Malcolm Macleod

I wrote a blog about scientific publishing for @edinunineuro.bsky.social ... blogs.ed.ac.uk/edneuro/2026... ... based on my @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social talk last year

At base, AI can only tell you what is already knowable.

Gret talk by Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social at the reproducibiliTea Basel by @swissrn.bsky.social a case study on scientific rigor. Many thanks Berna -it was very illuminating. 👏

MND Catalyst Award - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER Apply for up to £100k through the My Name's Doddie 2026 Catalyst Awards to support bold early stage MND research with potential to advance translation.

Apply for up to £100k through the My Name's Doddie 2026 Catalyst Awards to support bold early stage MND research with potential to advance translation.

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'Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.' (Toynbee)

VIDA DTC - Understanding the impact of post-stroke infection on neuroinflammation and small vessel disease in stroke recovery at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - VIDA DTC - Understanding the impact of post-stroke infection on neuroinflammation and small vessel disease in stroke recovery at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

We have a further exciting PhD opportunity in the lab investigating the impact of systemic infection on the recovering brain after stroke and its link to small vessel disease and cognitive decline. Details in the link below
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Efficacy and safety of esketamine for “treatment resistant depression”: registered report for a systematic review with an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind, placebo-con... Background In 2019, the FDA and EMA approved intranasal esketamine for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The current study re-evaluated its efficacy and safety. Methods This registered report pres...

🚨 Our team has just published a Registered Report in BMC Medicine, one of the very few medical journals that offers this format (if we want better science, we should not follow journal impact factors, we should support journals with the best policies).

Many thanks to everyone who has reached out publicly or privately in support of this work, especially those working in this field. Truly.

Very strong argument for institutions in financial peril to pivot, completely, from current model and read and publish deals to diamond open access as only model. The world would not stop spinning on its axis.

There is so much to be disappointed about in this story--from the institutional response to Miles Hewstone himself. We still have a lot of work to do to make academic environments inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive, and where harassers are held accountable.

Must be something in the Forth Valley water - knocking it out of the park at #healthawards25

Highly recommend this opportunity! I was on the steering committee about 5-6 years ago and it was incredibly rewarding!

(P.S. where did the years go?? 😵‍💫)

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NEW on Wonkhe: As universities rely increasingly on international fees, Daniel Sokol asks whether financial pressure is blinding institutions to a growing trade in deception buff.ly/YVffQG5

Job opportunities at Retraction Watch Here are our current open positions: Intern, Medical Evidence Project Editor, Medical Evidence Project Staff reporter, Retraction Watch Learn more about The Center for Scientific Integrity, and abo…

Hello.

The MEP is hiring an intern (a paid one, not an 'ooh ooh think of the experience' one)

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Feel free to direct this to anyone interested. I think it will fill quickly so pitter patter.

On here if anyone has questions / pushback!

Claim like this, if it ain’t pre registered, isn’t blinded, and doesn’t have a power calculation, it ain’t a thing. Sorry.

Why are indexers unable to see that peer review can be more than a thumbs up or a thumbs down? | DORA Journals and peer review are unlikely to change for the better if the companies that operate scientific indexes and citation databases continue to stifle innovation. At eLife we believe that the conte...

"Who controls the scientific literature?"
New guest blog post by @fionahutton.bsky.social, Damian Pattison and @drpeterrodgers.bsky.social explores the @elife.bsky.social model and the challenges of driving change in scientific publishing.
Read it here 👉 sfdora.org/2025/07/30/s...

Want to be part of the change to improve #research culture and practice? Join the Responsible Research in Action Unconference 2025 in Berlin, Sept 22-24 ⬇️

#ResponsibleResearch #ResponsibleResearchInAction #ResponsibleResearchPractice #RRiA

PSE8 Visit the post for more.

Do you want to go to a metascience conference where AI will not solve all problems, you can ask critical questions, and El$evier is not invited? Sign up for the mailing list for the 8th Perspectives on Scientific Error conference in 2026 in Leiden! perspectivesonscientificerror2026.wordpress.com

The answer, of course, is 'it depends' - but it is by no means certain, and will require substantial change from the publication industry

International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication Enhancing the quality and credibility of science.

The PRC program is now online!

Scientific Retractions and #Democracy Index Scores Across 167 countries

from ‪@choxos.bsky.social ‪@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social

is part of the #ResearchMisconduct and #ScientificIntegrity session

Register at peerreviewcongress.org

@bmj.com @jama.com

Meet The Peer Review Congress Plenary Speakers!

‪@maclomaclee.bsky.social of ‪@edinunineuro.bsky.social‬ and
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social‬

presents the Douglas G Altman Lecture September 4

Does the Journal Article Have a Future?

Register at peerreviewcongress.org!

@jama.com @bmj.com

Connecting demand and supply side interest holders in evidence synthesis. Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative. Supported by Wellcome Trust.

Laura Boeira is at the #ESIC Cape Town Consensus Meeting on transforming #EvidenceSynthesis to improve lives. She gives an overview of Day 2 in a short video available at:
evidencesynthesis.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/...
@wellcometrust.bsky.social

A brief guide to statistical analysis of grouped data in preclinical research Nature Metabolism - Clustering and nesting (C&N) arise in many preclinical studies, such as when animals are group-housed or share litters, or in cell culture. Ignoring C&N...

A brief guide to statistical analysis of grouped data in preclinical research rdcu.be/er3HG

Postdoc Research Assistant: Mechanisms of the C9ORF72 Join Dr Arpan Mehta's lab at MRC PPU, University of Dundee, for a 12-month postdoc using CRISPR screens to explore ALS in iPSC-derived motor neurons.

Join Dr Arpan Mehta's lab at MRC PPU, Dundee, for a 12-month postdoc using CRISPR screens to explore ALS in iPSC-derived motor neurons. Closing date: 18th July

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Open Letter in Support of Science — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

An open letter highlighting the co-optation of open science language in the latest Executive Order to justify policies that are, in fact, antithetical to open science principles.

Read and consider signing with your support.

www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...

100% - I think there has been a little too much dancing with the devil in some quarters. Onwards, without fear or favour.

see page 5 of assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7f90... - enshrined in UK law. But it is reasonable for govts to seek assurance that funds are well spent

Since I started looking at the reporting quality of animal research in the neurosciences (and in now way claiming causality!) - reporting of eg randomisation and blinding has pretty much doubled - so gradual improvement is happening all the time