Luciana Machado

Research integrity, thick and thin - Synthese We contrast two value-schemas of research integrity. One is the ‘thick’ ethos of an immersed and ethical researcher. The other is the ‘thin’ rules, responsibilities, and metrics that we use to communi...

We discuss cultural change initiatives to promote #researchintegrity. We distinguish 2 schemas of research integrity:
👉The thick, lived kind
👉The thin, rule-based kind.
We need both. What’s interesting is trying to understand how they relate. Had fun writing this!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This guy was visiting my butterfly garden 😍

I believe the Café strikes a balance: it’s broader than Slack but more focused than traditional social media. As part of the SIA platform, it connects a community around shared values and offers a trusted space to exchange updates, resources, and developments in research integrity and open science.

Science Integrity Alliance Together, we lead the movement toward a more transparent, accountable, and trustworthy scientific community.

Here’s how:
1. Sign up at www.sci-integrity.com
2. Go to Account > Visibility and Privacy > Profile Privacy and switch to Public
3. Add a photo and short bio to complete your profile
4. Join the Café via My Groups > Explore Groups > Suggested Groups > click Join on Integrity Café. 2/2 #IntegrityCafe

👀 Have you heard? The Integrity Café is now open on the #ScienceIntegrityAlliance platform!

☕️ The Integrity Café is a welcoming space to share resources, spotlight events, and post quick updates on #ResearchIntegrity and #OpenScience. Ready to join? 1/2

Science Integrity Alliance Together, we lead the movement toward a more transparent, accountable, and trustworthy scientific community.

Thanks for Bluesky-ing live from #Metascience2025!
When you have a moment, create your account at www.sci-integrity.com, swing by the Integrity Café, and let our community know what stood out. 💬 🧠
#ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience #ScienceIntegrityAlliance

Science Integrity Alliance Together, we lead the movement toward a more transparent, accountable, and trustworthy scientific community.

Disappointed to miss #Metascience2025. If you’re attending, please share your thoughts in the Integrity Café and consider joining the Meta-Research Working Group to help shape targeted collaborative projects supported by the Science Integrity Alliance. #ResearchIntegrity
www.sci-integrity.com

Sciety Groups Content creators helping you decide which preprints to read and trust.

You can find multiple platforms specializing in preprint reviews at sciety.org/groups, where you can also search for available reviews. You may also want to check out @dorassessment.bsky.social and @coarassessment.bsky.social, who are currently leading the research assessment reform.

Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.

📢 Big move toward transparency: All @nature.com research articles will now include published peer review reports and author responses.
#openscience #researchintegrity #peerreview #transparency
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Don’t miss this virtual presentation on the updated Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines 👇🏻

This is a long-overdue initiative. Patient care should no longer be compromised by flawed or misleading research. It’s also time to recognize that publication in a “high-profile” journal does not always reflect the true quality or integrity of a study. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The journal of sport sciences recently made a sample size justification section mandatory. More and more journals are implementing this, as it is a central part of a study! Learn how to create a state of the art sample size justification from my paper: online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

Ah yes, the gold standard of science. Start with an official health report full of fake citations. What could possibly go wrong? 🥇📉🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

The Science Integrity Alliance is building the first global network to unite research integrity initiatives under one powerful umbrella. 🤝

Join us in advancing research integrity worldwide!

✨ Your Initiative.
✨ Our Network.
✨ Maximum Impact.

www.sci-integrity.com
#ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience

"A literature that's ...polluted with junk is not only no good to anyone, it's a source of real harm, and it lends itself to ... bad-faith attacks on scientific research in general... We need to speak up more about this situation and we need to start cleaning house more vigorously" #Papermills 🧪

Science Integrity Alliance Together, we lead the movement toward a more transparent, accountable, and trustworthy scientific community.

I invite those interested in improving research quality and promoting a culture where integrity matters to explore the LEARN hub and watch for new resources. We're working with global leaders to build a more transparent and trustworthy scientific community.
🌐 🤝 Join us! www.sci-integrity.com (5/5)

Scientific Method | Science Integrity Alliance

Our "Scientific Method" page features research assessment reform as one step to improve research quality, alongside prospective registration, protocol and preprint peer review, and open science principles: www.sci-integrity.com/scientific-method. (4/5)

Research Integrity | Science Integrity Alliance

At Science Integrity Alliance @sci-integrity.com, we cover incentive structures on our "Research Integrity" page in the LEARN hub: www.sci-integrity.com/research-integrity. It's part of our mission to help young researchers navigate system pressures while maintaining integrity. (3/5) #LEARNHub

Home | DORA The Declaration on Research Assessment recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.

We need to rethink what we reward in science. That's why DORA @dorassessment.bsky.social and COARA @coarassessment.bsky.social are so important—they ask universities to stop chasing rankings and start caring about quality, openness, and real impact. #ReformRA #ResearchAssessment sfdora.org (2/5)

Couldn't agree more, Darren. Walking away from university rankings is one of the most powerful moves we can make to fix research culture. When we stop chasing numbers, we can start focusing on what really matters: quality research that helps people. #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchCulture (1/5)

Just finished a few inspiring days at the National Conference on #ResearchIntegrity in Chicago. Grateful for the thoughtful conversations and feedback on the Science Integrity Alliance. The sun came out just in time after a few rainy days, a perfect end to the trip. ☀️ #NCRI2025 #ResearchCulture

Only one day to go!🎉

#WorthWatching

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🤩 I'm excited to see the efforts our Alliance has been making over the last year bloom into the launch of these incredible resources!

❤️ A heartfelt thank you to our amazing partners and individual contributors from across our network who've joined forces to make this happen.

#WeAreStrongerTogether

🌟 Excited to share the new Science Integrity Alliance video!
#WeAreStrongerTogether
#ResearchIntegrity
#OpenScience
#Alliance

SPIRIT 2025 statement: updated guideline for protocols of randomised trials Importance The protocol of a randomised trial is the foundation for study planning, conduct, reporting, and external review. However, trial protocols vary in their completeness and often do not addres...

A well-written protocol is key to quality scholarship. The SPIRIT guideline for protocols of randomized trials has just been updated - please share widely! 🗣️ #researchintegrity #openscience
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Updated CONSORT guideline for reporting randomized trials👇🏻

Development of ROBUST-RCT: Risk Of Bias instrument for Use in SysTematic reviews-for Randomised Controlled Trials Recent innovations in evidence based medicine methods, in particular instruments assessing risk of bias in randomised trials, have focused on methodological rigour at the expense of simplicity and pra...

ROBUST-RCT: A new tool for assessing risk of bias of randomised controlled trials included in systematic reviews. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Thanks for sharing!