New in NHB: An appetizer from the SCORE project. We replicated 29 social science COVID papers. Beginners and more experienced researchers forecasted the replication outcomes following a structured elicitation process and were similarly successful at prediction, ~65%.

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This is a catastrophe. While Finland has downgraded the MDPI and Frontiers journals to level 0 (meaning these publications are not recognized for research evaluation purposes), Germany has signed an agreement to promote publications in MDPI journals.

Surprisingly thick ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa complicates hunt for life Revelation is blow to hopes for habitability and future space missions

A new analysis of data from the Juno spacecraft suggests that the ice shell covering the ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa might be WAY thicker than anticipated. (With comments from @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social)

Possibly bad news for any hope of life signs from Europa Clipper, currently en route. 🧪🔭

Parabolas of light from different ionized gasses striking a photo plate. There's tracks for many different ions including hydrogen, neon, mercury, carbon, and carbon monoxide.

J. J. Thomson and F. W. Aston discovered isotopes in 1912 by observing that there were 2 different ionized neon tracks (Ne-20 & Ne-22) in their anode ray tube experiments. The tracks depend on the charge-to-mass (q/m) ratio of the ion. Ne-22 has 2 extra neutrons. #Science #Physics #NuclearPhysics 🧪⚛️

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2024-25 MLB Top 40 Free Agent Big Board: Welcome to the Juan Soto sweepstakes Analysis, best fits, and contract projections on a strong class that includes Corbin Burnes, Alex Bregman and, possibly, Roki Sasaki

2024-25 MLB Top 40 Free Agent Big Board: Welcome to the Juan Soto sweepstakes: Analysis, best fits, and contract projections on a strong class that includes Corbin Burnes, Alex Bregman and, possibly, Roki Sasaki

A call for research to address the threat of paper mills Research paper mills are covert organizations that provide low quality or fabricated manuscripts to paying clients. This Perspective, written by members of the United2Act Research Working Group, propo...

🧪"A call for research to address the threat of paper mills"
5 key research questions needing resourcing & support
Proof: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
💙 @abalkina.bsky.social @image-integrity.bsky.social @saraheaton.bsky.social @nhwise.bsky.social, United2Act co-authors and members, COPE & STM

Well deserved Elisabeth

SSP's Early Career Development Podcast Episode 20: Industry Primer - University Presses and Their Unique Role in Scholarly Publishing - The Scholarly Kitchen This episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast serves as a primer on university presses: how the university press model and structure can differ or align from the traditional for-profit model,...

University Presses and Their Unique Role in Scholarly Publishing - Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science) speak to @dawnd.bsky.social, the Wyndham Robertson Editorial Director at the University of North Carolina Press.

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The Scholarly Kitchen starter pack, now with Alison Mudditt go.bsky.app/6Q7pwT6

Now we will see how ready Indiana football is for the big time. Here’s hoping it will be a great game!

Amazingly this is not a joke-- and they only charge $1945 per article !!! 🧪

Great to see this work published from United2Act Working Group 3. A call for research to help to understand and address the threat of paper mills.