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Anna Ivanova

@annaivanova.bsky.social
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Researcher in health psychology at the University of Oslo. Body image, sexual health, women’s health, health behaviors. Co-leader of BodIS Lab.

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Anna Ivanova @annaivanova.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I’m pleased to share our new article, “Multidomain predictors of long-term work disability in late survivorship after head and neck cancer,” published in Supportive Care in Cancer. Read it Open access: doi.org/10.1007/s005...
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Multidomain predictors of long-term work disability in late survivorship after head and neck cancer - Supportive Care in Cancer
Purpose To estimate the prevalence of long-term work disability (LTD) among head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors more than five years posttreatment, compare profiles of employed, retired, and LTD grou...
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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Look forward to US zoom meetings until January 2029
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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Brilliant panel on the education of mental health professional and the role of intersectionality, as part of Oslo Pride, with PROMENTA's Sam Fluit, Jacob Evje and @ziadaayorech.bsky.social, chaired by @nastjaontheroad.bsky.social. My highlights 👇
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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🧵 THREAD: New wine on socioeconomic status! Joakim Coleman Ebeltoft shipped a new tap in @NatureComms - a large study on the genetic and environmental factors behind socioeconomic status in Norway 🇳🇴 1/11 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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The genetic and environmental composition of socioeconomic status in Norway - Nature Communications
The authors examine the genetic and environmental contributions to socioeconomic status (SES) in Norway using a large, population-wide dataset and four different heritability estimation methods. They ...
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Cynthia Graham, Ph.D. @cygraham.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Our paper "Positive Sexual Aging: A Novel Concept and Bi-Country Development of a Brief Measure" Stulhofer et al is out in Archives of Sexual Behavior link.springer.com/article/10.1... @kinseyinstitute.bsky.social @justinlehmiller.bsky.social
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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
1/13 New preprint out! We developed methods to test a key assumption in family-based genetic studies: that siblings don’t genetically influence each other’s traits. Spoiler: mostly they don’t, but there’s a twist with ADHD ratings at age 3 👶 osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Cynthia Graham, Ph.D. @cygraham.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Issue 4 of #JSexResearch is now online @tiff-marcan.bsky.social @drlaurawidman.bsky.social @liksamchan.bsky.social @maritarantino.bsky.social @stinenyg.bsky.social @stephaniebward.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/hjsr20/6... @kinseyinstitute.bsky.social @sexsciencesociety.bsky.social
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The Journal of Sex Research
Volume 62, Issue 4 of The Journal of Sex Research
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Anna Ivanova @annaivanova.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Today is an international masturbation day! Still a taboo topic and not nearly enough research out there - but NRK is spotlighting our new study today 🤩 go give it a read (in Norwegian) here: www.nrk.no/trondelag/fo... #nrk #norge #forskning #research #sexuality
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Ny forskning: Store forskjeller i nordmenns onanivaner
Spesielt ett funn om kvinner overrasker forskerne.
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CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Really important thread. Politicians keep pretending apps & tech can magically make people better, healthier, happier. Too many credulous journalists keep lapping it up. Trial participants keep saying meh, no thanks.
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Anna Ivanova @annaivanova.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Excited to share our new article in the Journal of Sex Research @tandfresearch.bsky.social on how masturbation habits change from young adulthood to midlife. We found some interesting patterns. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0022... #JSexResearch #Sexuality #Research #AcademicSky
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Masturbation Trajectories from Late Adolescence into Mid-Adulthood: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study
Masturbation with its numerous health benefits is an integral aspect of most people’s sexuality and is typically observed across all stages of life. However, longitudinal studies exploring the freq...
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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
New preprint! We find no evidence that parental mental health influences children's academic achievement when comparing families in the Norwegian MoBa study. osf.io/preprints/ps... Quick thread 👇
Main figure of the paper: Associations between parental mental health (anxiety and depression, alcohol problematic use, ADHD, eating disorder) with children's tests scores in mathematics, reading comprehension and English as second language at age 10.
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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
English version of the documentary about power abuse in the Max Planck Society can be found here. 144.000 views already, more than 800 comments. Share it to make colleagues aware of what happens in German academia & the MPG! #IchBinHanna #PowerAbuse
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How Germany's elite research institution fails young scientists | DW Documentary
YouTube video by DW Documentary
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Eric Walsh-Buhi (he/him) @ewabu.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
From the editors of leading sexual and gender-related science journals: S̳t̳a̳t̳e̳m̳e̳n̳t̳ ̳o̳n̳ ̳t̳h̳e̳ ̳I̳m̳p̳o̳r̳t̳a̳n̳c̳e̳ ̳o̳f̳ ̳S̳e̳x̳u̳a̳l̳i̳t̳y̳ ̳a̳n̳d̳ ̳G̳e̳n̳d̳e̳r̳ ̳R̳e̳s̳e̳a̳r̳c̳h̳ ̳ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research
Published in The Journal of Sex Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Anna Ivanova @annaivanova.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
How popular are cosmetic surgeries nowadays? A new study from Ingela Kvalem @dr-ilk.bsky.social and Bodis lab at @uio.no surveyed 3000 Norwegian women and found that one in six had one or more cosmetic surgeries. Breast surgery is the most common one. Read more here: tidsskriftet.no/en/2025/01/o...
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Cosmetic surgery among women – a cross-sectional study
10.01.2025: Original article - From a sample of 3055 women, 17 % responded that they had undergone cosmetic surgery, while 52 % responded that they were likely to undergo cosmetic surgery in the futur...
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Dissertation by Dr Rachel Los not only includes acknowledgements, but also .. anti-acknowledgements. delta.tudelft.nl/en/article/a...
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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Well this is... disappointing. The Royal Society's mission is "to promote excellence in science for the benefit of humanity" so the message here is what? It doesn't care about the mission? Once in the club you're in for life no matter what?* *These are personal not employer views obvs
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Elon Musk survives as fellow of Royal Society despite anger among scientists
Questions remain over whether further action will be taken after resignations and calls for the Tesla CEO to be expelled
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 28/02/2025
If professors had actual brainwashing power, we wouldn't see gender and racial bias in student evals.
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Aksel Kjær Vidnes @akselkv.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Har du glemt alt det sinnsyke som skjedde med Senterpartiet i forskningsminister-stolen? Her er en gjennomgang. Det er nesten ikke til å tro når man ser tilbake på det. Nå trenger vi noen som kjemper forskningens sak, for det vil også være Norges konkurransekraft og fortrinn.
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Senterpartiets styring av forskningen kommer til å gå inn i historiebøkene
KOMMENTAR: Forskningen kan gi Norge et fortrinn i en uforutsigbar verden. Da er det på overtid å få en stabil og forutsigbar styring.
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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
There are currently three open faculty positions (all levels) in my department (Psychology) Oslo is a lovely city, modestly sized (600k) but a capital, surrounded by forest and the fjord We're also a stable democracy with high support of and trust in science www.sv.uio.no/english/abou...
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Jobs and vacancies - Faculty of Social Sciences
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
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Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Among world’s top researchers 10% publish at unrealistic levels, analysis finds www.chemistryworld.com/news/among-w...
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Among world’s top researchers 10% publish at unrealistic levels, analysis finds
About 20,000 of the most cited researchers have 'implausibly high' publication and new co-author rates
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Lisa Warner @lisawarner.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
🙆‍♀️ Wow, recent data on academic gender gaps in EU's report: - although women obtain more bachelor's degrees - fewer women obtain a doctorate - 1/3 of EU researchers are women - 16% of authorship teams are gender balanced - lower overall funding success for women Way to go!
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She figures 2024 - Publications Office of the EU
Equality in research and innovation (R&I) is a core value of the European Union, essential for fostering excellence, diversity, and inclusiveness. The She Figures publication is the European C...
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Dr. Jamie Chan @jamiechan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Literally cannot wait to share this ✨new publication✨ with y’all. doi.org/10.1016/j.bo... Tl;dr. White working-class women’s body image is rooted in appearance norms, rather than appearance ideals (they are conceptually different). Super important to consider intersectionality of class x gender
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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a reminder to not close your eyes and turn away from what is happening in the US right now. Fascism is an assault on scientific integrity, knowledge, and innovation. www.chron.com/news/space/a...
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NASA to wipe mentions of women, Indigenous people from websites
NASA employees told to remove mentions of women, indigenous people, and environmental justice from websites.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
A new approach to academic publishing: just pour right-wing money into your own vanity journal. “Peer reviewers” paid $500 per review but are not allowed to advise against publishing the article. Wonder who’s on the editorial board… www.importantcontext.news/p/a-new-acad...
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“A New Academic Publishing Model”: Right-Wing Dark Money Group Launches Fringe Medical Journal
The right-wing RealClear Foundation’s foray into public health has been called “a mockery of scientific process.”
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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 08/02/2025
"Polio: An American Story" describes how indirect costs became a thing. The precursor to the March of Dimes wanted to give a Harvard professor a grant to study polio. Harvard turned it down b/c they'd lose money by accepting the grant. The foundation offered to pay indirect costs and they accepted
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Ian Kellar @driankellar.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I cannot fathom the effect of this cut on overheads. It's going to be brutal. Given the benefits funding brings (www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...) this seems like a wild act of self harm.
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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
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Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
*** JOB ALERT *** Tenured Associate Professor position in Developmental Psychology at the University of Oslo. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Deadline: March 3rd, 2025. Please reach out in DM for details and repost widely! #openscience experience a plus! #DevSci #devpsy
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Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology (273166) | University of Oslo
Job title: Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology (273166), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2025
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/01/2025
Report: Everything Slightly Worse Than Yesterday theonion.com/report-...
Report: Everything Slightly Worse Than Yesterday
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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Want to get out of Dodge? Do a postdoc @uio.no! You will be using the MoBa study and registers to study intergenerational transmission and GxE for #MentalHealth and #education using @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social and @pgcgenetics.bsky.social approaches. Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Research (272560) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Research (272560), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 24, 2025
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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
See here for the health psychology researchers starter pack #1: go.bsky.app/9Xfk7Wo
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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
It's time for the health psychology researchers starter pack #2 - let me know if you're not yet on #1 and would like to be added. go.bsky.app/zEDDL2
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Anna Ivanova @annaivanova.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
There is a strong social expectation that women should remove their body hair. I did a small interview with TV2 about the hairless norm and hair removal in Norway. www.tv2.no/nyheter/inne...
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Får meldinger fra sinte menn hun aldri har møtt
34-åringen ble sjokkert av reaksjonene da hun sluttet å fjerne kroppshåret. Nye tall viser at nesten alle norske kvinner fjerner uønsket hår.
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Anna Ivanova @annaivanova.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
New PhD position in mental health of LGBTQ+ youth available at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo. The project will look into mental health, health behaviors and social challenges among Norwegian sexual minority youth using large-scale nationwide data. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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PhD fellowship (272260) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD fellowship (272260), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Thursday, January 9, 2025
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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
With @karenmsikar.bsky.social, the health psychology starter pack is now full. See here for 150 health psychology researchers: go.bsky.app/9Xfk7Wo Is there need for number #2?
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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
oops... confirming my decision not to submit to MDPI or Frontiers journals anymore... #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Worth a read for those outside HE to get a flavour of the mess that ChatGPT etc are causing the whole sector www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis
More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports ...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Superb explainer on whether and when bird flu will become a pandemic. TL;DR: possibly, and if so, soon. #medsky #academicsky 🧪
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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
May you all find an unclaimed ball of platinum that can help fund your position 🙏
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Lenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
POLIO?! that was not on my 'worst case scenario' bingo card www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
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RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Jonjust @jonjust.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Not a good uptrend
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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Global Collaboration Opportunity: If you are (or know someone) from a country often missed in research, and are interested in a global study on mental health like this one, please write to me! We have many team members in Europe and English-speaking countries, but would love to involve many more!
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Well-being is more than happiness and life satisfaction: a multidimensional analysis of 21 countries - Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Background Recent trends on measurement of well-being have elevated the scientific standards and rigor associated with approaches for national and international comparisons of well-being. One major th...
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This is why we should be open about our salaries. The taboo around talking about money hurts us as workers.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/12/2024
Standing Desk Celebrates 4th Year At Lowest Possible Setting
Standing Desk Celebrates 4th Year At Lowest Possible Setting

-The Onion
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Susan Michie @susanmichie.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
For those joining BlueSky recently, you may be interested in joining this Behavioural Science starter pack - just let me know if you would like to be added - see go.bsky.app/CzLwTyZ
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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
After I just added @masharemskar.bsky.social, there are 10 more placed available on the first Health Psychology starter pack. Anyone missing? Please let me know! go.bsky.app/9Xfk7Wo
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 03/12/2024
"Under my leadership, we have instituted an assessment program where we assess how we assess what we already assessed, using learning outcomes that include all of the buzzwords someone in admin told us were important."
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A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester
Dear Committee Members, As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. In this letter, I will offer information ...
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Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Earlier this year, I received news that fake peer reviews were allegedly being submitted impersonating me and approximately six others I shared my story with Science to, hopefully, reduce the chance of this kind of breach happening again www.science.org/content/arti...
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‘It felt very icky’: This scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews
Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews
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