Dimity Stephen

We're looking for a post-doc to join our international, multidisciplinary project looking at how evaluation systems influence researchers' questionable practices. A great chance to get involved with a collaborative team doing exciting work on research integrity. Get in touch if you're interested!

16.01.2026 12:23 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

11 broad categories of peer review comments on bibliometric studies

I just reviewed the article 'Implicit reporting standards in bibliometric research: what can reviewers' comments tell us about reporting completeness?' by @dimitystephen.bsky.social and colleagues. I like the article a lot!

Article: arxiv.org/abs/2508.162...

Review: prereview.org/reviews/1739...

19.10.2025 16:15 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0

Thank you for the review, Ludo, and for arranging the open review process for STI 2023. As you saw, it was integral for us in the study!

20.10.2025 11:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

📚 Oxford-style Debate on academic publishing! @berndpulverer.bsky.social @embopress.org vs. Alexandra Freeman. Nov 7, 4:30pm, Holzmarkt Berlin, @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social, co-organized with @berlinualliance.bsky.social, moderated by @jlrohmann.bsky.social
berlinscienceweek.com/programme/ox...

16.10.2025 08:56 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

Congrats Anna! Such a great achievement!

08.10.2025 14:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Springer Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro

Springer-Nature launched a series of "Discover" journals that closely mimic MDPI titles -- sharing *identical* journal names, and likely similar business model.

What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it?

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the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...

15.06.2025 14:20 — 👍 251    🔁 185    💬 11    📌 21

Spotted! 2025 paper themes | STI-ENID2025

👀 Ever wondered what happens when research meets Gossip Girl?

We reimagined the topics of the upcoming Bristol Conference on Research Assessment (3–5 Sept) with a bit of sass and scandal — and it weirdly works. 💅📊

www.stienid2025.org/themes

Read the blog. Book your spot. See you in Bristol

xoxo

25.05.2025 20:20 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Hiring: Postdoctoral Fellow on Preprints and Open Peer Review - Scholarly Communications Lab | ScholCommLab Postdoctoral Fellowship on Preprints and Open Peer Review Description The Scholarly Communications Lab (ScholCommLab) at Simon Fraser University is seeking […]

JOIN US! Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity on Preprints and Open Peer Review. Multi-year project. Come with work @nataschachtena.bsky.social, @mariomalicki.bsky.social, me, and the rest of #ScholCommLab. Apply by May 23rd!

bit.ly/SCLpostdoc2025

Please share widely!

30.04.2025 05:15 — 👍 31    🔁 36    💬 0    📌 9

Assessment reform and publishing reform need to go hand in hand The need to reform research assessment and scientific publishing practices is widely recognized. However, Ludo Waltman argues that the assessment and publishing reform movements will be successful onl...

I just published a blog post arguing that the reform movements for research assessment and scientific publishing need to better align their agendas. This is crucial for the success of both movements.

www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/ass...

@leidenmadtrics.bsky.social

26.03.2025 09:45 — 👍 36    🔁 32    💬 4    📌 6

Don't forget to submit your paper for STI-ENID2025 by 4 April! @stienid2025.bsky.social This year’s theme of "Reconciliation in Research and its Measurement" will surely draw some fascinating talks!

14.03.2025 15:30 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0