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DORA @dorassessment.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Our new paper, with @asapbio.bsky.social, @cwts.nl and @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, argues for coordinated action across assessment and publishing reform 👉 bit.ly/RRA-publishing The conversation continues at our @oaspa.bsky.social side event, helping shape the upcoming Practical Guide for Schol Comm
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From interdependent movements to shared action: Connecting publishing and assessment reforms
Research assessment and scholarly publishing play interconnected roles in shaping research culture, incentives, and norms that ultimately determine what knowledge is produced, communicated, trusted, a...
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Preprints of pandemic potential - new historical piece from me on the history of bioRxiv/medRxiv, their role in the pandemic, and the way forward. 1/n journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The evaluation of this article by @dwh.bsky.social truly shows the added value of MetaROR's publish-review-curate model. Exciting to see this! There are important disagreements between the author and the reviewers. For me as a reader, it is extremely valuable to learn from these disagreements.
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Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @barcelonadori.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We know who cites research. But do we know who funds it? 💰 Today, the Barcelona Declaration WG on Funding Metadata is publishing 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚: 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and a companion background document. 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026052...
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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
eLife plays a leading role in promoting innovation in scholarly publishing. Innovation in publishing requires innovation in infrastructures and technologies. Glad to see eLife received funding to continue its important work in this area!
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catmacoa.bsky.social @catmacoa.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
thoughtful analysis about Clarivate's latest actions from James Butcher: open.substack.com/pub/journalo...
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Cureus loses its impact factor
Web of Science announces "Editorial De-listing"
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MoreBrains Cooperative @handle.invalid · 13/08/2025
We're looking forward to this webinar on the outputs from our community engagement work with @ukri.org on their #OpenAccess policy. Speakers include Melissa Harrison @ebi.embl.org Catriona MacCallum @wiley.com & Agustina Martinez-Garcia @uniofcam.bsky.social & UKCoRR.
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 12/07/2025
Born #OnThisDay in 1953 was ecologist and conservation scientist Georgina Mace FRS, who transformed our understanding of of #biodiversity loss. A recent @royalsocietypublishing.org #PhilTransB issue looked at building on her legacy: #WomenInSTEM royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
This is a fascinating exuberant overview of one of the most exciting fields I've worked in in years. Kudos to the authors for putting it together. @paolocrosetto.bsky.social @MarkHanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy @pagomba.bsky.social
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James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
For me, Kelvin Katukula Mubiana of Namibia’s NCRST was one of the stars of #Metascience2025. Here he is doing an interview about the conference on the NBC (Namibia’s state broadcaster) youtu.be/ZByH9Ni2VJ8?...
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THE DAILY ROUNDUP WITH NINA | NCRST advances Metascience for better policy - nbc
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Vera Mikkilä @veramikkila.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
#Metascience2025 jatkuu. Cassidy Sugimoton (Georgia Institute of Technology) piti puhua aiheesta How to become a science superpower. Sattuneesta syystä aiheena on How to lose leadership in science. Laskelmien perusteella USA menettää johtoasemansa tieteessä Kiinalle yhden vuoden sisällä.
Esitysdialla kuviot, joissa näkyy tutkimusrahoituksen jyrkkä lasku USAssa kaikilla tieteenaloilla.
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Warren Pearce @warrenpearce.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
This is an excellent presentation on geographies of science with some very persuasive metrics. The rate of geographical self-citation in US science was particularly striking #metascience2025
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James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Stellar panel to kick off Day 2 of #Metascience2025 A passionate & brilliant opening keynote by @crsugimoto.bsky.social surveying the outlook for US & global science. Followed by @fidlerfm.bsky.social, John Ioannidis, Lin Zhang & Andy Stirling. Superbly chaired by Chonnettia Jones.
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Warren Pearce @warrenpearce.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Great read and good context for our all-star, international panel this morning "Are metascientists reinventing the wheel?" 🪄🛞⁉️ #metascience2025 nomadit.co.uk/conference/m... 11.30am in Logan Hall ⏰
Critics argue that metascience merely reinvents the wheel of other academic fields. Through a range of disciplinary, historical and geographical perspectives, this panel asks what is new about metascience, and why it may have captured greater attention than previous research and reform initiatives.
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Critics argue that metascience is merely reinventing the wheel, as fields such as History and Philosophy of Science, Science and Technology Studies, and Science of Science have long examined issues like scientific error and alternative research structures. In response, this panel asks what, if anything, is new about metascience, and why it may have captured greater attention than previous research and reform initiatives. These questions are addressed through a range of disciplinary, historical and geographical perspectives, featuring scholars with extensive cross-disciplinary experience.

Nicole Nelson & Fiona Fidler discuss how a focus on how deteriorating labor conditions of academic work have both incentivized suboptimal scientific practices, and prompted greater openness to reform, providing metascience with a greater opportunity for change than the previous statistical reform movement.

Hui Li discusses the rise, decline and resurgence of metascience in China, since the 1980s, using the case of the historical development of Science of Science in Shanghai.

Qi Wu will present the VirSci project—an AI-based simulation of scientific collaboration—as an example of how policy-driven Science of Science research in Shanghai is evolving toward new process-based inquiries.

Felipe Romero argues that more engagement between metascience and philosophy of science can avoid reinventing the wheel. He will share insights from co-founding the Perspectives on Scientific Error Workshop, uniting philosophers and metascientists over seven editions.

Bart Penders reflects on his experiences of STS-metascience encounters in which ‘good science’ and ‘quality’ are contested o…
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Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This is an excellent step towards transparency but it still hides the majority of reviews. The next (and most important) step is to publish all reviews and get rid of the arbitrary decision.
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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Papers mills and other manipulative practices are major problem in scientific publishing system. Addressing this problem requires in-depth system-level understanding of dynamics leading to these practices. At @cwts.nl we have PhD position to work on this! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
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PhD Paper Mills and Systematic Manipulation in Research Publishing
PhD candidate Paper Mills and Systematic Manipulation in Research PublishingThe past decade has seen the rise of distinct new challenges for research integrity in the context of scientific publishing....
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catmacoa.bsky.social @catmacoa.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Open for whom? Open how? Open at what cost? Questions and challenges that @oaspa.bsky.social is asking of itself and all those involved in scholarly communication. A really thoughtful and thought-provoking article about the complexities of open access by OASPA's Malavika Legge
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 08/04/2025
Can we ever have too much #ecological field #data? This Perspective advocates for proper funding and resources to enable collection of long-term ecological data, which is essential to assess animal behavior and adaptation in the face of anthropogenic change 🧪 ▶️ plos.io/44ir6tZ
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The end of long-term ecological data?
Can we ever have too much ecological field data? Are data sharing norms and the environmental costs of travel disincentivizing its collection? This Perspective advocates for proper funding and resourc...
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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2025
I'm delighted to have my "Firehose" Upstream article be the first blog post peer reviewed through @MetaROR . The reviews are very high quality and will make a future revision of this piece all the better. Thank you reviewers and editors! metaror.org/kotahi/articles/40/inde…
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MetaROR (@MetaROR@scicomm.xyz)
0 Posts, 9 Following, 13 Followers · MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) is a new platform for open peer review of metaresearch. The platform is currently being set up by @aimos@masto.ai and @RoRInstitute@indieweb.social and is expected to launch later in 2023.
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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🧯 In perhaps the first time the Publish, Review, Curate model was applied to a blog post, today we publish @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy's "Drinking from the Firehose? Write More and Publish Less", previously out on Upstream. 👇 Find the post, editorial assessment & peer reviews on MetaROR
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Drinking from the Firehose? Write More and Publish Less
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Center for Open Science @cos.io · 05/03/2025
Thank you for all the input so far on the Metascience Alliance! A wide range of perspectives is crucial for informing future development. 🗣️ Please continue to share this call. The feedback form is open through 3/16/25. (See further info in the thread below.) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Metascience Alliance - Initial Concept Feedback
Thank you for your interest in the Metascience Alliance! If you wish to receive updates on the Metascience Alliance, please join the mailing list! Privacy Notice The Center for Open Science is reque...
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Ginny Barbour @ginnybarbour.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Love this ⬇️⬇️
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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
ALLEA (European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities) Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States allea.org/portfolio-it...
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ALLEA Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States
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OpenCitations @opencitations.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The new logo of #OpenCitations is an evolution of the elements of the old one and embodies our values of openness, curiosity, and innovation: Letter O = “Open”; Letter C =“Citations”; Eye = curiosity driving research; <> = the semantic web technologies. 👉 opencitations.hypotheses.org/3797
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Adam Day @clearskiesadam.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This video is getting on for 2 years old. I've written dozens of blogs, and done other talks, webinars etc in the meantime, but people still ask me about this one. Apparently it's still of interest. It was certainly a lot of fun! @oaspa.bsky.social youtu.be/yOvpsQ7bDtA?...
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Scholarly Communication in Crisis: Research Integrity and Open Scholarship
YouTube video by OASPA Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association
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Kim Eggleton @eggletonkim.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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OASPA - The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association @oaspa.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Happening today. Still time to join almost 700 others and register free at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... With help from our webinar sponsor Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org we are able to continue offering our webinars cost free. Get in touch to hear how to support our webinars and work.
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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁 @ror.org · 11/02/2025
You can give feedback on the new version of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) through March 5, 2025. openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/pub… Help shape the future of scholarly infrastructure! #POSI #OpenScholarlyInfrastructure
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Proposed POSI 2.0 revisions
A request for public comment on proposed revisions to POSI.
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Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Thanks to all you #academicsky #scholcomm legends we just hit 1000 signatories with more organizational ones on the way ✊ to @lschiff.bsky.social @alicemeadows.bsky.social @petersuber.bsky.social @camitchell.bsky.social 's leadership. SIGN/SHARE and #defendresearch docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...
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Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Follow @petersuber.bsky.social ‘s work including signing our declaration to #defendresearch and #openscience from censorship - critical to preserving the life times of work destroyed hourly these days… docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...
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Invest in Open Infrastructure @investinopen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Exciting news! IOI is excited to announce a US$2.7M commitment to the IOI Fund for Network Adoption from its Founding Group, including anchor contributor @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @digital-science.com, the Kahle Austin Foundation, & another private philanthropy. investinopen.org/blog/invest-...
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Invest in Open Infrastructure Announces $2.7M Commitment from Founding Group for the IOI Fund for Network Adoption
The IOI Fund for Network Adoption is dedicated to supporting the shared adoption, implementation, and expansion of open data infrastructure to foster collaborative research.
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