Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh, and some of the unique ingredients are amusing: espresso (Martha Collison), fish sauce and gelatine (J. Kenji López-Alt), gravy granules (Tom Kerridge), Swiss chard (Maggie Beer), cloves (Guy Grossi), tarragon (Donna Hay), and rosé (Bobby Flay). For my part, I add shavings of lemon zest. 000
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lunchtime project. What goes in Ragu Bolognese? According to this (convenience) sample of 30 recipes by celebrity chefs, there's plenty of variation! Thanks, GPT-Astra. And apologies if anyone is actually from Bologna and feeling horrified. 110
Reposted by Mark HooperCOPE @publicationethics.bsky.social · 27/07/2026📢 Publication Integrity Week 2026 📢 Save the date in your calendars as we continue to build a week of virtual events around this year’s theme: Rooted in principles. United in purpose 👉 Monday 2 to Thursday 5 November 2026 #PublicationIntegrityWeek #PublicationEthics #ResearchIntegrity 021
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Tadej Pogačar, man. Imagine if Michael Jordan had a deep respect for Isiah Thomas, and a genuine desire to see Scotty Pippin glorified. Tadej Pogačar. #TDF2026 #couchpeloton 072
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The idea of the penalty shoot out wouldn't make it through an ethics committee. #researchintegrity #worldcup 160
Reposted by Mark HooperJennifer Byrne @jabyrnesci.bsky.social · 26/05/2026New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint on suspected citation manipulation by #PaperMills in molecular oncology, with Baptiste Scancar, David Causer @institutagro.bsky.social & @aidybarnett.bsky.social @aushsi.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au 🙏 @nhmrc.bsky.social for💰 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.org 0118
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I'm not sure I can listen to the world's greatest songwriter if he doesn't develop his kingside. 020
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 28/04/2026If you’ll be at the World Conferences on Research Integrity, consider joining our pres, “Friendly Ghosts?”. We’ll discuss authorship dilemmas when contributors decline. Tuesday, 11.15am, Stream G. Me, Jennifer Wright, and Michael Vincent #WCRI2026 #researchintegrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social 0218
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 21/03/2026"Fake commotions" is honestly glorious. We will look back on this as a quaint decade in the history of fraud, I think. 030
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 21/03/2026If you know anything about chess, this poster on Etsy is as funny as those fraudulent rat balls. www.etsy.com/au/listing/4... #chess #researchintegrity via u/MinuteRegular716 382
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 17/02/2026“Where whining mendeth nothing, wherefore whine?” — Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow 010
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Recommend this post for those interested in metascience and/or philosophy. medium.com/activated-th... #researchintegritymedium.comMetascience for whom? A question as old as science.Before we fix science, we need to ask who built it! 020
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I feel like I'm noticing way more Moderator comments on @pubpeer.com . Am I tripping? I don't have an opinion about it yet, but I'm interested by it. Here's an example of a recent Moderator comment that appears in the middle of an author's comment, providing fact-checking. #researchintegrity 020
Reposted by Mark HooperCOPE @publicationethics.bsky.social · 16/02/2026COPE strengthens its stance on external influence on editorial decisions, opposing undue political, corporate, or social pressure on scholarly publishing. COPE position: External influence on editorial decisions publicationethics.org/guidance/cop... #EditorialIndependence #PublicationEthics 021
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Apparently I do unboxing videos now. (Forgive me.) We received the 1st prototype of our card game about research supervision. There will be a printable version as part of our new online course, Supervising Postgraduate Researchers. www.trickygoose.training/supervising #academicsky #researchintegrity 1101
Reposted by Mark HooperAdrian Barnett @aidybarnett.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Less is more. This aphorism is constantly on my mind. The scientific publication system is under tremendous strain, the last thing it needs is a massive dump of LLM generated/aided papers. If you love science, then show it some love. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comI’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, tooIf we don’t slow down, the research enterprise is going to crash, argues Adrian Barnett. 12413
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 26/12/2025We really did mean to be complimentary of your great paper! (Forgive any nitpicking.) — Cc @michaelvincent.bsky.social 120
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Responsible-Research-Assessment-Jeopardy cracks me up. We are losing, but possibly laughing the most. #AIMOS2025 060
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Discussions at #AIMOS2025 re: financial conflicts of expert witnesses, reminds me of this editorial from 1882 (!): “…the saying of a well-known judge that liars might be divided into three classes - liars, great liars, and scientific-witnesses - recommends itself to many.” [The Times, 4 April] 032
Reposted by Mark HooperElisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 18/11/2025We will have workshops, discussion groups, hackathons, lightning talks, and mini-notes. Thanks to the sponsors, @sydney.edu.au, @ardc.edu.au, @proofigai.bsky.social, and Tricky Goose @markhooper.bsky.social #AIMOS2025 091
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Our annual #Christmas gift guide. A tradition! Only for fun. No affiliate links. www.christmasgifts.iochristmasgifts.ioChritmas gift ideas 2025Mark and Briohny's annual christmas gift ideas 120
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 29/10/2025For sure! I mean that everyone, for years, has agreed that perverse incentive structures drive research integrity issues. So, it’s no longer a particularly insightful conclusion. But it remains a real problem. Changing incentives is very hard. So, I like papers that discuss *how* to do it. 230
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 26/10/2025I'm a bit weary of talks and papers that end, "So, we need to change the incentive structure." That's not a conclusion, it's a premise! #researchintegrity 120
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 14/10/2025It occurred to me that we need Contributor Statements (like CRediT), except to describe various uses of Gen-AI in research. But like all decent thoughts, someone else had it first. I really like what this group has done. Their tool is useful: www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/gai... #researchintegrityleidenmadtrics.nlGAIDeT: a practical taxonomy for declaring AI use in research and publishingTransparency of AI use in academia matters for authors, editors, reviewers, readers and repository moderators. This blog post introduces GAIDeT, a taxonomy for the structured disclosure of Generative ... 021
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 14/10/2025The people who say "science is self-correcting" are not usually the same people who work hard to correct science. 031
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Just submitted a highly amusing abstract to the International Research Integrity Conference (Sydney, November). Whatever the outcome, hope to see you there! Abstracts close on Monday. researchintegrityconf.comresearchintegrityconf.com International Research Integrity Conference | 16-18 November 2025, Sydney, Australia 011
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I like that @elisabethbik.bsky.social introduced us to the fish with names —e.g., Short Stripe and Beauty Mole. I particularly like that Bearded Zebra prefers to go by "BZ". I can really get behind that tone of pubpeer discourse. 161
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Some folks confuse these things —who think the 'water movement' must be flawed, since bottled water is expensive, and contaminated water is poisonous. Clean water and #openaccess both cost $. We don't really need corporations selling packaged products, but communities funding reservoirs and taps. 162
Reposted by Mark HooperWorld Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Even honest research results can flip – a new approach to assessing robustness in the social sciences #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #WCRI2026 #WCRI blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...blogs.lse.ac.ukEven honest research results can flip – a new approach to assessing robustness in the social sciencesWhen academic studies get things wrong, it is often blamed on misconduct. Yet even good-faith research can produce contradictory conclusions. 152
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 10/09/2025My daughter made this clay model, and stuck it on my webcam. So, if we’re chatting, know that I’m also speaking with a jaunty goose. 020
Reposted by Mark HooperBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 08/09/2025If Melbourne University Publishing doesn’t want to keep publishing Meanjin, they should hand over the journal to someone worthy of the responsibility. Me in The Conversation theconversation.com/the-decision...theconversation.comThe decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves betterThe decision to close Meanjin is the latest in a string of recent decisions that suggest universities are not safe harbours for priceless cultural institutions. 9323139
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 08/09/2025It boggles my mind that anyone would submit their work to any journal that they do not also read. #Academicsky 030
Reposted by Mark HooperJAMA @jama.com · 05/09/2025The use of #AI tools in health care raises questions about patient informed consent, necessitating a framework to decide when disclosure is needed. Learn more in this Perspective. ja.ma/424oPR6ja.maEthical Obligations to Inform Patients About Use of AI ToolsThis Perspective discusses the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in health care and offers a framework for deciding what patients should be told about AI tools. 43317
Reposted by Mark HooperDermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Navigating Open Research: A Guide for Early Career Researchers. Great work from the CONUL Research Group. Free to download zenodo.org/records/1702... #irishResearch #openResearch 03818
Reposted by Mark HooperElina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Pethick et al. Is There a Reproducibility Crisis? On the Need for Evidence-based Approaches www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #OpenSciencetandfonline.comIs There a Reproducibility Crisis? On the Need for Evidence-based ApproachesThe ‘Sixth Report—Reproducibility and Research Integrity’ (UK House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee 2023. ‘Sixth Report—Reproducibility and Research Integrity’) (‘The Report... 062
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 02/09/2025I vibecoded this little tool for detecting duplications and clones within scientific figures. I think it works ok! Please try it. There are sample images you can try. Free to use. Not nearly as good as the paid models, obviously. 👉 dejaview.streamlit.app #researchintegrity @elisabethbik.bsky.socialdejaview.streamlit.app 0113
Reposted by Mark HooperScience Integrity Alliance @sci-integrity.com · 30/08/2025🌟 REACH is live! A new digital magazine on research integrity & open science. 📖 In this issue: ✨ Launch of the Science Integrity Alliance ✨ Coverage of the U.S. Conference on Research Integrity ✨ COPE’s evolution in publication ethics ...and more! 🔗 Read here: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu... 144
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 26/08/2025The Gantt Chart templates that universities offer their postgraduate students are some of the ugliest things I've ever seen. 000
Reposted by Mark HooperAusHSI @aushsi.bsky.social · 22/08/2025A new #Nature story investigates a preprint by #AusHSI Prof @aidybarnett.bsky.social, which has found that peer reviewers are more likely to approve articles that cite their own work. When the reasons for citing are hard to justify, this can make the peer-review process transactional. #peerreviewnature.comPeer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own workPreprint examines how citations can influence the review process. 042
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Consider studying #philosophy. It’s fun, and: “Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning…” theconversation.com/studying-phi...theconversation.comStudying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college gradsPhilosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test. 010
Reposted by Mark HooperElisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 22/08/2025New paper: Tackling paper mills requires us to prevent future contamination and clean up the past – the case of the journal Bioengineered With @deadneanderthals.bsky.social, @smutclyde.bsky.social, @mortenoxe.bsky.social, @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social, and me www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comTackling paper mills requires us to prevent future contamination and clean up the past – the case of the journal BioengineeredTaylor & Francis journal Bioengineered has been targeted by paper mills. Our goal is to identify problematic articles published in Bioengineered during the period 2010 to 2024. Dimensions was used ... 26228
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Two academics emailed me, saying kind things about my work. This honestly made my week. If your Friday allows time, hammer-out a quick note that might make someone else's week. Let's emulate the good ones. 010
Reposted by Mark HooperJennifer Byrne @jabyrnesci.bsky.social · 19/08/2025A paper that combines #peerreview & cheese... what could be better? Answer: writing said paper with @abalkina.bsky.social @image-integrity.bsky.social & Marie Souliere. Read on to learn how the Swiss Cheese Model could help peer review & #researchintegrity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comRethinking Peer Review Using the Swiss Cheese Model to Better Flag Problematic ManuscriptsClick on the article title to read more. 12615
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 20/08/2025“There are only three classes of men that we in general have no patience with — superiors, inferiors, and equals.” - Walter Savage Landor [hat-tip Michael Gilleland] 000
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 15/08/2025My 6-yr-old just described $9.80 as twenty-to-ten, as if money can be described like time, and this has shaken me. 020
Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 15/08/2025“This LLM writes at a PhD Level” sounds a lot like, “This machine produces barista-grade coffee at the touch of a button”. 130
Reposted by Mark HooperWorld Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 13/08/2025🆕 New research: Med students & researchers both miss many duplicated images in papers No big difference between groups. Tools & clearer guidelines needed. researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #OpenScience #PeerReviewresearchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.comHow good are medical students and researchers in detecting duplications in digital images from research articles: a cross-sectional survey - Research Integrity and Peer ReviewBackground Inappropriate manipulations of digital images pose significant risks to research integrity. Here we assessed the capability of students and researchers to detect image duplications in biome... 011
Reposted by Mark HooperAIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · 12/08/2025The best way to protect the scientific record is to prevent stats errors from entering it in the first place! Two weeks 'til our webinar featuring @tomhardwicke.bsky.social & @michelenuijten.bsky.social. Register here: qut.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 073