Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026They could at least thank all the researchers that made it possible by paying to publish their best papers, by reviewing for free despite all the major cuts in scientific research in most countries worldwide 100
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisOle Goltermann @olegolt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026A recent paper by Epp et al. in NN claimed that ~40% of reported BOLD findings could be misinterpreted. In our reanalysis, we identified several statistical issues that, in our view, undermine these conclusions. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 👇 1/11biorxiv.org 14626
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Based on a suggestion from @gsescousse.bsky.social, we wanted to use our WhereToPublish database to check the relationship between article processing charges (APCs) and the "prestige" of the journal. 1/7wheretopublish.github.ioWhere to Publish? 131
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 06/05/2026In times when people talk more and more about sovereignty, I was curious to use our WhereToPublish database to explore in which country most journals are based based on their publisher.wheretopublish.github.ioWhere to Publish? 120
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 27/04/2026While @phylogenetrips.bsky.social and I were presenting the Where To Publish database (wheretopublish.github.io) in french to the CRNL in Lyon, @diegoharta.bsky.social was presenting the Where To Publish database in Spanish to the UNAM in Mexico! Where To Publish recording starting at 38:30youtube.comEcología y Evolución del Pez Payaso. Genómica y simulacionesYouTube video by Instituto de Ecología, UNAM 141
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Yesterday, we were invited to present Where To Publish to the CRNL in Lyon. The presentation (in french) can be found below. Thanks again to the Scientific Integrity Working Group in Lyon for the invitation. Things are moving! #openAccess #scientificPublicationSystem #publishOrPerish #AcademicSkypod.inserm.frGRT Intégrité scientifique - Where_to_publishLe Groupe de Travail Intégrité Scientifique a invité les auteurs de la base de données Where to Publish le Vendredi 24 avril 2026. Where to Publish est une base de données innovante qui recense les re... 222
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Based on much evidence that many publishers use the pressure to publish open access (OA) as a means to increase the article processing charges (APCs) I wanted to verify the assumption that for-profit OA journals are more expensive than for-profit non-OA journals in our where to publish databaseblogs.lse.ac.ukAdoption of open access is rising – but so too are its costs - LSE ImpactOptions available to authors to make their work open access are on the rise. Adoption of open access itself is also rising, and usage of open-access materials is similarly increasing. However, alongsi... 110
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 25/03/2026😢 the "Choose Europe" is a big joke in front of such cuts #chooseEurope 050
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisDaniel Heck @danielheck.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I always had the vague feeling that Scientific Reports and Nature Communications are mainly APC business models. A paper estimated the total APC for gold/hybrid Open Access per journal 2015–2018: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Surprise, surprise - there are 2 outliers at the top😐 510451
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 19/03/2026"High-profile, high-fee journals affected include Nature Communications, Cell Reports, and Science Advances." Things are accelerating a bit as it seems when one of the only countries who raised its science budget decides to changes the journals it accepts to fund... #AcademicSkyscience.orgMajor Chinese funder to stop paying fees for 30 pricey open-access journalsMove comes amid effort to grow the country’s own journals 052
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisPaolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 19/03/2026🚨Today 4pm CET🚨 PCI Webinar: The Drain of Scientific Publishing: why publishing is becoming a burden for science and how to fix it An overview talk based on three papers on #ScientificPublishing, where it stands & how to fix it. Plus dad jokes and bad acronyms. peercommunityin.org/pci-webinar-... 1117
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 12/03/2026sad for US but " Abrahams hopes to host the ceremony in a different European city every other year." 😍 000
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisPaolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 11/03/2026the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.ioSpringer Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific PublishingHome page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro 022
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Based on our WhereToPublish database, we were curious to see if the APCs depend on the publisher type and with relatively no surprise at all, the journals that are for-profit are way above: For-profit journals = 2635 +/- 37€ (mean +/- sem) Non-profit & University Press journals = 1996 +/- 63€ 1/4 275
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Unsurprising, but still sad that it didn't work out www.reuters.com/legal/govern...reuters.comAcademic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictionsA group of major academic publishers convinced a judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of thwarting competition by barring scholars from submitting papers to multiple journals simultane... 000
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisSam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · 10/02/2026If you work at the intersection of computational neuroscience and machine learning, consider applying for this postdoc position (January 2027 start date): academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15868 An opportunity to work with a great group of people across Harvard, MIT, and UC Berkeley. 37551
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Dear all, I'm happy to present you a side project done with @diegoharta.bsky.social @phylogenetrips.bsky.social & Lucas Baudouin regarding the publication landscape in Biology: wheretopublish.github.io 1/4wheretopublish.github.ioWhere to Publish? 2167
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Happy World Greek Language Day! Καλή μέρα σε όλους! www.unesco.org/en/articles/... #greek #greekLanguageDayunesco.orgWorld Greek Language DayFollowing the decision adopted at the recent UNESCO General Conference concerning the Greek language and its contribution to universal culture, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 000
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 29/01/2026Just learned about this study looking at methodological trends in psych and econ over time: online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art.... Matches my perception well: Nobody in psych bothers to (explicitly) try causal inference unless they conducted an experiment, not a lot of theoretical work either. 86817
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisNico Rascovan @nrascovan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Institut Pasteur (@pasteur.fr) is recruiting new young PIs to open new groups in the Institute. Deadline is February 9th! Don't miss the opportunity! 03648
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisStefano Palminteri @stepalminteri.bsky.social · 27/01/2026🧵 New paper in @NatureComms Feedback-induced attitudinal changes in risk preferences Nasioulas, Potier, Cerrotti, Lebreton & me (2026) Does feedback really improve risky decision-making? Short answer: no! it changes attitudes, not learning. 👇 rdcu.be/e0VcOrdcu.beFeedback-induced attitudinal changes in risk preferencesNature Communications - Normative theory predicts that feedback should not affect decisions under risk, but past findings disagree. Here, the authors show that feedback shifts risk-taking by... 24214
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisPierre Le Merre @pierrelemerre.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Main postdoc study out! We can redefine prefrontal cortex regions with single-unit activity! Grateful to @carlenlab.bsky.social and @weltgeischt.bsky.social who made this crazy project real. Thanks to all co-authors, collaborators, and reviewers. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA prefrontal cortex map based on single-neuron activity - Nature NeuroscienceThe authors mapped spontaneous and choice activity across mouse prefrontal cortex. The activity maps aligned with intrinsic connectivity rather than anatomical subregions, suggesting that connectivity... 59721
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Kent, Essex and apparently Sussex all decline to be gouged by Elsevier Read & Publish deals. Others may well follow. 1/2timeshighereducation.comThree major research universities opt out of new Elsevier dealComplaints over ‘price increases’ and open access models spur UK institutions to walk away from offer from publishing giant, despite nationally negotiated agreement 313442
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisJérémie Naudé @jeremie-n.cpesr.fr · 17/01/2026Oui, When Prophecy Fails, l'étude fondatrice de la théorie de la dissonance cognitive repose sur des faits fabriqués : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Une "dissonance cognitive" auquelle beaucoup restent accrochés, dont G. Bronner, malgré les critiques connues du concept (et c'est meta 💀)onlinelibrary.wiley.comDebunking “When Prophecy Fails”In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased.... 310864
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 26/12/2025I hope this one gets an #IgNobel would be well deserved 000
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/12/2025Just decline the peer review invitation. What are you people even doing?nature.comMore than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidanceA survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts. 35651195
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 15/12/2025Another AI-fabricated book from Top Quality academic publisher Spring Nature.thetimes.comPublisher under fire after ‘fake’ citations found in AI ethics guideA book published by Springer Nature includes dozens of questionable citations, including references to journals that do not exist 3176
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisCNRS @cnrs.fr · 04/12/2025#Communiqué 🗞️ L'@academiesciences.bsky.social et le CNRS signent un accord de coédition pour développer un modèle de publication scientifique en libre accès et gratuit. ✍️ 👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/la... 16329
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 04/12/2025"This decision by the CNRS will help the organisation save €1.4 million annually in subscription fees, funds that will be redirected towards initiatives promoting open science, particularly the development of open databases." YES! #scientificPublishing 041
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisPaolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing. Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this? Background readings: Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy 411172
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisSarah Garfinkel @sarahgarf.bsky.social · 24/11/2025** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social) 18586
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisRoss Otto @arossotto.bsky.social · 19/11/2025New pontification piece with @awestbrook.bsky.social and Jean Daunizeau, just out in TICS: Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly? (or why does it hurt to think) never written a review paper before in my life, that was a new and unusual experiencecell.comWhy is cognitive effort experienced as costly?A widespread observation is that people avoid mentally effortful courses of action, and much recent work examining cognitive effort has explained subjective effort evaluation – and, consequently, pref... 18122
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 19/11/2025"commercial publishing is becoming increasingly detached from the needs and interests of researchers and now serve profits, not science" 020
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Anyone understands why such a big part of internet depends on one single US-based company? That sounds like a terrible security flaw on so many levels (sovereignity, vulnerability, etc.) 000
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisDanny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 15/11/2025EXCELLENT graphic on the drain of scientific publishing! zenodo.org/records/1759... 04636
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 11/11/2025We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... 8644453
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 11/11/2025For-profit journals are supposed to improve research quality, yet they're perversely incentivized to churn out whatever they can monetize. This was happening before AI (see Strain: bit.ly/43gJPUM), and AI will make it worse. It's insane that we volunteer our time to help them do so. 4/n 211324
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 10/11/2025"Academia should resume control of publishing using non-profit publishing models (e.g. diamond open-access)" 010
Nicolas Clairis @nclairis.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Not super reassuring for young european researchers 😅 thank you Donald 000
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisMatthew Apps @brainapps.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Looking for a PhD? Interested in cognitive computational neuroscience, motivation and decision-making? See our project listed in the BBSRC MIBTP competition for funding for a 4-year PhD in the @msnlab.bsky.social in the @thechbh.bsky.social. Deadline 27/11. More info: tinyurl.com/5d5vz8m7findaphd.comThe computational and neural dynamics of human motivation and cognitive control at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - The computational and neural dynamics of human motivation and cognitive control at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com 02635
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisAlpine Brain Imaging Meeting @abim-ch.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Get ready for the biggest #ABIM yet! 🥳 We're celebrating our 20th anniversary with a special edition you won't want to miss. 🗓️ Registration & abstract submission: www.unige.ch/ABIM/partici... 💰Early bird fee ends November 9th! #ABIM2026 #neuroimaging 0139
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Save the date 📆. On Oct 22/23, @nationalacademies.org will hold a stellar virtual workshop on brain/body interations (open to all). www.nationalacademies.org/en/our-work/... 13017
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Evidence that even when LLMs produce similar results to humans, they “rely on lexical associations and statistical priors rather than contextual reasoning or normative criteria. We term this divergence epistemia: the illusion of knowledge emerging when surface plausibility replaces verification”pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 717265
Reposted by Nicolas ClairisWanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Effort research is booming & it’s tough to keep up with how it's defined and measured. Huge kudos to @dhprlab.bsky.social PhD student @lukas-hack.bsky.social for leading our attempt to create an impartial overview & starter guide. Great effort (pun intended 😉)! Interested? Check it out ⬇️ 042