Reposted by @willemhalffman.bsky.socialISiS Radboud @isis-radboud.bsky.social · 18h😎 The excellent digging work by ISiS' Amna Pottarath together with Serge Horbach, is covered in a nice piece in Nature by journalist Miryam Naddaf! #STS #iscientificintegrity 023
Reposted by @willemhalffman.bsky.socialUCSF Industry Documents Library @ucsf-industrydocs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New paper alert! 👏 @maud--b.bsky.social and @willemhalffman.bsky.social used the #Opioid #Archive to explore the ghostwriting process of medical papers. Check out “Imaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper” in Social Studies of Science. doi.org/10.1177/0306...doi.orgImaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper - Maud Bernisson, Willem Halffman, 2026Ghostwritten medical papers are a cornerstone of pharmaceutical marketing. We trace how one manuscript written under the instructions and supervision of opioid ... 123
willemhalffman.bsky.social @willemhalffman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Sturen op onderwerpen aan een brede universiteit vind ik niet zo handig. En wel hierom: www.voxweb.nl/columns/colu...voxweb.nlColumn Willem Halffman: 'Moet de Radboud Universiteit een wilde tuin zijn of een aangeharkt park?' - Vox magazineExcellereren op vijf themagebieden, moet je dat eigenlijk wel willen als universiteit, vraagt columnist Willem Halffman zich af. 'Wat nu een klein plantje is, kan over vijf jaar een belangrijke maatsc... 020
willemhalffman.bsky.social @willemhalffman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Paper out: "PubPeer is ok, but..." Many scientists agree that post-publication commenting is a good idea, but there are also worries. Our preprint explores responses from scientists who have written or cited papers with comments on PubPeer. osf.io/nh3eg_v1 Part of ERC project #NanoBubbles.osf.ioOSF 125
willemhalffman.bsky.social @willemhalffman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Yay! Your post is out on the LSE Impact blog. @isis-radboud.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...blogs.lse.ac.ukIs the scientific literature a database or a library? - LSE ImpactHow do two conflicting visions of the scientific literature as either a library or a database shape attitudes shape key issues in scholarly communication? 012
Reposted by @willemhalffman.bsky.socialNanoBubbles @nanobubbles.bsky.social · 18/02/2026📰 David Adam reports for Nature News on our Replication Initiative "A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells." 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.comnature.comNanoscience is latest discipline to embrace large-scale replication effortsA European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells. 1139
willemhalffman.bsky.social @willemhalffman.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Wellicht worden de bezuinigingen op onderwijs en wetenschap teruggedraaid, maar het draagvlak voor deze budgettaire aanval is nog niet weg. Column voor @voxweb.bsky.social .voxweb.nlDe aanslag op de universiteiten steunde op een draagvlak dat nog steeds aanwezig is - Vox magazineWaarom, vraagt columnist Willen Halffman zich af, moest er zo nodig bezuinigd worden op de universiteiten? 'Daar ligt nu onze grote uitdaging: hoe maken we van onze universiteiten instellingen die op ... 111
Reposted by @willemhalffman.bsky.socialISiS Radboud @isis-radboud.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Upcoming: RROSA symposium #4 with a double lecture by @jabyrnesci.bsky.social & @willemhalffman.bsky.social Monday, 2 March 2026, 10.30-12.00 Radboud University Room HG00.616 (Huygens building, ground floor, wing 6) No registration needed. halffman.org/rrosa-symp4/ #STS #philsci #metasciencehalffman.orgRROSA Symposia no. 4: guest lecture Jennifer ByrneProgramme Monday 2 March 2026, 10.30-12.00 HG00.616(Huygens building, ground floor, wing 6)Access free, no registration needed. Jennifer Byrne (U.Sydney) “Wrongly identified reagents in resea… 014
Reposted by @willemhalffman.bsky.socialNanoBubbles @nanobubbles.bsky.social · 05/12/2025📣 Submit to our track 'Making Science Better?' at the STS NL Conference which will take place in Twente from April 15 to 17, 2026! More details in the link below. 🔗 www.utwente.nl/en/bms/sts-n... 2910
willemhalffman.bsky.social @willemhalffman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025One imaginary sees the scientific literature as a gigantic library, with texts to be read. Another sees it as a database, with facts to be mined. Our analysis clarifies contrasting expectations informing current publishing innovations, and their epistemic and political risks. doi.org/10.1007/s110...doi.orgThe Library and the Database: Contrasting Expectations in Two Imaginaries for the Research Literature - MinervaTwo competing imaginaries inform the current wave of innovations in research publishing: one that perceives ‘the literature’ as a library of research accounts, and one that sees it as a gigantic datab... 196
willemhalffman.bsky.social @willemhalffman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Do journalists correct the news if their scientific source articles get retracted? Barely, although quality media do it a little more. Valinciute, Auste, and Willem Halffman. ‘Do Journalists Update Retracted Science News?’ Journalism Practice, Routledge, 2025, 1–23. doi.org/10.1080/1751....doi.orgDo Journalists Update Retracted Science News?In recent years, retractions of scientific papers have been rising. Most retractions invalidate scientific claims and should not be used as sources of information. Retractions may directly affect k... 033
willemhalffman.bsky.social @willemhalffman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Announcing Colloquium: Problematic Science. With presentations by @elisabethbik.bsky.social and @stanvanpelt.bsky.social. RU, 14 oct. 088
