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Edward Legg

@edlegg.bsky.social
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Lecturer | Division of Cognitive Sciences | University of Rijeka Docent | Katedra za kognitivne znanosti | Sveučilište u Rijeci

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Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Both societies behind Animal Behaviour (ABS and ASAB) are active in increasing diversity in the field. We hope this article will help in recognising where biases may exist and encourage work on better understanding it.
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Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The historical data shows a skew in success rates: authors based in North America, Europe and Oceania are more likely to get a submission accepted than authors based in Asia, South America and Africa.
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Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
As a reviewer pointed out: maybe authors in Asia, South America and Africa tend to publish elsewhere. Thanks to the reviewer’s suggestion and the editors’ intervention we were sent historical data on author country for all submissions to Animal Behaviour as well as the outcomes of those submissions.
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Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It turns out authors from North America, Europe and Oceania appear to be overrepresented in the articles published in Animal Behaviour.
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Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
To check if this reflected the state of the field we compared publications in Animal Behaviour to where authors who cite Animal Behaviour articles or who publish on related topics (in other journals) are based.
Four panelled image of person stating "Most of our authors are based in North America". And a second person asking "Because they submit more papers, right?" before finally appearing to realise that it is not the case.
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Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
We asked which countries and continents authors publishing articles in the journal Animal Behaviour are based in and found that authors are predominantly in institutions in North America and Europe.
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Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
New paper alert: “Scientific publishing and diversity in science: geographical bias of articles published in Animal Behaviour” authors.elsevier.com/c/1nUlRmjMDu5O with @ljerkaostojic.bsky.social
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Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This year we're running a Cognitive Sciences Symposium! - Day 1 will be a student symposium with posters and talks by Masters and PhD students (these can be on any topic in Cognitive Sciences). - Day 2 will be focused on Social Cognition with 3 🌟 invited speakers 🌟 attending! Please share!!
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Cognitive Sciences Rijeka @ricogsci.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Please share! The Rijeka Cognitive Sciences Symposium 2026 is open for registrations and talk/poster submissions by Masters and PhD students! 13 and 14 July - This year's topic is Social Cognition The event is free!
cogsci.uniri.hr
RiCogSci-Symposium-2026
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Camille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us: 🐦 Quantifying (social) learning and social behaviour in an urbanised world 🐦 Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆29th May deadline More info: tinyurl.com/yz28s96x Apply: tinyurl.com/2wpkb64y #cognition #socialbehaviour #fieldwork #birds 🙏Please Share
Great tit perched on a branch, with beak slightly open. 
Photo credit: Alizée Vernouillet
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Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This went into my junk emails and I assumed it was predatory. They say they have matched my work to a publication in their project... but the publication is not mine and from a completely different field!!
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Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
PostDoc job requirements are getting truly ridiculous. What's the rejection letter for this one going to look like? ... "sorry we had to reject your application because both your parents were human"
Screen shot of tweet saying: I am looking for a multispecies archaeologist to join my group
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Cognitive Sciences Rijeka @ricogsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Find out more what Nirvana's research was about in her Science Communication video: youtube.com/watch?v=xWSt...
youtube.com
Science Communication Made Easy: Suppressing the Suppression Effect
YouTube video by Nirvana InBloom
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