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Proud to share Open Science NL's Annual Review 2025! 🌟

114 projects, €50M+ awarded across 8 programmes spanning the full open science agenda.

We spotlight inspiring projects, reflect on progress, and look ahead to 2026-2027 🌍

Read the full review: direc.to/oTJu 📖

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Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) do About It - Part 2 - The Scholarly Kitchen Current AI disclosure guidelines are failing and driving AI use underground rather than making it transparent. In this follow-up post, I turn to the more challenging question: what publishers should d...

Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) do About It – Part 2 scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/03/w...

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Bruce Springsteen on Trump and ICE.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP...

Here's How Often Researchers Disclose Use of AI in Their Papers Unsurprisingly, it's probably underreported, journal editors say

Here's How Often Researchers Disclose Use of AI in Their Papers www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Early Bird Deadline Approaching February 3!
Register now for #WCRI2026, the leading global conference on research integrity, taking place May 3–6 in Vancouver, Canada.
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Recommended reading for all who care about universities and their role in society.
Yesterday Iris Lechner defended her PhD thesis on the epistemic responsibilities of universities in a sparkling discussion with her opponents. PhD thesis is available at: bit.ly/45EDkNz
@wcrifoundation.bsky.social

I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too If we don’t slow down, the research enterprise is going to crash, argues Adrian Barnett.

Less is more. This aphorism is constantly on my mind. The scientific publication system is under tremendous strain, the last thing it needs is a massive dump of LLM generated/aided papers. If you love science, then show it some love. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Arjen Lubach, a Dutch comedian, wearing a white chortle and a dark tie, putting on a red cap with white letters NAAGGA, meant to look like a MAGA cap worn by Trump supporters. More red caps on the desk.

Brilliant idea by @arjenlubach.bsky.social:
The NAAGGA hat.
‘Naagga’ means ‘No’ in Greenlandic.
Sold out already!

lubach.shop/product/naag...

Penalise ‘retraction hotspot’ universities, says integrity tsar Indian campaigner Achal Agrawal says research watchdog he founded gets tens of tip-offs regarding suspected malpractice every day

Penalise ‘retraction hotspot’ universities, says integrity tsar

#Retraction #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/penalis...

To Combat Academic Fraud, Scholars Confront Hallowed Tradition This is the fourth part of a series on the crisis in academic research and publishing. Read the first three parts here, here and here.

To Combat Academic Fraud, Scholars Confront Hallowed Tradition

#AcademicFraud #Scholar #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.fairfieldsuntimes.com/opinion/to-c...

New study shows Portugese researchers engage in questionable research practices (sometimes frequently), even though most admit these are problematic. QRPs studied are mainly related to integrity, but includes hypothesizing after results are known.

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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I've just updated my preprint on short personal reviews of novels on #ResearchIntegrity , which now covers 35 titles. bit.ly/409E5ff
Please attend me to novels which you believe to belong to this list, but are not yet included.

Title, author’s name and photograph, and initial paragraphs from a commentary piece published in Nature about journal publishers adopting an international standard to ensure quality of research publications

An area of science that is “strangely devoid of independent checks” is #academic #publishing. @jabyrnesci.bsky.social states “external oversight [e.g., ISO 9001] could push journals & publishers to work harder to reduce integrity issues that are harming scientific literature" doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Put pressure on publishers to follow best practice — external regulation is the answer Journals that work hard to meet the needs of both authors and readers should be acknowledged publicly — encouraging others to follow suit.

“one area of science is strangely devoid of independent checks — academic publishing” Great opinion piece from @jabyrnesci.bsky.social on the need for #publishers to themselves follow best practice & become better regulated 👏👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

✨2025 was a year of building, connecting, and growing.🌱

Check out a few highlights below.

We are also excited about all that 2026 will bring. Stay tuned for more on our evolving governance model and the launch of new resources and subscriptions.

#ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience #Community #SIA

Paper Mills: a new threat to scientific publishing – Full Fact There's a new problem for publication in research: scientific fraud.

Paper Mills: a new threat to scientific publishing

#PaperMill #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

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fullfact.org/technology/p...

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing

#ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #WCRI2026 #WCRI

theconversation.com/the-5-stages...

Put pressure on publishers to follow best practice — external regulation is the answer | www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Put pressure on publishers to follow best practice — external regulation is the answer Journals that work hard to meet the needs of both authors and readers should be acknowledged publicly — encouraging others to follow suit.

"...external oversight could push journals and publishers to work harder to reduce integrity issues that are harming the scientific literature." @wcrifoundation.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🎆Congratulations🎇 Sleuths at PubPeer - pubpeer.com :
End-of-the-Year Countdown runs for 250,000 flagged papers!!
...that's a 3‰ of total publications over all years & disciplines (ca. 76,000,000)

👉essential for #ResearchIntegrity

Open science must avoid ‘feeding the machine’ for AI firms.

Academics must set standards for use of artificial intelligence in research, says open science expert.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Wake up call for funding agencies: "The question is, which costs more: the research being funded, or the application process itself?"