Özgür Kadir Özer

It is up to ordinary citizens in the West to do all we can to stop one of history’s great crimes.

Italian workers have shown all of us how it can be done.

The research network has democratized.
- Private-sector participation is growing
- Dependence on a few institutions is decreasing
- Collaboration is expanding

📖 Read the full article: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kcGM_LrCm...

Türkiye’s solar energy research has grown significantly! Its share of global solar energy publications increased from 0.46% (1991–2000) to 1.38% (2011–2020). It acts as a bridge for knowledge exchange between Europe and MENA, thanks to its location & participation in EU Framework Programmes.

Excited to share our research on Türkiye’s solar energy research network (1991–2020) with Yelda Erden Topal & Gülşah Karakaya! 🌞

Key findings below ⬇️

#SolarEnergy #RenewableEnergy #ScienceOfScience

How CRISPR patent issues block Indian farmers from accessing biotech benefits Scientists in Asia and Africa are racing to discover hardier crop varieties using gene editing tools. But patent restrictions come in the way.

How CRISPR patent issues block Indian farmers from accessing biotech benefits www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fig 5. Estimated disadvantages for non-native English speakers when conducting different scientific activities. The height of hurdles indicates the relative length of time taken to read an English-language paper (Reading), to write a paper in English (Writing), and to prepare an oral presentation in English (Presentation), and the relative frequency of an English-language paper being rejected (Paper rejection) or requested to revise (Paper revision) due to English writing, for non-native English speakers (Non-native), compared to native English speakers (Native). The values are for non-native English speakers who have published only one English-language paper (higher value from moderate and low English proficiency nationalities), compared to the values for native English speakers. This figure is not intended to suggest that science is a race.

lol at last line of caption: "This figure is not intended to suggest that science is a race." The treachery of images! (source doi.org/10.1371/jour...)

Science of Science in Copenhagen, June 2025 #scisci

Quintumble The simple and intriguing 5-word puzzle

Proteins fold in bits and pieces, first forming small structures that eventually coalesce into the native state. But the path is fraught with local traps: the protein must escape these to find the global minimum.

If you want a feel for this search process, you should play Quintimble.
quintumble.com

Zotero - Apps on Google Play Your personal research assistant

Finally! Zotero is now available in beta form for android devices, play.google.com/store/apps/d..., get it while it´s hot, they are still limiting the number of downloads during the beta testing phase.

Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023 This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...

🚨 Preprint! We combine our recent open dataset of #APC prices with the article counts per journal-year from #OpenAlex to estimate how much the academic community has paid in APCs over the last 5 years.

A. $8.349 billion ($8.968 B in 2023 USD)

$2.5B in 2023 alone.

arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551 #metasci

Action Intent Links | Bluesky Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:

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#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Türkiye Bilim Çalışmaları Başlangıç Paketi. Yeni insanlar Bluesky'a geldikçe ekliyorum ancak gözümden kaçanlar olabiliyor. Eksikleri bildirirseniz sevinirim. go.bsky.app/9KgsdQe #Türkiye #Turkey

I made a starter pack with as many of the Twitter folk I follow that I could find:

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SciSci starter packs!

Adding a second starter pack here since we ran out of capacity with the first one: go.bsky.app/NeZvnb5

The first one can be found here: go.bsky.app/2R1E4TD
Please nominate or self-nominate with an example work.

Please share!

#AcademicSky #SciSci #SciPol #metascience

Here is the starter pack for folks in science of science, meta science, STS, philosophy of science, history of science, economics of science, science policy, AI+science, and so on.

Feel free to nominate and self-nominate!

#SciSci #STS #MetaScience #SciPol #AI4Science #ScAISci

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We adapt social media tracking as platforms come and go or become places for research comms. We also track a bunch of other pretty interesting metrics like policy, news, Wikipedia and patents. So hopefully it wouldn’t be *completely* meaningless!

I started an economics of science and innovation starter pack, let me know who to add!

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The Strain on Scientific Publishing - Response to: “Bad bibliometrics don’t add up for research or why research publishing policy needs sound science” Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro

We were surprised by a recent #Frontiers blog. They make derogatory statements, accuse us of data manipulation & mischaracterize our comms with them. 😔

Critiques of our work are welcome. Falsehoods about us and our work are not. Here we set the record straight. 1/7 #SciPub #AcademicSky #PeerReview

Kamala Harris issues sharp rebuke of Israel over ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza Vice-president calls for ceasefire and immediate hostage release, in comments that appear to be strongest yet by a US leader on Gaza

Too little, too late apple.news/AzX-v4U36RMK...

I know the post is about short turnaround times for MDPI articles, but scarier to me is how long the tail is for some of these distributions. We are talking about almost 2 years sometimes. How on earth is the career of an ECR supposed to survive that? #Academicsky

Guest Post - There is More to Reliable Chatbots than Providing Scientific References: The Case of ScopusAI - The Scholarly Kitchen A data scientist reviews ScopusAI (beta) and shares her analysis of its limitations, reliability, and potential.

Guest Post — There is More to Reliable Chatbots than Providing Scientific References: The Case of ScopusAI scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/02/21/g...

Did you know Scopus has an #AI tool, called ScopusAI? Teresa Kubacka gave it a try.

Read the Scholarly Kitchen blog post to learn more: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/02/21/g...

The only ethical "AI" chat bot: CatGPT
catgpt.wvd.io

The logo for the Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication.

Join us on 3 Apr 2024 14h CET for a free webinar to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Helsinki Initiative on #Multilinugalism in #ScholarlyCommunication. Presentations by Emanuel Kulczycki, Ismael Ràfols, Joanna Ball, Laura Rovelli & me!

Registration info: helsinki-initiative.org/en/events/3r...

'Moderna clearly does not feel that the billions it received in public funds came with any obligation to serve the public interest. The company falsified its patent applications, omitting the NIH scientists who co-developed the vaccine, claiming sole ownership:'
pluralistic.net/2023/01/25/n...