Born #OnThisDay in 1953 was ecologist and conservation scientist Georgina Mace FRS, who transformed our understanding of of #biodiversity loss. A recent @royalsocietypublishing.org #PhilTransB issue looked at building on her legacy: #WomenInSTEM royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

This is a fascinating exuberant overview of one of the most exciting fields I've worked in in years. Kudos to the authors for putting it together.

@paolocrosetto.bsky.social @MarkHanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy @pagomba.bsky.social

YouTube video by NBC Digital News THE DAILY ROUNDUP WITH NINA | NCRST advances Metascience for better policy - nbc

For me, Kelvin Katukula Mubiana of Namibia’s NCRST was one of the stars of #Metascience2025. Here he is doing an interview about the conference on the NBC (Namibia’s state broadcaster) youtu.be/ZByH9Ni2VJ8?...

Esitysdialla kuviot, joissa näkyy tutkimusrahoituksen jyrkkä lasku USAssa kaikilla tieteenaloilla.

#Metascience2025 jatkuu. Cassidy Sugimoton (Georgia Institute of Technology) piti puhua aiheesta How to become a science superpower. Sattuneesta syystä aiheena on How to lose leadership in science. Laskelmien perusteella USA menettää johtoasemansa tieteessä Kiinalle yhden vuoden sisällä.

This is an excellent presentation on geographies of science with some very persuasive metrics. The rate of geographical self-citation in US science was particularly striking #metascience2025

Stellar panel to kick off Day 2 of #Metascience2025

A passionate & brilliant opening keynote by @crsugimoto.bsky.social surveying the outlook for US & global science.

Followed by @fidlerfm.bsky.social, John Ioannidis, Lin Zhang & Andy Stirling. Superbly chaired by Chonnettia Jones.

Great read and good context for our all-star, international panel this morning "Are metascientists reinventing the wheel?" 🪄🛞⁉️ #metascience2025
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11.30am in Logan Hall ⏰

This is an excellent step towards transparency but it still hides the majority of reviews. The next (and most important) step is to publish all reviews and get rid of the arbitrary decision.

PhD Paper Mills and Systematic Manipulation in Research Publishing PhD candidate Paper Mills and Systematic Manipulation in Research PublishingThe past decade has seen the rise of distinct new challenges for research integrity in the context of scientific publishing....

Papers mills and other manipulative practices are major problem in scientific publishing system. Addressing this problem requires in-depth system-level understanding of dynamics leading to these practices. At @cwts.nl we have PhD position to work on this!

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Open for whom? Open how? Open at what cost? Questions and challenges that @oaspa.bsky.social is asking of itself and all those involved in scholarly communication. A really thoughtful and thought-provoking article about the complexities of open access by OASPA's Malavika Legge

Can we ever have too much #ecological field #data? This Perspective advocates for proper funding and resources to enable collection of long-term ecological data, which is essential to assess animal behavior and adaptation in the face of anthropogenic change 🧪
▶️ plos.io/44ir6tZ

MetaROR (@MetaROR@scicomm.xyz) 0 Posts, 9 Following, 13 Followers · MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) is a new platform for open peer review of metaresearch. The platform is currently being set up by @aimos@masto.ai and @RoRInstitute@indieweb.social and is expected to launch later in 2023.

I'm delighted to have my "Firehose" Upstream article be the first blog post peer reviewed through @MetaROR . The reviews are very high quality and will make a future revision of this piece all the better. Thank you reviewers and editors!

https://metaror.org/kotahi/articles/40/index.html

Drinking from the Firehose? Write More and Publish Less

🧯 In perhaps the first time the Publish, Review, Curate model was applied to a blog post, today we publish @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy's "Drinking from the Firehose? Write More and Publish Less", previously out on Upstream.

👇 Find the post, editorial assessment & peer reviews on MetaROR

Thank you for all the input so far on the Metascience Alliance! A wide range of perspectives is crucial for informing future development.

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ALLEA Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States

ALLEA (European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities) Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States
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The new logo of #OpenCitations is an evolution of the elements of the old one and embodies our values of openness, curiosity, and innovation:
Letter O = “Open”;
Letter C =“Citations”;
Eye = curiosity driving research;
<> = the semantic web technologies.
👉 opencitations.hypotheses.org/3797

YouTube video by OASPA Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association Scholarly Communication in Crisis: Research Integrity and Open Scholarship

This video is getting on for 2 years old. I've written dozens of blogs, and done other talks, webinars etc in the meantime, but people still ask me about this one. Apparently it's still of interest. It was certainly a lot of fun! @oaspa.bsky.social youtu.be/yOvpsQ7bDtA?...

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Proposed POSI 2.0 revisions A request for public comment on proposed revisions to POSI.

You can give feedback on the new version of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) through March 5, 2025. https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/public-comment-v2/ Help shape the future of scholarly infrastructure!
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Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...

Thanks to all you #academicsky #scholcomm legends we just hit 1000 signatories with more organizational ones on the way ✊ to @lschiff.bsky.social @alicemeadows.bsky.social @petersuber.bsky.social @camitchell.bsky.social 's leadership. SIGN/SHARE and #defendresearch docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Follow @petersuber.bsky.social ‘s work including signing our declaration to #defendresearch and #openscience from censorship - critical to preserving the life times of work destroyed hourly these days… docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Invest in Open Infrastructure Announces $2.7M Commitment from Founding Group for the IOI Fund for Network Adoption The IOI Fund for Network Adoption is dedicated to supporting the shared adoption, implementation, and expansion of open data infrastructure to foster collaborative research.

Exciting news! IOI is excited to announce a US$2.7M commitment to the IOI Fund for Network Adoption from its Founding Group, including anchor contributor @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @digital-science.com, the Kahle Austin Foundation, & another private philanthropy.

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