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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The excellent thought-provoking Steneck-Mayer keynote lecture by Robbert Dijkgraaf is now freely available on the Vimeo channel of the World Conferences on Research Integrity channel: vimeo.com/showcase/122... All 14 2026 9th WCRI videos available at: vimeo.com/showcase/122...

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Replication studies are feasible in and relevant for the Humanities as well. On 24 April 13:45 Charlotte Rulkens will defend her PhD thesis that contains an example of replication study in Art History. Download thesis: bit.ly/3QOyA32 Information on thesis defence and stream link: bit.ly/4clQz9H

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Practical guidance for prompt engineering for use of ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot in medicine and medical research, with an appropriate warning: "GenAI chatbots may provide incorrect or misleading information ... which highlights the need for careful fact-checking and expert review." bit.ly/488exCP

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We made a 9-item classification for "citation iregularities" that undermine the fairness and reliability of scholarly communication from the many different terms we found in the literature. bit.ly/4v9wL0F

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

"The last two years have also seen a parallel explosion in the use of generative AI to exploit open data to produce superficially plausible but misleading papers. This mining of Open Data pollutes the academic record. In many cases, these mined papers have likely been produced by paper mills..."

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Recommended reading for all who care about universities and their role in society. Yesterday Iris Lechner defended her PhD thesis on the epistemic responsibilities of universities in a sparkling discussion with her opponents. PhD thesis is available at: bit.ly/45EDkNz @wcrifoundation.bsky.social

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I've just updated my preprint on short personal reviews of novels on #ResearchIntegrity , which now covers 35 titles. bit.ly/409E5ff Please attend me to novels which you believe to belong to this list, but are not yet included.

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Substantial room for improvement in Open Methods of research on research integrity: ....'the prevalence of registration among presenters of empirical research did not increase across the three WCRIs, and was on average 28%.' bit.ly/47YJrfI

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

"We included 608 articles, of which 243 articles were identified as problematic (40.0%)." (bit.ly/3X4PtGF) This finding of so many image-related problems by a team that wanted to do a systemic review, is deeply concerning.

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I've just updated my preprint on short personal reviews of novels on hashtag#ResearchIntegrity bit.ly/409E5ff Please attend me to novels which you believe to belong to this list, but are not yet included. The preprint recently also has been published in a Chinese journal: bit.ly/3K6P17B

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Nice! My preprint with short personal reviews of 31 novels on #ResearchIntegrity now published open access in Chinese. English preprint: bit.ly/409E5ff Chinese publication: bit.ly/4osKFYp @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social @wcrifoundation.bsky.social @nrin-integrity.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

"Questionable Research Practices s are ways of producing, maintaining, sharing, analyzing, or interpreting data that are likely to produce misleading conclusions, typically in the interest of the researcher." bit.ly/3GxIqC1

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

First proposition of a PhD thesis defended today: 'It's difficult to know whether a publication has been retracted.' bit.ly/44ar5a3 Many congratulations to Dr Caitlin Bakker for this important work! @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social @joskleijnen.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

"Randomisation of grant awarding works especially well in programmes where there are many more fundable applicants of a roughly equal standard than there is the funding available to support them." bit.ly/4jz79DI @opensciencenl.bsky.social @nrin-integrity.bsky.social @coarassessment.bsky.social

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

"...researchers ... have to strike a balance between underdetermination and overdetermination of study protocols..." bit.ly/3QwmCI5 @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social @cos.io @opensciencenl.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

"... fair assessment and efficient change would require more comprehensive and rigorous data on the various aspects of the peer review system." www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

"...expert consensus methods can accelerate epistemic process, enhance transparency, increase replicability, stimulate diversity, and encourage fair processes in humanities research and the application of its findings." bit.ly/3PT1ETj

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

.." expert consensus methods can accelerate epistemic process, enhance transparency, increase replicability, stimulate diversity, and encourage fair processes in humanities research and the application of its findings." bit.ly/3PT1ETj

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

PhD thesis on #SearchStrategies for #SystematicReviews by Melissan Rethlefsen can be downloaded at bit.ly/3DGPMkP PhD defense can be followed on 21 January 16:00 CET on YouTube at bit.ly/3W9qa6n

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Interesting analysis and good starting point for Delphi consensus study on guidelines for MMR on #ResearchIntegrity. bit.ly/3W6htd9 @gengyantang.bsky.social @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Short personal reviews of 31 novels on #ResearchIntegrity "Novels can realistically depict the dilemmas scholars need to navigate ... This may help them to reflect on what a good researcher is and what academic scholars can do to stay close to that ideal." bit.ly/409E5ff

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

"... many elements of a research protocol will either need to be further operationalised or adapted during its execution." bit.ly/4i8ATr3 @WCRIFoundation @peerrevcongress @NRIN_Integrity @scholarlykitchn @TomvanDrimmelen @RetractionWatch @EmbassySci

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Strongly recommended read on the sad state of affairs in scientific research and what needs to be done. bit.ly/4eDp1dD @WCRIFoundation @peerrevcongress @NRIN_Integrity @C0PE @OpenScience_NL @NLrepro @OSFramework @scholarlykitchn @fake_journals

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

"The adoption of Open Science practices demonstrated a partial correlation with citation rates and Altmetric scores in RCTs on dental caries" bit.ly/3NjTJNF

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

"Rules are important in setting Research Integrity standards and improving research practice, but they can lead to increased bureaucracy..." bit.ly/3YevTcJ @WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @EmbassySci @HHS_ORI @tweetsunl @VUamsterdam

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

"...these are all symptomatic of a wider problem, namely the culture of ‘publish or perish’ and ongoing issues with how researcher performance is evaluated for grant, hiring, and promotion decisions. " bit.ly/3Tyr4YF @WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 10/07/2024

"Less than 5% of publications were identified as retracted through all resources through which they were available.... Retraction notices were frequently incomplete..." bit.ly/3LgTstN @WCRIFoundation @RetractionWatch @NRIN_Integrity @C0PE

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

"Expert consensus methods are regularly used in natural, social, and life sciences. This article explores the potential of applying these methods more frequently in humanities research". bit.ly/3XJNGbG @WCRIFoundation @AKC_VU @RikPeels @CCSRulkens

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

"...we need more structural support for initiatives that increase scientific integrity and condemn research misconduct." rdcu.be/dIcX7 @WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @HHS_ORI @scholarlykitchn @C0PE @RetractionWatch @OSFramework @MicrobiomDigest

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

"..traditional incentive structure ... fails to ... reinforce practices that promote rigor, reproducibility, and responsibility in research..' go.nature.com/454vtrb @WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @EmbassySci @RetractionWatch @OSFramework @DeJongeAkademie

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

"Systematic review search reporting is poor...Only 22 (4.9%) database searches reported all six PRISMA-S items. Forty-seven (10.4%) database searches could be reproduced within 10% .." bit.ly/3wP8liZ @mlrethlefsen @cochranecollab @PRISMAStatement

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

"ChatGPT fails to meet the criteria of authorship because it ... cannot take responsibility for the texts it produces." link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s… @WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @scholarlykitchn @C0PE @peerrevcongress @RetractionWatch

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

"... #OpenPeerReview is growing, but still far from common practice. Our findings indicate positive attitudes towards #OpenReports and more sceptical approaches to #OpenIdentities." doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvae004 @WCRIFoundation @C0PE @OpenScienceNL @tonyR_H

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

"...1,266 non-physics authors published the equivalent of one paper every 5 days..." shorturl.at/ewK09 Likely driven by #PerverseIncentives and enabled by #PaperMills @WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @scholarlykitchn @RetractionWatch @C0PE

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Interesting interview with Klaas Sijtsma on his book and on how he handled the Diederik Stapel #ResearchMisconduct case. Interview: shorturl.at/krswD Book: shorturl.at/tLN05 @WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @OpenScience_NL @tilburguni @HHS_ORI

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

Our Delphi study reached consensus on 6 #EpistemicResponsibilities for #Universities consisting of 27 separate elements, informing the debate about the roles and responsibilities of universities. See: bit.ly/45Kd3eN @tweetsunl @_knaw

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

"... many elements of a research protocol will either need to be further operationalised or adapted during its execution." So, #OpenMethods is no magic bullet. shorturl.at/HJ468 @WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @OSFramework @openscience @OpenScienceNL

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 05/07/2023

"...we suggest that the COPE retraction guidelines in the future make it mandatory to disclose in retraction notices institutional investigations..." shorturl.at/CKR23 @cope @RetractionWatch @natalie_cevans @WCRIFoundation @guangwei_hu

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 11/06/2023

...researchers’ discretion over research decisions is unavoidable when they follow research plans that are either ...too prescriptive or ...too vague. Excellent blog on work of @TomvanDrimmelen Blog: shorturl.at/iqGI8 Video:...

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 11/03/2023

2/2 "Scholars need to be able to trust each other ... trust is essential for research to be applied ... The trustworthiness is threatened when researchers engage in questionable research practices or worse". @OSFramework @scholarlykitchn @RetractionWatch

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 11/03/2023

1/2 "By adopting #OpenScience practices, research becomes #Transparent and #Accountable. Only then it is possible to verify whether trust in research findings is justified". bit.ly/3ZH2S7w @WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @EmbassySci @sops4ri

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