Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar

SORTEE The Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE) is a service organization which brings together researchers working to improve reliability and transparency…

#SORTEE2025 Conference is over but you can (re)watch @ www.youtube.com/@SORTEcoEvo/...
- Introductory & closing remarks by @eivimeycook.bsky.social
- Plenary 1 by Dr. Israel Borokini
- Plenary 2 by Prof. Simine Vazire

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Our newest paper is out in Methods in Ecol Evol @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social :) amazing team effort - we show that the traditional way of analyzing comparative data lacks finesse. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/oidcS... w/ @itchyshin.bsky.social Yefeng Yang, Losia Lagisz & Ayumi Mizuno

1/3 Launching the BD/OA2020 Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata.
We will work on: framework & clauses · tools/templates · pilots · capacity-building.

Read: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2025100...
and: oa2020.org/2025/10/02/b...

#OpenResearchInformation #OpenScience

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Desde el Gobierno de España se habilitado una consulta abierta a la ciudadanía sobre los puntos principales a incluir en un futuro Pacto de Estado frente a la Emergencia Climática.

Enlace a la consulta (abierta hasta el 15 de octubre):
forma.administracionelectronica.gob.es/form/open/co...

Esto es importante! Si te preocupa como a mí el cambio climático, desde el Gobierno se ha habilitado una consulta abierta a la ciudadanía sobre el futuro Pacto de Estado por el Clima. Participar es importante, si no sabes cómo, desde la AEET hemos preparado esta guía.

www.aeet.org/mm/file/Como...

My paper on heterogeneity in Evidence Synthesis is finally out! Many thanks to @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social and the participants of the Evidence Synthesis workshop at UniBielefeld for the great comments and discussions! doi.org/10.1017/psa....

This is absolutely amazing. Congratulations to the whole team! 👏

To all researchers out there: if you haven’t yet, I highly recommend checking out @peercommunityin.bsky.social
and @peercomjournal.bsky.social. They’re outstanding venues for open and community-driven publishing.

From policy to practice: Progress towards #data- and #code-sharing in ecology and evolution #ProcB @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @eivimeycook.bsky.social tell us more in our blog royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...

Looking forward to seeing you all there. Join us! #SORTEE2025

Great way to end the first day at the Responsible Research in Action Unconference — keynote by Maryann Martone on changing the culture around data sharing, followed by an introduction to the new MERRI collaboration by @tweissgerber.bsky.social

From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and ev...

Open data & code make science better.

That means sharing data, & code with published research AND during peer review.

But even at the better journals, submitting a manuscript is often confusing and tedious.

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doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and evolution, we still do not know how widespread data- and ...

Our latest #SORTEE-led paper is out now in #ProcB!

We reviewed data/code-sharing policy clarity, strictness & timing across 275 EcoEvo journals

We also worked with #ProcB & #EcologyLetters to assess initial compliance with sharing mandates. Huge team effort! 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Great to see this out! Only ~23% of psychology journals have a post-publication critique format (e.g., letter to the editor). Some impose strict limits (e.g., 400 words & 4 weeks to submit). Critiques are rarely published — in two random samples of 101 empirical articles we found only 1 critique.

New in #ProcB - From policy to practice: Progress towards #data- and #code-sharing in ecology and evolution @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @eivimeycook.bsky.social tell us more in our blog royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...

📣 Hot off the press at #ProcB!

🔍 Our study checked data/code-sharing policies in 275 eco/evo journals and compliance in Proc B (n=2,340) & Ecology Letters (n=571). Policies exist, but clarity and strictness vary, affecting reproducibility.

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

🙌 wonderful work leading this @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social, @eivimeycook.bsky.social, and @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social.

Transparency with open data and code sharing is a critical first step in the quality control pipeline for research code.

Thanks, Sophie. Great to hear from you. Hope everything is going well. Cheers!

🎉 From Hackathon to Pre-registered Study

Started at SORTEE 2023 with 37 participants (now co-authors) assessing journal data/code policies. Pre-registered (doi.org/10.17605/OSF...). Thanks to @sortee.bsky.social , #ProcB & Ecology Letters for support & data.

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

🔧 Moving Forward

Clearer, accessible data/code-sharing policies are key. Researchers, journals, and institutions must collaborate. Recruiting dedicated data editors can help ensure compliance and improve quality.

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

📊 What We Found

Most journals have data/code-sharing policies, but many lack clarity or enforcement. This gap highlights the need for standard, transparent practices. Initial submission data indicates that policies do indeed increase sharing.

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

📣 Hot off the press at #ProcB!

🔍 Our study checked data/code-sharing policies in 275 eco/evo journals and compliance in Proc B (n=2,340) & Ecology Letters (n=571). Policies exist, but clarity and strictness vary, affecting reproducibility.

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

New paper in @funecology.bsky.social led by @felixpleiva.bsky.social. We present ShareTrait, a community-driven platform for standardising & sharing individual-level trait data in ectotherms to improve data reuse across studies.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

#OpenScience #FAIRdata

squidSim: a flexible R package for structured and reproducible simulations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
DOI: doi.org/10.32942/X20...

We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇

Course Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis in R This course provides a practical introduction to modern methods of evidence synthesis, with a focus on systematic review and meta-analysis in ecology and evolution.

Últimas plazas para el curso @eco-aeet.bsky.social de Meta-analysis que impartirá mayormente @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social en Sevilla en Octubre: www.aeet.org/events/2025/...

¡Nuevo monográfico publicado! 📑

Acabamos de lanzar nuestro volumen 34(2) que incluye el monográfico "Ecología del ectoparasitismo: muestreo, distribución e implicaciones eco-evolutivas de los ectoparásitos". En este hilo te contamos qué artículos se incluyen y de qué tratan.

Pseudo Effects: How Method Biases Can Produce Spurious Findings About Close Relationships - Samantha Joel, John K. Sakaluk, James J. Kim, Devinder Khera, Helena Yuchen Qin, Sarah C. E. Stanton, 2025 Research on interpersonal relationships frequently relies on accurate self-reporting across various relationship facets (e.g., conflict, trust, appreciation). Y...

In a new paper, my colleagues and I set out to demonstrate how method biases can create spurious findings in relationship science, by using a seemingly meaningless scale (e.g., "My relationship has very good Saturn") to predict relationship outcomes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Known and Unknown Biases: A Framework for Contextualising and Identifying Bias in Animal Behaviour Research As scientists, we are prone to biases. These biases can influence our ideas, how we conduct our research and how we interpret our findings. Individual researchers can take active steps to locate and ...

How do our own biases impact the way we design and interpret research in #AnimalBehaviour and beyond? In our new @ethoges.bsky.social paper tirelessly led by @lucywinder.bsky.social, we discuss where #bias comes from and how we should approach it going forward. Check it out 👇
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