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Pavithran Narayanan

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Content Acquisition Specialist, Wiley | #OpenScience #OpenAccess advocate | #ScholarlyPublishing

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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Read this fantastic @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social post by @jacoates.bsky.social! I think superimposing Richard Poynder's thoughts about the OA movement with the preprint movement is superb 👌. #Preprint #PRC #OpenAccess #PeerReview #Publishing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/04/14/g...
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Guest Post - From Open Access to Preprints: Are We Repeating the Same Mistakes in Scholarly Publishing? - The Scholarly Kitchen
Guest blogger Jonny Coates looks at Richard Poynder's post-mortem on the Open Access movement, and uses it as a framework to ask questions about the future of preprints.
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Thomas and Denis are great people, deeply passionate about the diamond OA community and the work they do! #Librarians - do attend the call & I'm sure you'll have a great time! :) @peercommunityin.bsky.social #OpenScience #DiamondOA #OpenAccess
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PREreview @prereview.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Today we published the Strategic Plan that will shape PREreview’s work over the next three years. By 2029, we aim to shift norms in research assessment so they reflect the values of equity, openness, and care. 👉 Read our 3Y Strategic Plan: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
"PREreview 2025 Annual Report" header on top-right corner. An inverted red trapezoid shape representing the path opening in front, with a QR code on the bottom leading to the PREreview Strategic Plan in Zenodo. "There's an exciting road ahead!" title at the bottom of the page
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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
At @unileiden.bsky.social we are proud to launch our Strategic Publication Framework! www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/news/2025/12... We are revisiting our publication practices, strengthening our commitment to open science, and aligning our publication choices and recognition and reward policies.
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Leiden University launches strategic framework for scientific publishing - Leiden University
Leiden University has adopted its first Strategic Publication Framework for publishing the works of its researchers. With this framework our university takes another major step towards making open sci...
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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Great to see that cOAlition S is going to enhance its "focus on sustainable and equitable models, such as PRC, diamond open access and preprints". This aligns with some of the work we are doing at @cwts.nl and in @rorinstitute.bsky.social.
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ASAPbio @asapbio.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
✍️ Advance the Culture of Peer Review with Preprints!🚀 Tips for researchers: ✨ Request reviews and feedback for your next preprint ✨Write preprint reviews ✨Agree to review preprints ✨Convert journal clubs to a preprint review club ✨List preprint reviews on your lab website
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
💯this: "Community is not a nice-to-have; it is the foundation of lasting cultural change" - This article presents a fantastic read on the need for community efforts for Open Science to progress! #Community #OpenScience #Engagement #Culture #Change #Academia www.themodernpeer.com/the-loss-of-...
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The loss of community in open science: a sign of a failing movement?
Open Science (OS) is a movement that aims to bring about a change to the academic publishing system. Yet, despite being around for over 30 years, it has had relatively limited success. Traditional pub...
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
It was a pleasure to share my thoughts on Open Access through the #LinkedIn profile of Trevor Mundel, President of Global Health, Gates Foundation, on account of #OAWeek! @openaccessmaven.bsky.social @sparcopen.bsky.social #OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenResearch www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Celebrating Open Access Week: Why OA Matters | Trevor Mundel posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Hello all! This is Pavithran Narayanan, taking over Trevor’s LinkedIn in recognition of International Open Access Week. As an open access (OA) enthusiast, it’s a pleasure to share a few reflections on...
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alicemeadows.bsky.social @alicemeadows.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"The story of diamond #OA is still being written. Its rise reflects a powerful shift toward scholarly communication as a public good.. But... ideals alone cannot sustain journals." Great post on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social by my fellow chef Maryam Sayab scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/15/d...
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Diamond Dreams, Unequal Realities: The Promise and Pitfalls of No-APC Open Access - The Scholarly Kitchen
Diamond Open Access promises equity, but sustainability challenges remain. Discover the hidden costs, global gaps, and paths toward lasting open publishing.
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
"All solutions need not scale to inspire and instruct"! 💯
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
(1/2) For the 2nd question, I feel we need an entirely different assignment type like "Reviewed Preprint" or "Assessed Preprint" (for reviewed preprints with editorial assessment)! @ludowaltman.bsky.social @andre-brasil.bsky.social @rorinstitute.bsky.social @crossref.bsky.social @elife.bsky.social
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
@ludowaltman.bsky.social @andre-brasil.bsky.social & @crossref.bsky.social are requesting input on #DOI registration for P-R-C model!
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Speaks for the impact that @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social & @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social have come to have on the field! And the exemplary work led by @richardsever.bsky.social @johninglis.bsky.social - both very much deserving of The Royal Society Research Culture Award 2025!
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This is interesting - it'll make institutions take more (almost complete) responsibility for integrity issues but they may also want to invest significant money (& possibly human resource) to make these checks available for everyone!
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Very much befitting - many congratulations @richardsever.bsky.social & @johninglis.bsky.social! 👏👏👏
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
"Self-citation requests can turn peer review into a transaction rather than an objective critique of the article" - @aidybarnett.bsky.social in his OSF @cos.io preprint! #PeerReview #SelfCitation #Preprint #OSF osf.io/preprints/os...
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Wishing @tracykteal.bsky.social & team @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social @openrxiv.bsky.social the best - Let "Speed of Science" be the phrase of the year! :)
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
(1/2) Interesting proposal by @rnls.bsky.social @f1000publishing.bsky.social for @nisoinfo.bsky.social ("or a similar neutral entity") to standardize a framework for #verifications & #checks of #preprints, journal articles and other published output! #Trust journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The need for verification markers on published content - Rebecca Lawrence, 2025
Ethics and integrity cases in submitted manuscripts is becoming an increasingly common problem, whilst retractions continue to grow at a rapid rate. These cases...
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Alice Fleerackers (she/her) @fleerackers.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
All of this underscores the point above: if we want to truly make research open, and avoid public misunderstanding—we need to actually consider the public (and the journalists who share research with them) in our approach to #openscience, preprints and otherwise.
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Alice Fleerackers (she/her) @fleerackers.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I am deeply concerned about the research integrity issues we are seeing right now. Including around preprints, but also science more broadly. But I am equally concerned that our fears about misinformation will lead us toward an even more closed, exclusionary science system.
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Alice Fleerackers (she/her) @fleerackers.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Again, concerns about research integrity and openness go beyond preprints. We saw this in our study of journalists and their use/perceptions of predatory journals, which participants associated with #openaccess: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... [Still a preprint, but accepted at Journalism Practice]
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“I’d like to think I’d be able to spot one if I saw one”: How science journalists navigate predatory journals
Predatory journals—or journals that prioritize profits over editorial and publication best practices—are becoming more common, raising concerns about the integrity of the scholarly record. Such journa...
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
"LLMs are being used in problematic ways with preprints. But they are also clearly being misused within peer review itself"! 💯 #LLM #Preprints #PeerReview
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Alice Fleerackers (she/her) @fleerackers.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
(You can read a sum up of this argument on the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social — co-authored with @nataschachtena.bsky.social and @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca) blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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Preprints at a crossroads – Are we compromising openness for credibility? - Impact of Social Sciences
Natascha Chtena, Juan Pablo Alperin & Alice Fleerackers argue the benefits of preprints risk being undermined by incorporation into traditional publishing workflows.
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Alice Fleerackers (she/her) @fleerackers.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Some key perspectives on this 🧵: I love the comment in Robert's article about the stakeholders "missing" from debates about #openscience. Beyond scholarly societies, journalists, #scicomm professionals, and the public need to be included in these conversations. f1000research.com/articles/12-...
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F1000Research Article: Making science public: a review of journalists’ use of Open Access research.
Read the latest article version by Alice Fleerackers, Natascha Chtena, Stephen Pinfield, Juan Pablo Alperin, Germana Barata, Monique Oliveira, Isabella Peters, at F1000Research.
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Open Research, University of Sheffield @openresshef.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
🔊Four weeks to go until OpenFest 2025! 🥳Join us ONLINE for sessions on building diverse and inclusive research cultures, recognition practices, publishing ecosystems, open research communities, and libraries. Full programme and registration links below:
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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Great initiative by Wiley! The publisher has started marking retracted papers in reference lists. When you click on the retraction notice, you can also see the date and reason for the retraction. All publishers should adopt this practice. But also screen references during submission.
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
(1/2) @maddipow.bsky.social draws an interesting comparison here regarding #PeerReview. I think this could really benefit bad reviews but probably not rogue reviews - the latter consisting of bias, rudeness & deliberate mishandling! One thing it underscores - Peer review training is essential!
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Any suggestions/recommendations for a tool that would allow the audience at a conference to ask questions, but... a. Those could only be seen by a moderator, with the relevant app and permissions (so that the moderator would ask the question on the person's behalf) b. can be asked anonymously Thx!
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
A lot of people & organizations to thank for this shift! @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social @richardsever.bsky.social @johninglis.bsky.social @asapbio.bsky.social @jessicapolka.bsky.social @prereview.bsky.social @neurosarda.bsky.social @reviewcommons.org @embo.org @elife.bsky.social, etc., etc. etc.! 👏
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
So well put by (shall I say, the one & only? 😄) @richardsever.bsky.social! #Preprints #PeerReview #ScientificPublishing
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
IMO the fact alone that something claims to be "peer-reviewed" is fairly meaningless, so much do standards vary. One can have some faith based on knowledge of individual journals' processes but if you don't know anything about the journal, then... 1/n
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
@fionahutton.bsky.social @drpeterrodgers.bsky.social @damianpattinson.bsky.social: @doaj.bsky.social & @mattjhodgkinson.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy have called for suggestions/comments from the community w.r.t. some fundamental questions on #indexing criteria! #SciPub blog.doaj.org/2025/07/09/w...
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What is a scholarly journal? A case study of applying the DOAJ criteria – DOAJ Blog
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DORA @dorassessment.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Thanks for the shout out! We work closely with the relationship between research assessment and scholarly communication, and our last guest blog posts by @metaror.bsky.social, @f1000publishing.bsky.social and @elife.bsky.social explore these connections, innovations in publishing and peer review
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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
"Unlike traditional publishing, (the eLife) model doesn’t leave your work waiting for months only to end in rejection ... It accelerates sharing of results and helps keep your research moving forward ... preprint submission also ensures your work is immediately accessible to scientific community"
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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
As I move towards launching my own org, if you've previously collaborated or worked with me & you'd be willing to provide a short testimonial for my website would you please get in touch? I'll be focussing on preprints, academic culture & trust in research Huge thanks to anyone who does so!
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
“Publish first, evaluate continuously…That’s how science actually happens”. A better casting of the PRC model from @madubs.bsky.social at Royal Society #FutureSciPub
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Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
I've been setting a community to give peer support to folks doing Library or Scholarly Communications research whilst working in the field (rather than for full time academics). We've got a discord server and there are exciting things coming. If you'd like to join the server - let me know.
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I want to create a "Behind the Paper"-like perspective article for CSH Protocols, where authors would succinctly summarize a recent methods paper they've published in any journal. This can provide a bit more context & is a way for authors to directly connect with the community. Interested? Lmk!
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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
I could really do with a few brilliant folks who'd be up for chatting ~1x a month/every 2 months in a mentorship capacity. Could really do with someone independent to talk to for advice & guideance. Equally, if anyone in my network would like me to act in this capacity for you do reach out!
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Center for Open Science @cos.io · 29/04/2025
Excited to share the first published papers in Lifecycle Journal! In this new, transparent model, research is published before undergoing evaluation—putting publishing & evaluation in the control of the scholarly community. 📄 Read: lifecyclejournal.org/publications/ 🖋️ Submit: osf.io/registries/l...
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Publications | Lifecycle Journal
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Megan All Hallows Eve @meganeve.eurosky.social · 14/04/2025
Open Access people - is there a list/database anywhere that notes when hybrid journals have flipped to Gold? 🟩
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Katie Corker @katiecorker.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We @asapbio.bsky.social are planning some work on evaluating the community friendliness of preprint servers. Which factors matter to you, the community? For me = strong governance, transparent policies, good metadata, non-profit stewards, open licensing.
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Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This loss hits particularly hard. Join us in ✊ back by ✒️ the Declaration to #DefendResearch against US Govt Censorship. Defendresearch.org is working to 📚 the public on the dangers of #censorship. All welcome irresp discipline, geography, expertise #StandUpForScience tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f
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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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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
LATEST: from yours truly. The brief was large and the word count small. I hope the point is clear! theconversation.com/show-your-wo...
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Show your working: how the ‘open science’ movement tackles scientific misconduct
‘Open science’ is a radical shift from traditional research practices. But it can help research integrity in several ways.
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n
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Homepage - openRxiv
openRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community.
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
(1/3) This @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social post by @9thprime.bsky.social gave me a tangential thought: what if #ResearchIntegrity matters are considered as matters of "security"? "Research Security" if we may fancy? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/05/s...
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Scholarly Publishing Based On a Zero Trust Architecture - The Scholarly Kitchen
The many trust issues in scholarly publishing might benefit from applying a zero-trust framework to the publication process
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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/12/2024
It’s Not too Late for Open Access in India | Katina Magazine katinamagazine.org/content/article/…
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It’s Not too Late for Open Access in India
The history of open access in India is rife with missed opportunities. But the current moment offers a chance to learn from global experience and develop a more effective strategy.
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Pavithran Narayanan @npavi.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
A very important thread here by @samuelmoore.org! Not just semantics but a very practical issue highlighted here. But is the problem only in its definition or with the name itself? 🤔 @neuralreckoning.bsky.social #Preprints #ScholarlyPublishing #Science
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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
With @elife.bsky.social once again making a bit of news, let’s take a moment to actually look at the reality of the impact factor (IF) and web of science (WoS) indexing. A 🧵 1/17
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