Ben Archer

This. I’ve been doing some peer review work lately and while I have been rejecting articles for not fitting the one I’ve submitted to, I have done my best to say: “Hey - this other journal is a much better home for your work!”

Desk rejections ≠ bad manuscript.

Academic journals have habitus—their own style, tone, & preferences. A desk reject often means your paper isn’t the right fit, not that it lacks merit.

Don’t lose ❤️. The same piece might ⛵️ through elsewhere. Reread the comments & try again.

#AcademicBluesky

NEW Journal Article: “#Podcasting as Open Access: A Review and Discussion of Potential Impact on Scholarly Communication and Promotion” www.infodocket.com/2025/05/16/j... #oa #openaccess #scholcomm #libraries #podcasts

FINALLY back on BlueSky after a crapstorm in a teacup for the past few months.

How y’all doing?

Every time I go on leave (annual or sick), I set up an auto-responder with an out of office message. Every time, without fail; someone will begin interacting with it, thinking I am instantly replying to their emails with the same message over and over again. This has been happening FOR THREE YEARS.

Sex is great, but have you ever signed an authorship agreement after a paper has been accepted for publication? #AcademicSky #PhDSky

Anyone know when @bsky.app will get an iPad app? Asking for a friend and that friend is me.

I suffer from chronic “passive voice” in my writing. It comes from lack of surety and confidence in my ability to write. It feels more comfortable and appropriate, even when I’m writing for publication.

I keep having the opposite problem 😞

Very useful - I’ve found several new journals this way that I now either add to my BrowZine or have on my list to submit to.

It's so important to share this map with students. The arising conversations are powerful #Indigenous #history #AcademicSky #teaching #Australia

I bailed on Scrivener and went back to a combo of Obsidian and Word.

Obsidian for raw writing and chunks of that first draft. Word for polishing it off and making edits.

Is it me, or has PhD/ECR funding in the social sciences completely dried up in the past 12 months? #phdsky #academicsky

Scales of justice in front of a shelf of books. Text says "Political Science Complete. Full text, peer reviewed articles on political topics."

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#LibSky #Library #AcademicSky #Politics

Anyone in Australia know if there is funding to attend this? #phdsky

Anyone who says #racism is not an issue in #Australia welcome to chat with me. In the last 72 hours I have been called the n-word for wearing a uniform that had Indigenous art on it, and overheard someone arguing with airport staff about how skin colour should determine boarding priority.

About to begin teaching for the year. At the airport waiting for my flight.

Hats off to the person who checked into their flight as “Amanda Hugginkiss” and waited until they got paged to show up. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

o, we don’t have #InternationalStudent caps anymore. Just a number of visas that will be processed quickly.

Ministerial Direction 111 is now in effect: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/news-media/a...

#highered #md111

It sucks, especially when there’s a gap between what the committee wants and reality.

a cartoon seal sits at a desk with a computer and a cup of coffee and sigh written on the desk ALT: a cartoon seal sits at a desk with a computer and a cup of coffee and sigh written on the desk

After 12 months, ethics hell became inescapable. So, new topic it is. #PhDSky

Finally, @altmetric.com will be including BlueSky in its measurement. This pleases me immensely.

“We can no longer rely on ‘doing it for the children’ to keep teachers in the profession”. Ellen Larsen dropping truth bombs at #AARE2024 #AARE24

Wayne Sawyer for education minister #AARE2024 #AARE24

This is gold! Maybe we can get a BlueSkyRoasting going for #AARE2024?

Super curious - what do the symbols on our tags mean? #AARE2024

Bishop speaks about the importance of teachers understanding their own ontologies - imagine if we did that at the start of the year with each other in staff rooms instead of all the usual PD #AARE2024

Finally got my act together and organised my BlueSky into lists. Now that I’m at #AARE2024 - who is missing from my Educational Researchers list? bsky.app/profile/did:...

Stoked to be attending the Australian Association for Studies of #Religion conference in Canberra today. #AASR #AcademicSky

Yep, and unfortunately it’s even more rife within an industry.