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Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers

A new study, based on an analysis of thousands of publications and their authors and editors, shows paper mills are just part of a complex, interconnected system that includes publishers, journals, and brokers. scim.ag/3H9kwwQ

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Great article on an issue I think about a lot. AI developers incessantly web scrape for data with minimal quality checks. What happens when LLMs are trained on more AI generated content than genuine information? Especially concerning for students/ECRs navigating heavily compromised research corpora

"Our motivation for writing this article stems from our individual and collective encounters with citational and academic exclusion."

By Sarah Sauvé, @saralilplants.bsky.social, ‪
@helenagellersen.bsky.social & @flavioazevedo.bsky.social from @forrt.bsky.social ‬and @reproducibilitea.org

Figure 1. Mechanisms of power and privilege operating in citational practice and their effects on six individuals with different intersecting identities.

“This paper unpacks the concept of citation politics and its role in sustaining epistemic hierarchies within scholarly communities.”

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Peer review is broken, and pedagogical research has a fix The lessons of decades of research into assessment and feedback haven’t tracked across into the practice of peer review. Madeleine Pownall wonders why not The lessons of decades of research into asses...

I can never understand why efforts to improve peer review don’t learn from the decades of educational research about how to do good, robust, constructive assessment and feedback.

What would happen if we treated peer review as pedagogy?

New in @wonkhe.bsky.social

wonkhe.com/blogs/peer-r...

Open access publishing is transforming science by making research accessible, fostering collaboration, and supporting reproducibility. But APCs raise challenges. Learn more in our latest blog post.

🔗 opensciencelab.uc3m.es/blog/benefit...

Don't miss out on an engaging R4E event! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 10 AM ET / 3 PM CET. Secure your place now at forms.gle/yhxMsiXa1o7q.... Seize this chance to be part of something great! #academicsky

The call for proposals is now up for our long awaited #AIMOS2025 conference in Sydney this November:
aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...

new perspective in @collabrapsychology.bsky.social suggests “analysis blinding has the potential to prevent fruitless discussions and tension between original authors and replication teams in replication projects while preserving a healthy scientific debate”

online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...

In which I note that OS is a social movement aimed at better aligning "good" & "successful" research - and shoutout @ukrepro.bsky.social, @reproducibilitea.org & our wonderful librarian allies like @openresleeds.bsky.social

English version here: open-science-future.zbw.eu/en/shift-tow...

We are creating an academic journal and *you* can shape it!

Make comments and suggest changes to replicationresearch.org 's
- Constitution
- TOP guidelines
- article types
- and reviewer guidelines
until September 5 and be credited as a contributor: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“In particular, it [this paper] discusses how the virtue of docility, best understood as being “open to learning”, is a key virtue for training new scientists and for establishing robust processes of knowledge creation.”

Docility as a Primary Virtue in Scientific Research - Minerva Scientific epistemology is a topic that has sparked centuries of philosophical discourse. In particular, understanding the role that scientists play in the creation and perpetuation of scientific know...

📚 Docility as a Primary Virtue in Scientific Research
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Psychologists & related fields: what is a big methods question that you believe remains somewhat unanswered & that you'd love to see adressed? There may be an opportunity for a large-scale meta-science project with many teams trying to figure out a question.

Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky

Check out the pictures from the conference below - a pleasure to attend and support OSIG and present the GRN!

Congratulations to the Open Science Interest Group (OSIG) based at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg on their first #OpenScience Conference and for joining the GRN! 👏

You can check out their great work here ✅: uol.de/psychologie/...

Practical Tips for Ethical Data Sharing - Michelle N. Meyer, 2018 This Tutorial provides practical dos and don’ts for sharing research data in ways that are effective, ethical, and compliant with the federal Common Rule. I fir...

📚 Practical tips for ethical data sharing. doi.org/10.1177/2515...

Job opportunities at Retraction Watch Here are our current open positions: Editor, Medical Evidence Project Staff reporter, Retraction Watch Assistant researcher, Retraction Watch Database Learn more about the Center for Scientific Int…

The Center For Scientific Integrity, our parent nonprofit, is hiring! Two new positions:

-- Editor, Medical Evidence Project
-- Staff reporter, Retraction Watch

and we're still recruiting for:

-- Assistant researcher, Retraction Watch Database

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From impact metrics and open science to communicating research: Journalists’ awareness of academic controversies This study sheds light on how journalists respond to evolving debates within academia around topics including research integrity, improper use of metrics to measure research quality and impact, and th...

📚 From impact metrics and open science to communicating research: Journalists' awareness of academic controversies. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

This week's read: ‘Lazy’ authors? One in six scientific papers mischaracterize work they cite. buff.ly/QsS5FCa

"Errors may result from an author’s desire to mold a preconceived narrative."

Rigor is also about careful evaluation of evidence.

#ConfirmationBias #Citations #ScientificRigor

RETRACTED ARTICLE: High replicability of newly discovered social-behavioural findings is achievable - Nature Human Behaviour Four labs discovered and replicated 16 novel findings with practices such as preregistration, large sample sizes and replication fidelity. Their findings suggest that with best practices, high replica...

Next #ReproducibiliTea in #Bielefeld on August 1st is a special edition on #Retraction: We read Protzko et al. (2024)(www.nature.com/articles/s41...) and the corresponding Retraction Note (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) - Join us online/at V4-116. More info: burst.pages.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/burst/

Logos of AusRN and AIMOS and webinar announcement

Register now for the next joint @aimosinc.bsky.social @ausrepro.bsky.social webinar "Preventing statistical errors before publication" with Dr Michèle Nuijten and Dr Tom Hardwicke on Wed 27 Aug (4:00pm AEST).
@michelenuijten.bsky.social @tomhardwicke.bsky.social
qut.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 2/3

The n-of-1 randomized controlled trial: clinical usefulness. Our three-year experience - PubMed We interpret the results as supporting the feasibility and usefulness of n-of-1 trials in clinical practice.

#statstab #395 The n-of-1 randomized controlled trial: clinical usefulness

Thoughts: Could RCTs comprised of 1 participant be useful? Maybe! And more so than large sample observational studies.

#Nof1 #RCTs #causalinference #research #methods #clinical

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2297206/

The first version of the open science blog archive is complete, with 3530 posts from 52 blogs. Browse them in the online Shiny app: shiny.ieis.tue.nl/open_science... All blog posts are ordered chronologically. Have fun exploring part of the open science history in psychology!

📚 A scoping review on metrics to quantify reproducibility: a multitude of questions leads to a multitude of metrics royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

ReproducibiliTea Podcast Podcast · ReproducibiliTea Podcast · Serving mugs of Reproducibili☕️: Blends include transparency, openness and robustness + a spoonful of science. Brewed by the @ReproducibiliT Team

✨ The ReproducibiliTea podcast is produced by members of the grassroots initiative ReproducibiliTea Global and covers a diverse range of topics relevant to the open science community aimed at improving research practices and academic culture. buff.ly/uavCYK3

✨ ReproducibiliTea (@reproducibilitea.org) Reading Lists make it easier for journal clubs to find high quality, interesting, and thought-provoking articles for their discussions on Open Science, metascience, and related topics. buff.ly/UXqZ1YY buff.ly/e1egfKJ

We are very pleased to have received the 2025 SIPS Commendations for our ReproducibiliTea reading lists rpt-rl.netlify.app and ReproducibiliTea podcast soundcloud.com/reproducibil... ✨