ask questions—submit yours when registering

🎁 Stay till the end for the 2025 ORCID Annual Report

#ORCIDEvents

📢 Funding transparency webinar — March 17
Join us & @publicationethics.bsky.social for best practices on representing funding flows throughout the publishing lifecycle.
Register: https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/3817719673519/WN_BueX_gviSJulCGAWhaYmmw

To the orgs at #NHA2026: If you aren't helping your researchers populate their ORCID records, you're leaving impact on the table. Use our Humanities-specific work types to show the full breadth of your faculty's reach. Let's make "Humanities Data" a standard ✨

More: https://wp.me/pcE4o3-89e

Join us on March 11 for TOP 101: An Overview of the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines.

Learn how the updated TOP Guidelines support journals, funders, universities, and researchers with practical approaches to research transparency and verifiability.

Register: bit.ly/4b90duo

Are gender gaps due to evaluations of the applicant or the science? A natural experiment at a national funding agency Gender gaps in grant funding are attributable to less favourable assessments of women as principal investigators, not of the quality of their proposed research. We discuss reasons less favourable asse...

It's crucial to confront the systemic barriers women face in research. This study shows that gender gaps in grant funding persist not because of research quality, but because women receive less favourable assessments as PIs. We can and must change this.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#IWD2026

Thank you for your support to reforming research assessment!

Writing in the @financialtimes.com today, Mandy Hill warns that rising publication volumes and oversimplified metrics risk overshadowing what truly matters: rigour, reproducibility, data sharing, peer review contributions, and long-term societal impact.

Read more 🔗 https://cup.org/4aTOyAP

Open Science isn’t just a values choice. It’s an economic one.

We are sharing a new independent report by @technopolis-group.com on the economic benefits of #OpenScience and what drives value when research outputs are designed for reuse at scale: plos.io/4rdAxCY

The use of impact factors in the evaluation of researchers has contributed to the distortion of scientific publishing practices and research practices, noted France's CNRS as it walked away from Web of Science, using $$$ saved to promote #OpenScience & #OpenData. www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...

Join us in #SanDiego for the ASCB | EMBO Meeting "Cell Bio 2026" from 12–15 December 2026. 🧪 #CellBio2026 is where the #CellBiology community gathers to share and discuss science, #network with peers and grow together as a field. Mark your calendars!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: TOP 101: An Overview of the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines (TOP) is a policy framework that can provide specific recommendations for journals, research funders, universities, and researchers about practices that are designed to increase the verifiability of empirical research claims. TOP was updated in 2025 and contains three main parts: Research Practices, Verification Practices, and Verification Studies. This webinar will include an overview of these components and how TOP’s tiered and modular structure makes it applicable to a diverse community of researchers and policymakers. This webinar is part of COS’s ongoing campaign to demonstrate implementations of our Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines (https://bit.ly/top-guidelines), grounding our policy framework in real-world examples. If you have feedback, implementation stories, or lessons learned from working with TOP, get in touch with us at top@cos.io.

Happening March 11! TOP 101: An Overview of the Transparency & Openness Promotion Guidelines

Learn about the TOP framework, which provides recommendations for journals, funders, universities, & researchers on practices that can increase verifiability of research claims.

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👩‍🎓Women are still underrepresented in science leadership, but change is possible.

Watch our webinar recording from the ISC–IAP–SCGES report launch and learn how institutions can close the gap: tinyurl.com/uyrjenyf

#WomenInScience #GenderEquality #GlobalScience

Are you curious about open peer review, but don't know where to start?
⏰️ This is your last chance to register for tomorrow's Community Call, where our speakers will introduce this concept, walk you through its ins and outs, and answer your questions during the Q&A.

Join us! buff.ly/7MpqKYB

Introduction to Responsible Research Assessment Course | DORA

The (free and self-paced) DORA introductory course on responsible #research #assessment, via @dorassessment.bsky.social

sfdora.org/courses/intr...

Formalizing our commitment to code sharing In support of open science, PLOS Biology routinely asks authors to openly share their research code before publication. We are now formalizing this practice with a mandatory code sharing policy and…

In support of #OpenScience, we routinely ask authors to openly share their #research #code before publication.

We are now formalizing this practice with a mandatory #CodeSharing policy and clarifying what we mean by code sharing.

💫 If you missed our recent deep-dive with @datacite.org during International Love Data Week, don't worry! We've got the highlights for you.

Read the recap here by @pmarrai.bsky.social 👉 https://wp.me/pcE4o3-9Dz

#LoveData26 #ResearchSky

Fostering Responsible Research Assessment: DORA Launches New Introductory Course | DORA DORA is delighted to announce the launch of its Introduction to Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) Course. This online, self-paced course provides an approachable, entry-level curriculum for anyone at any career stage and in a variety of roles to learn about RRA. While the course is free for individuals to take, it requires registration, and provides the option of issuing a certificate for each of its four lessons and one for its full completion.

EMBO was part of the group that developed DORA's new introductory course on #ResponsibleResearchAssessment. 🧪 We’re pleased to see its launch, more info here: https://sfdora.org/2026/02/23/new-introductory-course/

The free self-paced course "aims to empower anyone to challenge existing assumptions around research quality and impact, by introducing them to the concept of responsible research assessment, its foundational principles, and how RRA aims to improve evaluation practices."
#REF2029 #ResearchAssessment

Get onto this, folks. If you lament the metricisation of academic work, this is valuable. What should be counted, and how does the counting happen?

#AcademicSky

Now launched! Get onto it, you good things. Let's all turn back the metric tide.

#AcademicSky

Fostering Responsible #Research #Assessment: DORA Launches New Introductory Course (via @dorassessment.bsky.social) sfdora.org/2026/02/23/n... #researchassessment

DORA has launched an introductory course on responsible research assessment! 🤩
🤓 What is it? A free online self-paced course
❓ Who is it for? Anyone who wants to learn more about the basics of research assessment, regardless of career level or discipline
🌐 Explore the course 👉 bit.ly/DORA-Intro-C...

AI disclosure in research: towards a global reporting standard - International Science Council While Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play a valuable role in research, its use must remain transparent, traceable, and responsibly integrated within scholarly practices. Help us map the needs for AI...

Share your views towards building a shared understanding of AI disclosure in research.

The survey is the first consultation round which will feature as a focus track at the @wcrifoundation.bsky.social in May.
🗓️ Survey closes: 28 February 2026

council.science/our-work/ai-...

📚 On this International Day of Education, we’re excited to share that DORA is launching an introductory course on Responsible Research Assessment in February 2026!
An online, self-paced course on the basics of RRA, open to all career stages. Watch this space! 🧐

#Webinar: The International Science Council (ISC)’s Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science (CFRS) is hosting a webinar on Research Funding Transparency.

📆 18 March 2026
🕗 13:30 UTC

🔗 Register here: https://council.science/events/research-funding-transparency/

Don’t miss Dr. Wanda E. Ward, NSB member & ARIS BI Champion, on Feb 27 (1:30–2:30 PM CST) for “Rethinking Merit Review.” Learn how NSF aims to boost impact, accountability & innovation.

Space limited—register now! umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Demystifying Open Science Policy: A Funder-Focused Discussion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join the Center for Open Science (COS) for a deep dive into open science policymaking, featuring insights from research funders. We will be joined by representatives from two forward-thinking funding ...

How can research funders ask their grantees to share their work for others to reuse and build upon? Funders interested in exploring an open science policy should check out this @cos.io webinar: cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

ReproducibiliTea Copenhagen is back with the first journal club of the year!

When: Feb 27, 10:30 am

Where: lnkd.in/dUTDkWSW

#ReproducibiliTeaCopenhagen #JournalClub #OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch #ResearchReproducibility