Adam Etkin

I’ve known Adrian for years & couldn’t be happier about this!

Frontiers to retract 122 articles, links thousands in other publishers’ journals to “unethical” network The publisher Frontiers has begun retracting a batch of 122 articles across five journals after an investigation found a network of authors and editors engaged in “unethical actions” such as manipu…

Frontiers to retract 122 articles, links thousands in other publishers’ journals to “unethical” network

retractionwatch.com/2025/07/29/f...

❓Is it time to pay peer reviewers?

In today’s post from ORIGINal Thoughts, author Zen Faulkes addresses a commonly posited solution to the reviewer shortage—compensating reviewers.

Read the post now! buff.ly/G2Jg6u1

#PeerReview #ScholarlyPublishing

Empire Strikes Back

Galactus Strikes Back

1000 times this.

NIH Plans to Cap Publisher Fees, Dilute “Scientific Elite” Director of the National Institutes of Health says that capping research journals’ open-access fees will help rein in the $19 billion academic publishing industry and bolster scientific debate.

NIH Director say journals "bully scientists into paying large fees".

No. Academia is a prestige economy in which scientific leadership chose to make journals the currency & Gold OA was deemed 'the way'. Publishers just cashed in; you don't have to pay $10K

www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Loved the new Superman movie. And if you think a message to “be kind” is “woke” or “political” you probably were rooting to Lex. #superman @jamesgunn.bsky.social

THIS! Researchers LIKE journals -- I hear this all the time, "I need journals as a filter mechanism. Everything open, everywhere is overwhelming, whereas the journal is a trust indicator. It's not perfect but it's needed." I think we have to recognize this is the dominant view.

Good, cheap, or fast. Pick 2z

Captain America #1

Captain America #1

Mentorship is a powerful force in #ScholComm. It fosters growth, trust, and long-lasting professional connections. In today's post from ORIGINal Thoughts, Patty Baskin reflects on how thoughtful mentoring transforms both mentors and mentees, with examples across editorial roles. buff.ly/hNxyWHX

True. I should’ve worded my own post more accurately.

Trump Reportedly Cuts Funding for Publisher of Prestigious Nature Journals and Scientific American Magazine Scientific journals are just too woke.

Trump cuts funding to journals

flip.it/XCwrR_

'Have we no shame?' Trump castigated by judge sickened by 'appalling' ruling A federal judge smacked down the Trump administration's effort to drastically cut grants to the National Institutes of Health, delivering a scathing rebuke and calling out the government's clear case ...

'Have we no shame?' Trump castigated by judge sickened by 'appalling' ruling #nih #science

www.rawstory.com/trump-nih-26...

How Scientific Journals Became MAGA’s Latest Target Publications like Science and the New England Journal of Medicine have long been essential forums for new research. Now the Trump administration is accusing them of political bias, corporate influence...

www.wsj.com/science/how-...

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Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’ Group behind Retraction Watch aims to pinpoint the most influential flawed health data.

“Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I believe the opposite is true. Those who are most sure they’re not an imposter, usually are.

Exclusive: US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance Move that seeks political control of doctors’ and scientists’ published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates say

"Senior officials at the US Department of Veterans Affairs have ordered that VA physicians and scientists not publish in medical journals or speak with the public without first seeking clearance from political appointees of Donald Trump, the Guardian has learned."

RFK Jr. Threatens to Block Scientists Publishing in Top Medical Journals The health and human services secretary said he’d rather have government researchers working for “in-house” publications instead.

According to RFK jr US govt to become a publisher?

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The Scream w/ Ghost Rider

The Last Supper w/ either the X-Men, Justice League, or Avengers

I think it was 85 or 86?

They were my first live concert. They opened for Pat Benatar.

‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.

"Mr. Kennedy said he would seek to prosecute medical journals under federal anti-corruption laws....`unless you come up with a plan right now to show how you’re going to start publishing real science.'"

I'm sure Jim Jordan will speak up against this blatant act of government intimidation.

DOJ questions science journal about bias, triggering free speech concerns The DOJ sent a letter to journal Chest questioning its editorial policies. The letter has sparked free speech concerns among scientists and First Amendment experts.

DOJ questions #science #journal about bias, triggering free speech concerns
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Greg Palast Greg Palast is known for his investigative reports for The Guardian, BBC Television, Rolling Stone and his string of New York Times bestsellers.

New era? @gregpalast.bsky.social has shown we’re already in this era. www.gregpalast.com

Now that Katy Perry and Gayle King have gone up in a rocket, will Elon finally strap in?

The Big Sleep w/ the Golden Age Sandman

What consequences? Dude did 2 Sieg Heils at the presidential inauguration and still got a place in the admin tearing apart the govt.