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Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years The native species was driven to extinction by sailors in the 1800s. Now, 158 juvenile giant tortoises have been reintroduced to the island.

Feel-Good Friday 🌎

From discovery to restoration, the Galápagos continue to show what sustained investment in science can achieve.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

#ScholComm #ResearchImpact #Conservation #FeelGoodFriday

Research integrity isn’t a compliance exercise. It’s foundational to the credibility, sustainability, and future of #ScholComm and #Science

But policies don’t operationalize themselves. If integrity is a priority, it’s time for a plan.

We unpack what that takes:
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Uniting to Protect Medical Knowledge - ZB MED launches fundraising campaign for OLSPub, the European alternative to PubMed What happens if access to medical knowledge is suddenly lost? When key information sources depend on external providers, what happens if their availability is restricted – or they simply go dark? Losi...

@zbmed.bsky.social announces a fundraising initiative to support further development of OLSPub, its open search and discovery platform for life sciences literature.

zbmed.de/en/about/pre...

#ScholComm #ResearchInfrastructure #Sustainabiliity #Funding

Celebrating Women Shaping the Future of Scientific Publishing - IOP Publishing Celebrating Women Shaping the Future of Scientific Publishing On the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we recognise the researchers, editors and reviewers who drive scie...

IOP Publishing celebrating women in #ScholComm on United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👏

#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #ScientificPublishing #ScholComm

Longitudinal data from Delta Think’s Data & Analytics Tool (DAT) about the adoption and prevalence of license types helps reveal how openness is evolving across the research ecosystem.

#ScholComm #OpenAccess #OASPA #ResearchTrends #PublishingStrategy #EvidenceBased

What Do You Get When You Put a Mummy Through a CT Scan?

🩻 A MUMMY Gets a Second Opinion

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...

#DiagnosticTimeTravel #CTScanAcrossCenturies #JustForFunFriday

Global Reporting Standard for AI Disclosure in Research: first consultation is open Transparency about the use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in research articles and other scholarly outputs is an important aspect of research integrity. At present, practices for  how  to ...

📢 stmassoc.bsky.social wants to hear from you, #ScholComm!

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#ScholComm #ResearchIntegrity #AIDisclosure #PublishingStandards #STM

Plain language abstracts can help reduce misuse of science Plain language abstracts will be a significant step toward helping those who want to understand research.

"To help reduce the misuse and misunderstanding of current science, scientific research needs to be explained in language the public can understand."

www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/m...

#ScholComm #Abstracts

Eating snow cones or snow cream can be a winter delight, if done safely Getting outdoors to enjoy simple pleasures is unlikely to be front of mind for people in a 1,300-mile stretch of the United States where a massive weekend storm brought deep snow and bitter cold.

Another Friday and another round of wintery weather for our friends in the U.S. ❄️

Happy Friday and stay safe out there.

👉 apnews.com/article/safe...

#Science #Snow #Snacking

U.S. policy shifts and funding shifts don’t just affect American scholarship—they shape how authors and researchers plan, publish, and make decisions worldwide. Get the #Data here:

👉 www.deltathink.com/analysis-is-...

#ScholComm #ResearchFunding #SciencePolicy #DeltaThinkData #DeltaThink

Final funding bill for NIH pushes back against Trump cuts Measure gives agency slight boost and blocks multiyear awards and cuts to indirect costs

💰 Congress sets NIH funding levels — but caps reshape 2026 research funding outlook

www.science.org/content/arti...

#NIH #ResearchFunding #ScholarlyPublishing #SciencePolicy #ScholComm

Do Americans Think the Country Is Losing or Gaining Ground in Science? Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S. is faring.

84% of Americans say government investments in scientific research aimed at advancing knowledge are worthwhile.

Yet a large and increasing share of Americans from both parties say we are losing ground.

So, let's elect reps who support science!
www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...

Why does AI suck at making clocks? 'Telling time is a very human thing.'

🕰️🤖 Per @popsci.com: AI does NOT know what time it is ...

Right tool. Right job. Human in the loop. ⏱️

👉 www.popsci.com/technology/a...

#AI #HumanInTheLoop #ScholComm

More: How Open Is “Open”? What OASPA’s License Data Reveals About the #OA Market (via @deltathink.bsky.social) www.deltathink.com/news-views-h... @oaspa.bsky.social #scholcomm #libraries

How open is “open”? 📊

@oaspa.bsky.social license data and shows why evidence, definitions, and context matter when reading OA trends.

Thanks to OASPA for the collaboration.

🔗 www.deltathink.com/news-views-h...

#OpenAccess #ScholComm #DataAnalytics

⚖️ Court upholds ruling blocking NIH funding caps

A federal appeals court has ruled that proposed caps on NIH funding, including limits on indirect costs, cannot move forward.

🔗 www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...

#NIH #ResearchFunding #IndirectCosts #SciencePolicy #ScholComm

📍 Delta Think at APE - Academic Publishing in Europe

Please reach out to schedule some time to connect with Lori Carlin in Berlin. We'd welcome the chance to hear more about your plans and priorities for 2026 and beyond.

academicpublishingeurope.com/program/

#ManageToChange #LearnPlanAchieve

WHO launches the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Library New Delhi, India, 19 December 2025—The World Health Organization (WHO) officially launched the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Library during the 2nd WHO Global Traditional Medicine Summit, held from ...

🌍 The World Health Organization announces the launch of the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Library.

🔗 www.paho.org/en/news/19-1...

#ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #GlobalHealth #ResearchInfrastructure

#Santa #Science #HoHoHo

Research Groups Oppose Capping NIH Funding of Publisher Fees The National Institutes of Health received roughly 900 comments on its various proposals to limit how much of its grant dollars are eaten up by journals’ publication charges. Major science groups call...

Research groups are pushing back on NIH’s proposal to cap grant funding for publication costs, warning that flat caps oversimplify the real costs of trusted scholarly publishing.

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www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

#ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess #Funding

Shout out @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social Chef @dacrotty.bsky.social for sharing Google's “Last Year in Search.” 🔍

Did your top 2025 searches make the cut?

#ScholComm #Search #Find #AcademicPublishing #FridayFun

Senior Consultant Meg White chats with former @ithakasr.bsky.social Managing Director Roger Schonfeld about libraries, marathons, and his new role at jstor.bsky.social's Stewardship Services.

#AccidentalMarathoner #Librarian #CommittedToTheWork

Putting 50 years of neuroscience on the map Navigate the rise and fall of research topics over five decades using our interactive map, which is based on a semantic analysis of nearly 350,000 abstracts.

Take an interactive tour of 50 years of Neuroscience courtesy of our friends at @thetransmitter.bsky.social!

#ScholComm #Neuroscience #ResearchTrends #Map #FridayFinds

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🔊 Delta Think X Impelsys

Delta Think and Impelsys are joining forces to expand global strategy and technology capabilities.

Press release: www.deltathink.com/impelsys-and...

#ScholComm #Innovation #FullStack #GlobalReach

Dan Pollock and @heatherstaines.bsky.social look at how fast the #ScholComm market is shifting.

“Your Mileage May Vary” breaks down nuanced growth across subjects, helping teams make sense of a changing landscape.

🔗 www.deltathink.com/news-views-m...

#ScholComm #MarketSizing #OA #DeltaThinkData

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article) A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

The @nytimes.com breaks down how recent policy changes are reshaping the landscape in ways that extend far beyond agency budgets.

#ScholComm #AcademicPublishing #ResearchFunding #SciencePolicy

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"... the recent deployment of open scholarship to train large language models has led to disquiet among both open-access advocates and detractors."

#ScholComm #Research #Scholarship #AI #LLMs #Copyright #UnintendedConsequences

Contest is open - Doodle for Google The Doodle for Google 2025-26 contest is open. We’re inviting K-12 students to create original artwork that could end up on the Google homepage for a day! This year’s creative theme is “My superpower ...

@newsfromgoogle.bsky.social's 2025 Doodle contest is live — and just a reminder, it’s only for K–12 students!

If you know a young artist, send it their way. Always fun to see the next generation imagine what’s possible.

doodles.google.com/d4g/

#STEM #Education #Future #FridayFun

Merrilee Proffitt named Director of Democracy’s Library US at @archive.org.

“Governments have produced an extraordinary wealth of public-domain information … Democracy’s Library helps ensure that this knowledge truly serves the public good.” — @brewster.kahle.org

blog.archive.org/2025/11/18/m...

Highly Cited Researchers Analysis 2025 | Clarivate In-depth analysis of the 2025 list of Highly Cited Researchers from Clarivate: trends, institution rankings and global research impact.

Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list is out.

Tighter integrity checks this year — including filters for hyper-prolific publishing, self-citation, and unusual citation patterns — had a real impact.

Read more here: clarivate.com/highly-cited...

#ScholComm #Research #Impact