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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
Wie? Zwei Tage vor Deadline? Das ist ja mal so gar nicht academia! /s
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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 · 14/07/2026
Imagine being conservative by heart and all you get for political representation and activism is knee deep in conspiracies.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Yay cold fusion again! However, it is nice that they already include the prices in the title, so I can ignore alle the text 😅
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I wonder if they see in their data that scientists do not use AI tools as much as these companies thought they would. So let’s have a nature paper
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
That’s too often the deal of transparency…
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Of course not. Not even to speak of "publishing" it, i.e., turning such a piece into a static form, forced into some pdf or even printed it out! If the knowledge is already in the model, leave it there. Maybe I need it in Spanish or its statistics Bayesian rather than frequentist.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I did that! 😆 Is 1e-15 the general limit or does it refer to #RStats?
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
…I‘d rather suggest to work on what comes after: the ‚methodology of EBM‘, where scientific evidence is one part of a complex set of decisionmaking, eg., in guideline boards or policy settings.
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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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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thank you so much Ali!
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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 · 05/05/2026
Loved the enthusiasm in the crowd
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
You mean the contents or the fact that the audio is pure ASMR gold to his listeners
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Something for my todo list, for sure! However, I am curious how valuable my slides are without the talk. I always try to remove the amount of information on the slides to improve the presentation.
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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
No more company merchandise in 3…2…1…
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Did you say imposter?
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I wonder where you even start. The topic is so political and personal, even to researchers. Companies involved in the sector are even bigger than in medicine.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
It is causation, though, when you draw a nice graph about it! /s
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This meme is so sociologically relevant 😅
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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 · 06/02/2026
Das Tool würde ich gerne demnächst ausprobieren. Gibt es noch mehr Bilder oder ein Video zum GUI? Wie ist denn die Datenstruktur im Tool, gibt es dort eine "offene" Datenbank in JSON, XML etc?
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
You can’t blame them (us). Research assessment, gift economy, scholarly metrics… we(!) have told to ourselves that writing papers is everything for decades. AI is a wake-up call in many respects.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Das RKI Schild in Wernigerode hat mich in meinem Harzurlaub dann doch überrascht. Welchen historischen Grund gibt es denn dafür? Aber schön, das nicht immer alles in Berlin sein muss (kein hate, ich arbeite selbst in Berlin)
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
That’s the responsibility of an editor for all the appreciation they get! Oh wait…
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
„Why haven’t you entered your vacation dates in manuscriptcentral !!!11??🤬😡👺“ /s
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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've heard about this before as a strategy to attack scientific studies/results that you find unlikely, unpluasible or just inconvenient: theerrorbar.com?e=39 (podcast) @theerrorbar.bsky.social
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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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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Thank you for your review! I just learned about the @prereview.bsky.social platform. Creating an open peer review ecosystem makes sense to me. It fosters reception and interaction over the publish-and-forget culture...
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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 · 15/10/2025
Feyerabend is always a great and entertaining read. But beware of his own errors and ‚perspectives‘. I heard that many of his historical analyses are not very well regarded among historians.
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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 · 09/10/2025
This is a great piece addressing an important question. I‘d imagine that peer review for software might be different from one for (shorter) code as purposes are slightly different. Software must be functional and reliable, code must be correct with respect to a particular purpose. Though, it‘s fuzzy
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
That’s a good article but introducing decades of research about the problems of JIFs with „Critics say that…“ is a bit disappointing.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
For example, check the work on knowledge channels that shows how seemingly irrelevant knowledge shapes the way how researchers and inventors think. Put otherwise, even some firms hire basic scientists to build absorptive capacity.
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Sociology of science has shown us how the idea of a linear innovation (research x has impact y on society) represents only a fraction of human intellectual activity. Thus, SoS tells us that the very question for „any advances“ is misleading.
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