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Alexander Schniedermann

@aschniedermann.bsky.social
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Metaresearcher in open science (STS & Scientometrics). Epistemic aspects about RDM (NFDI) and research software. My PhD is about reporting standards in biomedical research & PRISMA for systematic reviews. Fedi is the best place and we all know it ;-)

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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I really appreciate the work of Dr. Poi Sonai. I think he really pushes the public understanding of AI and LLMs. Endless battle, though
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is a great piece of research that can be adapted to test the #accessibility of all these digital services academia is churning out these days…
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Oh man that feeling when you tweak you matching algorithm in #Rstats to handle 500 million comparisons more efficiently and it results in 6000 hits…
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What happened to goodreports.org? Imagine building a research tool, even writing a paper about it (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...), only to have the site taken by a gambling site. Embarassing! Better own the domains by yourself... #OpenScience #Transparency #Metascience
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GoodReports: developing a website to help health researchers find and use reporting guidelines
Th EQUATOR Network improves the quality and transparency in health research, primarily by promoting awareness and use of reporting guidelines. In 2018, the UK EQUATOR Centre launched GoodReports.org, ...
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I just came back from a workshop with Nancy Cartwright at Bielefeld‘s #ISOS institute. It was about reforming the #SystematicReview method to incorporate more diverse knowledge. Very refreshing to (re)join the current debate, even thought am not fully convinced...
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Oh wow this is so astonishingly incomplete! Why does it not mention history/philosophy/sociology of science, STS etc. - relevant fields without normative agenda. What about reflexive metrics and critical evaluation studies which are so fundamental for current assessment reform debate?
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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 12/06/2026
So, naive question about these campuses that pay OpenAI $13mil/yr. Why don’t they pour that money into a cluster running the strongest available open-weight model, with API and interactive options. And if the answer is “overhead,” why aren’t we collaborating?
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#PhDone What a day and what a great way to celebrate the end of my long journey. Many thanks to everyone who was part of this journey! I still have to process everything. #Dissertation @academic-chatter.bsky.social #AcademicLife #AcademicChatter @cwts.nl @unileiden.bsky.social #DZHW
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Aliakbar Akbaritabar @akbaritabar.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Late but still trying to watch part of the dissertation defense by @aschniedermann.bsky.social a former colleague at @bibliometrie-info.bsky.social ... Very articulated answers to pretty sharp questions, well done Alex (so far, I had to disconnect to attend another meeting)...
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
„People aren’t FAIR, data might be“ but people failed to recognize data practices and efforts of others. We have a digital #TragedyOfTheCommons in research and open science. @carolegoble.bsky.social at #FOR2026 #OpenScience #ResearchData #RDA #FAIRData #TrustedResearchEnvironments
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
On my way to #FOR2026: „The Future of Open Research“ in Munich. Happy to introduce our project about #NFDI and #Base4NFDI Begleitforschung to a bigger audience! opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Here is a prediction: Rather than banning anything, we will find ourselves forced to play along and use more AI for writing too. In the end, everyone will enjoy being a scholar a little less (again).
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Digital #TragedyOfTheCommons: Scholars who announce the publication of their recent paper on more or less public email lists. This behavior is selfish and worsens the experience for everyone.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"we speak a secret language" Do we hide behind #STS jargon? What a great first day at #STSNL26, the first STS conference of dutch #WTMC. Our deep dive on science reform and metascience reminds us to be self-reflective and critical of our own field. #STSNL #STSNLOne
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Important finding and hint at what I argue for years: People are not stupid and they don't want to be considered stupid. But all the ELIF / "spare the details" - vibe does exactly that!
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I don't know about all the nuances of the word "Annals" in English. But "Annalen" is a very big word in colloquial German which makes it quite entertaining when #predatoryJournals choose names like "Annals of Case Reports".
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Some products reveal more about society than any sociologist ever could!
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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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...
11 broad categories of peer review comments on bibliometric studies
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Serhii Nazarovets @serhiinazarovets.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Just finished my @metaror.bsky.social journey – two rounds of #OpenPeerReview, valuable feedback, a stronger paper, and finally a journal submission. Open review takes time, but it’s worth every week for the transparency and trust it brings. doi.org/10.70744/Met... #OpenScience #Publishing
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APC waivers and Ukraine’s publishing output in Gold OA journals: Evidence from five commercial publishers
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I just published my first paper on MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review). The #PublishReviewCurate model brings reviewing and editorial decision making into the open. To me, it can become a real game changer in #ScholarlyCommunication. I got great reviews and look forward to revise my manuscript!
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Let's develop a theory about how methodological developments in research are motivated by the evergrowing urge to not leave the lab and not having social interactions.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Haha, this Springer certificate for #PeerReview is cute. However, I haven't found out where to put my IBAN... 🧐
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
#ChatGPT wants me to be polite to #GoogleAPI?! So it begins! They are banding together...
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I am in the final phase of editing my dissertation and wonder if I should add - [ ] decrease amount of references to Ioannidis' papers to the editing todo list. And yes, citation is politics!
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
#STS and #SociologyOfScience have shown how contextually nuanced and discursive forms of argumentation are not integral to the sciences/medicine. At the same time we criticize the strong and reductive language found in #Metascience and #ScienceReform. I think we should be less surprised!
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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 20/08/2025
Did you know Bluesky's founder has an #STS degree? In a new article, Erin Burkett and I explain why, despite current threats to humanities and social science, "STEM-in-Society programs" like STS are more important than ever. And we guide funders and university leaders how to better support them.
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STEM-in-Society Programs Deserve Institutional Support
STEM-in-society programs have proven their utility and have never been more needed—but they are in jeopardy nationwide.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
📣 Starting today: Science Maps. Bibliometrics between understanding and visualization We'll have traditional, current, and critical perspectives on one of the most iconic forms of #DataViz data in #Bibliometrics and #NetworkAnalysis.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
#ChatGPT said some of my P-values are "astronomically small" and I am confused if this is just tone or if it refers to whatever amount of sigmas they use as threshold in astronomy
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Sometimes I have the impression I am the only one in #bibliometrics who cares about "measurement error", especially when apply traditional statistics. But I get that the assumption is often: big data averages out any bias. It tells much about the epistemology of #DataScience and #BigData
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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I love this post about science and metascience. A lot of quotables but I’ll lead with this: “Those seeking a scientific method – one that can be written down and followed mechanically […] – betray a kind of childish impatience with a process they clearly don’t understand.”
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
„Ah — that explains it completely“ I guess I mansplained #ChatGPT and #CodeCompanion. I hope mansplAIning is not yet a thing.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Two thoughts after reading through several studies on metrics-based #ResearchEvaluation and evaluative #Bibliometrics (thread, 1/5)
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I don't get why people dislike Richard Whitley's "The Intellectual and Social Organization of the Sciences" Yes, it is pure theory and yes it is often empirically thin. But do people really expect him to validate all of this on his own? Is that how theory books are supposed to work?
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
If you are currently writing your opinion paper on how performance-based funding and research evaluation ruined modern academia: Don't forget (like so many) that not only evaluation systems evaluate. Individuals judge and evaluate all the time, too!
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
People discuss publication ethics and research culture in #Metascience. Meanwhile I have to adjust my #bibliometric analysis for authors who have co-authored 17 #SystematicReviews (six times first author!) in a single year.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Though, it makes data analysis more complicated as I have to hunt down these issues and consider them in my code...
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I love #bibliometrics. Seeing papers by Ivy league professors in Ivy league journals with thousands of citations but misspelled names, double authorships, paper-self-citations etc. brings you back down to earth. You can literally see how data demystifies academia!
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I do not get why there are so many critical accounts of metrics-based funding in science while more and more universities introduce JIF-based assessments in their PhD regulations.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I am on my way back from #ISAForum25. Over 4000 sociologists! I am very impressed by the many in-depth discussions during the sessions. There was methods and theory talk on a very high level. I certainly miss that in #STS. I hope I can join ISA again next time.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I hope the enlighted seniors then don’t forget to kick out such frauds of cabalist inauguration ceremonies (academic recruitment processes)
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Germany is aching under high temperatures. I guess I‘ll have just four rather than five cups of coffee today. Just to be sure.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Sociologist Peter Galison wrote about „intersecting searchlights“ that illuminate a phenomenon from different angles. I can also recommend Peter Kosso‘s „Detecting Extrasolar Planets“, if Philosophical reasoning is more convenient in this regard.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Anyone else here going to #ISAforum25?
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Companies complain about public administration but the error message in outlook I am confronted with ends with: "please try again later"
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I just came back from a gloomy week in England. It started with Fortress Festival in #Scarborough, then we head over Robin Hood’s bay to #Whitby and also visited #York. Beautiful country!
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Looking for a positive outcome from all this, the political exploitation of the #metascience movement could raise awareness for the narratives that are circulated, or even encourage the field to reflect on its language and the meaning of things.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Have fun, American science. It gets worse. I‘ll play some Austra in reminiscence „For the purposes of this order, Gold Standard Science means science conducted in a manner that is: …(vi) structured for falsifiability of hypotheses; …(ix) without conflicts of interest…“
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Interested in a badly aged statement? In 2012, US metascientists wrote: "science operates as a ‘trust me’ model that would be seen as laughably quaint for ensuring responsibility and accountability in state or corporate governance” No blame, but it shows how much of a weapon language can be...
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Scientific Utopia: II. Restructuring Incentives and Practices to Promote Truth Over Publishability - PubMed
An academic scientist's professional success depends on publishing. Publishing norms emphasize novel, positive results. As such, disciplinary incentives encourage design, analysis, and reporting decis...
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Publish or perish; and the ultra-competition dominates and reshapes all aspects of the science system
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