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Rafal Marszalek: geriatric millenial; all-round dilettante; Chief Editor at Scientific Reports @natureportfolio.bsky.social. Now left the other platform (sorry if you tried to reach me there). For 🔥 editorial takes go to the other account.

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Noah Haber @whaleactually.com · 08/09/2026
... and that's where Registered Revisions comes in The Registered Revisions Meta Trial Pilot Report is OUT NOW!! osf.io/preprints/me... But new(ish) policy involves developing a new(ish) multi-headed trial design, workflows, infrastructure, piloting, mistakes, and a super team. And it's all here.
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Rafal is living in the darkest timeline @thisisrafal.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Here is an interesting project, which - if it finds its way to the right people - has the potential to legitimately help improve public health. The approach to broadcasting the outcomes sounds a bit scary, but ultimately I think it's probably right 1/ #ScientificPublishing #ResearchIntegrity
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Rafal is living in the darkest timeline @thisisrafal.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Massive thanks to Meredith Adinolfi & Sara Grimme for having me on their @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social podcast to talk about #ResearchIntegrity: a topic I'm both passionate and depressed about (but such is life) scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/05/09/s...
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SSP's Early Career Development Podcast Episode 22: A Primer on Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics - The Scholarly Kitchen
In this episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast, hosts Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science) chat with Rafal Marszalek, the Chief Editor at Nature’s largest journa...
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Rafal is living in the darkest timeline @thisisrafal.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Fantastic interview with George Gao, former director of CCDC about impact of DOGE work on US research - but also its global implications #AcademicSky www.pekingnology.com/p/former-chi...
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Former China CDC Director criticizes Elon Musk
George F. Gao, the Chinese counterpart of Anthony Fauci during COVID-19, says the Tesla and Starlink owner has changed a lot and is now anti-science.
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Is is acceptable for a Fellow of the @royalsociety.org to promote white supremacism? What message does it send about their commitment to an inclusive academy?
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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Yearly reminder that the world will not end if you don’t submit your paper or revision before the holidays. Editors are people too & need a break. The @plosbiology.org team in particular has done outstanding work this year & fully deserves it. We’re mostly off the next 2 weeks. Happy holidays!
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 09/12/2024
A fraud buster, a nuclear-clock maker and a virus hunter. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for this year’s Nature’s 10. 🧪
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Nature’s 10: the people who helped shape science in 2024
A fraud buster, a nuclear-clock maker and a virus hunter. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for this year’s Nature’s 10.
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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
COOL IDEA KLAXON: I'm looking for scientists who *aren't* expert with AI but are curious to see if it can help out their lab, to try out a new AI system designed for this purpose. The idea is to report on what happens, be it astounding, absurd, or frustrating. Pls msg to indicate interest - thanks!
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Rafal is living in the darkest timeline @thisisrafal.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Go and nominate, I guess? #ResearchIntegrity
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Daniele Varsano @dnlvrs.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🚀 New Scientific Report Collection: Excitons in Condensed Matter Physics We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the collection on Scientific Reports @natureportfolio.bsky.social focused on excitons. More info at: www.nature.com/collections/... #CondensedMatterPhysics #Excitons
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Excitons
This Collection welcomes original research on the topic of excitons, looking at the physics of excitons and how to exploit them in timely applications.
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Markus Brauer @markusbrauer.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
New publication alert! 🚨 My former graduate student (Dr. Naomi Isenberg) and I have a new paper in Scientific Reports about how Americans underestimate diversity support and that correcting this boosts inclusion. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Diversity and inclusion have greater support than most Americans think - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Diversity and inclusion have greater support than most Americans think
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Çağrı Mert Bakırcı-Taylor @cmb.evrimagaci.org · 23/11/2024
The South African springhare (Pedetes capensis) fluoresces hot pink under ultraviolet light. The function of the striking patterns and intense colour (which are unique among known biofluorescent mammals) is a mystery. Credit: J. Martin and E. Olson www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Credit: J. Martin and E. Olson, Northland College/Olson et al. 2021, Scientific Reports
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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
So pleased to share our new paper on object transport decisions in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Scientific reports! We found that Goffins' cockatoos choose to carry light objects over heavy objects over short distances, but ignore weight balance cues. Check it out!
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
In a 2023 paper in Scientific Reports, Amir Ghasemian and I introduced the "enmity paradox" for real social networks (your enemies have more enemies than you do). www.nature.com/articles/s41... #EnmityParadox #FriendshipParadox 3/
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The enmity paradox - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The enmity paradox
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 25/11/2024
A study in Scientific Reports analyzes an Egyptian ritual Bes-vase of the 2nd century BCE, revealing traces of Peganum harmala, Nimphaea nouchali var. caerulea, and a plant of the Cleome genus, all of which have psychotropic and medicinal properties. go.nature.com/3V4IRYr 🧪 🏺
This is figure 1, which shows examples of the Bes mug, including the one used in this study.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 29/11/2024
10 of the 16 sites set to host the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup could put the participating professional soccer players at risk of extreme heat stress, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/4fOB21p 🧪
This is figure 1 showing the location of the 2026 FIFA World Cup stadiums within the Köppen-Geiger climate type classification.
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I'm preparing a lecture on sci writing, and I show this image twice during my presentation: my one and only rule for writing in science.
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
At least for non-experts: “AI-generated poems are now ‘more human than human’… participants are more likely to judge that AI-generated poems are human-authored, compared to actual human-authored poems…. participants rate AI-generated poems more highly than human-written poems”
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Kyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 10/05/2024
New in Scientific Reports with @erinfitz.bsky.social @stecula.bsky.social & @matthewhitt.bsky.social: We use a Prospect Theory-style experiment to test whether numeracy + need for cognition moderate framing effects re: the May 2023 debt ceiling debates in Congress. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Objective numeracy exacerbates framing effects from decision-making under political risk - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Objective numeracy exacerbates framing effects from decision-making under political risk
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Susanne Vogel @susannevogel.bsky.social · 14/05/2024
🧠 Excited to share findings from our latest paper testing Easterbrook's hypothesis on stress and attention! We explored whether stress leads to a narrowing of attention, reducing distraction. Out now in Scientific Reports #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #Neurosscience #CogSci
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 18/04/2024
A study in Scientific Reports suggests that a new ancient species of snake dubbed Vasuki Indicus, which lived around 47 million years ago in the state of Gujarat in India, may have been one of the largest snakes to have ever lived. go.nature.com/49XORa9 🧪
This is figure 2, which shows the anterior trunk vertebrae of Vasuki indicus.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 02/05/2024
A Scientific Reports paper reports observations of a wild male Sumatran orangutan applying chewed leaves from Akar Kuning—a climbing plant used in traditional medicine to treat wounds and  conditions such as dysentery, diabetes, and malaria—to a wound on his cheek. go.nature.com/3WjxGMV 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows the process of wound healing. Rakus fed on and later applied the masticated leaves of Fibraurea tinctoria to his facial wound on June 25. On June 26 he was again observed feeding on Fibraurea tinctoria leaves (see photo). By June 30 the wound was closed and by August 25 was barely visible anymore.
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Overly.Honest.Editor @editoratlarge.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
This may well be the first: if you saw a paper in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nat Hum Behav that you think would benefit from an independent replication, would like to do one & maybe have it published in the actual original journal, here is your chance #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
What an amazing study, run across 2 traditional communities: Evidence for an emotional adaptive function of dreams: a cross-cultural study www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 13/10/2023
Original study: G. Russo et al., First direct evidence of #lion #hunting and the early use of a lion #pelt by #Neanderthals, Scientific Reports 13, 2023. 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion pelt by Neanderthals - Scientific ...
Scientific Reports - First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion pelt by Neanderthals
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Arno Van Hootegem 🌱 @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Did educational expansion make cognitive ability more predictive of attainment? Meritocratic logics would suggest so. Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts! Out now in Scientific Reports! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 29/09/2023
An analysis in Scientific Reports suggests that social media fatigue can influence false beliefs of misinformation, which translates into sharing on social media.
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Examining the association between social media fatigue, cognitive ability, narcissism and misinforma...
Scientific Reports - Examining the association between social media fatigue, cognitive ability, narcissism and misinformation sharing: cross-national evidence from eight countries
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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 08/10/2023
Can't believe it's been 6 months since my 1st, shared-first author paper was published in Nature Scientific Reports 😄 'A database of heterogeneous faces for studying naturalistic expressions' with Jessica Taubert, Shruti Japee, Chris I Baker & Houqiu Long #PsychSciSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A database of heterogeneous faces for studying naturalistic expressions - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A database of heterogeneous faces for studying naturalistic expressions
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Maziyar PANAHI @maziyarpanahi.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
🔍Just read an enlightening study published in Scientific Reports by my colleagues Paul Bouchaud and David Chavalarias titled "Crowdsourced audit of Twitter’s recommender systems." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
I love this experimental study in the field showing that storks use green leaf volatiles to navigate towards food. Smell of green leaf volatiles attracts white storks to freshly cut meadows | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
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Brandon Fricker @brandonfricker.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
excited to announce the latest work in spiny mice from the kelly lab: biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species out now in scientific reports! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species - Scient...
Scientific Reports - Biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species
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aaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
New lab paper! Memory precision and age each affect different decision systems. The lab's first foray into cognitive aging, fearlessly lead by Dr. Sharon Noh. Details in her 🐦🧵 twitter.com/sharon_noh/s... - and out now in Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Memory precision and age differentially predict the use of decision-making strategies across the lif...
Scientific Reports - Memory precision and age differentially predict the use of decision-making strategies across the lifespan
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
bioRxiv goes big on Bluesky: accounts for all subject categories now available (Please Reskeet) connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/09...
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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 27/09/2023
Nature Physics is seeking to hire a locum associate or senior editor (initially for six months but with the possibility of extension) to cover biophysics, active matter, soft condensed matter and related topics. Position based in Berlin or New York; deadline for applications Oct 18th.
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Locum Associate or Senior Editor, Nature PHysics
Locum Associate or Senior Editor, Nature PHysics
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Shawn Burdette @scburdet.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Hey ChemSky, I am part of a triumvirate of guest editors for a special collection of papers on Metal Organic Frameworks for Scientific Reports. If you have something appropriate for us to publish, I encourage you to submit a manuscript www.nature.com/collections/...
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Rafal is living in the darkest timeline @thisisrafal.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
Nothing like trying to rebuild one's network for the third time in less than a year...
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