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Research in Special Education (RiSE) @rise-open-journal.bsky.social · Jun 10

New pub alert! Didion et al. report an RCT examining effects of an extended version of Data Mountain (30 lessons instead of 15) on reading fluency for elem students with and at risk for reading disabilities when administered individually and in small groups. riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...

Data Mountain: Self-Monitoring, Goal Setting, and Positive Attributions to Enhance the Oral Reading Fluency of Elementary Students with or At-Risk for Reading Disabilities

The primary purpose of the study was to conduct a randomized controlled trial to replicate the efficacy of a self-determination learning program, Data Mountain, to improve the oral reading fluency (OR...

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Research in Special Education (RiSE) @rise-open-journal.bsky.social · May 18

New Publication Alert: "Sharing Materials to Heighten the Impact of Publications" by Campbell, Brunsting, Landmark, Butler, and Cook. The paper provides an overview of issues and recommendations for sharing materials with research and practitioner publications. riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...

Sharing Materials to Heighten the Impact of Publications

Sharing materials related to publications has potential benefits for both research and practice in special education and related fields. For research, sharing materials such as researcher-created outc...

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Alex Holcombe @alexh.bsky.social · Mar 4

Many academics, perversely, do volunteer work for the multinationals that financially milk academia. Worse, these corporations have 'captured' academia in that many academics chase the brands they own (high-impact journals), and the metrics they control, above all else.

Dear Isamu,
Thanks for thinking of me as a possible reviewer, as I am highly interested in the topic of that manuscript. However, certain scientific publishers, such as Vision Research’s publisher Elsevier, have higher profit margins than the companies in almost every other legal industry, which comes largely from university library funds, on the backs of scholars’ unpaid labor (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science; https://alexholcombe.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/scholarly-publishers-and-their-high-profits/ ; https://researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41073-021-00118-2 ). Moreover, Elsevier in particular has over the years obstructed many attempts at reform, such as with their donations to members of the U.S. Congress to end the NIH’s Public Access Policy.

These are some of the reasons that I pledged over fifteen years ago to spend most of my time supporting alternatives, such as diamond (free to publish in) open access journals, preprint servers, and journal-independent peer review services.

Your journal has a venerable history of publishing high-quality research, which I think is largely due to the efforts of the editorial board and the reviewers, not the publisher, yet somehow the publisher charges my university over a million dollars a year. At the Free Journal Network (https://freejournals.org/), we list many diamond open access journals that have shown an alternative path. If you’d like to know more about that avenue, let me know; it would be nice to have a chat.

Best
Alex

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Research in Special Education (RiSE) @rise-open-journal.bsky.social · Mar 4

Call for manuscripts for a special series in Research in Special Education -- Open Science Practices and the Early Career Researcher: A Push to Advance Special Education Research

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A great opportunity for early career researchers!

Call for Submissions for a Special Series for RiSE Open Science Practices and the Early Career Researcher: A Push to Advance Special Education Research

Research in Special Education (RiSE) is a Diamond Open Access journal promoting rigorous and high-quality scholarship that enhances the educational opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We ...

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Research in Special Education (RiSE) @rise-open-journal.bsky.social · Mar 4

New publication alert! Prioritizing Preregistration in Special Education Research
@allisonlombardi.bsky.social and colleagues provide an overview and recommendations for preregistering different types of research in special education and related fields.

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Prioritizing Preregistration in Special Education Research

A hallmark open science practice, preregistration is a documented research plan that is publicly shared by researchers prior to conducting the study. When preregistered plans align with research repor...

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Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social · Feb 22

On the cutting room floor is the bit where the host introduced their interview series, The Interview, and I asked how long it took to come up with the name. Anyway, here’s me talking about birds and science and burnout and moving through the world. The photo’s nice! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World

The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.

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Bryan Cook @bryancook.bsky.social · Feb 22

Table 2. Publisher policies for posting preprints and postprints

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Bryan Cook @bryancook.bsky.social · Feb 22

A couple of tidbits from the paper

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Bryan Cook @bryancook.bsky.social · Feb 22

Very proud to have been involved with articles with a wonderful group of colleagues. I think the article lays out the different model of open-access publishing well and provides clear guidelines for engaging them.

Research in Special Education (RiSE) @rise-open-journal.bsky.social · Feb 22

New publication alert!
Open-Access Publishing in Special Education and Related Fields: Making Scholarship Freely Available to All
riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2... @estherlindstrom.bsky.social, Jesse Fleming, Danika Pfeiffer, @tkalan.bsky.social, and @bryancook.bsky.social

Open-Access Publishing in Special Education and Related Fields: Making Scholarship Freely Available to All

Open access to research findings, syntheses of research, and papers providing guidance on implementing research-based practices is critical for informing policy and practice in special education and r...

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · Feb 15

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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Research in Special Education (RiSE) @rise-open-journal.bsky.social · Feb 12

New RiSE publication alert! riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...

The Demand for Special Education Faculty: An Analysis of Paired Open Data

The demand for U.S. special education faculty has implications for doctoral training programs; higher education faculty teaching future and in-service leaders; and doctoral students preparing for facu...

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 6

#PCRC, today’s Unconference, brought to you by @bill-therrien.bsky.social @bryancook.bsky.social, debriefs what the heck is happening with the grant funding.

Overhead projector displaying: Emergency Unconference Session: Federal Funding Crisis & the Future of Special Education Research

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Matt Makel @mattmakel.bsky.social · Jan 14

“Why do you think this practice should or shouldn’t be used?” We asked education researchers about #QuestionableResearchPractices (e.g., selectively reporting results) and about #OpenScience practices like preregistration, open data, and replication. #Preprint osf.io/preprints/ed...

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👊 Der wahre, antifaschistische Schutzwall 👊💥 ❤️ 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 👎🇺🇲 @ulrichschimmack.bsky.social · Dec 23

Have you tried to ask ChatGPT for a review of your ms. before you submit it? I highly recommend it. Here is a case study.
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The Time for AI-Generated Peer-Reviews is Now

I should have done this before I submitted a ms. for publication, but later is better than never. After waiting for a couple of months, I received a rejection for a ms. on the relationship between …

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Bryan Cook @bryancook.bsky.social · Dec 20

Sarah Powell, Erica Lembke, and Brad Witzel, and other leaders in math education for students with disabilities respond to the recent NCTM/CEC joint statement

Aletheia Society @aletheiasociety.bsky.social · Dec 20

Actionable research is essential for teaching. Our response to the NCTM/CEC joint statement on mathematics education for students with disabilities identifies missing evidence-based practices. Read it now and stay tuned for a vision grounded in research and evidence! #SpecialEdResearch #Mathematics

Response to NCTM and CEC Position Statement on Teaching Mathematics to Students with Disabilities - Aletheia

Response to NCTM and CEC Position Statement on Teaching Mathematics to Students with Disabilities

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Bryan Cook @bryancook.bsky.social · Dec 10

New survey findings on science instruction for students with learning disabilities from the Special Education Research Accelerator.

Special Education Research Accelerator (SERA) @edaccelerator.bsky.social · Dec 10

New Research Alert!
We surveyed general education teachers nationwide to see how science is taught to students with LD in 4th & 5th grade.

💡 Some students get 5x more science time than others.
💡 Students with IEPs often miss science due to pullout instruction.

👉 Read more: osf.io/preprints/ed...

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Bryan Cook @bryancook.bsky.social · Dec 9

SERA is on bluesky! Check out the Special Education Research Accelerator and learn about crowdsourcing research in special education. Better yet, become a research partner and do crowdsourced research with us! edresearchaccelerator.org

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Bryan Cook @bryancook.bsky.social · Dec 7

There are a growing number of diamond open-access journals in special education and related fields, like RiSE, that make articles freely available at no cost to authors. riseopenjournal.org, openjournals.bsu.edu/JOSEP, journals.shareok.org/singlecasejo..., stars.library.ucf.edu/constellatio...

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Emily Ladau @emilyladau.bsky.social · Dec 7

I know it's been an awful year with uncertainty ahead, so I hope this 2024 Disability Holiday Gift Guide brings you a moment of joy among the chaos.

You'll find cool things from disabled small business owners, some book recommendations, and disability-led causes. emilyladau.com/2024/12/2024...

2024 Original Disability Holiday Gift Guide

Support disabled creators and give back to disability organizations this holiday season!

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Bryan Cook @bryancook.bsky.social · Dec 2

Check out the guidelines and fantastic resources for sharing data from @cmwhite.bsky.social and colleagues in the first article published RiSE! riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2... Like all articles in the journal, it is freely accessible to everyone!

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Bryan Cook @bryancook.bsky.social · Nov 26

Interesting … I’ll be interested to see how accurate it is.

Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social · Jul 23

Introducing RegCheck: a tool which uses Large Language Models to automatically compare preregistered protocols with their corresponding published papers and highlights deviations.

@malte.the100.ci @ianhussey.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci @bjoernhommel.bsky.social

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RegCheck.app

RegCheck is an AI tool to compare preregistrations with papers instantly.

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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · Nov 25

Elsevier products: ScienceDirect, Scopus, Mendeley, SciVal, SSRN, Pure, Interfolio. . .and that's not all.

"They know what you are working on, they know what you are submitting, they know the results of your peer reviews. They control every part of the process and register every action you take."

Elsevier’s stranglehold on academia: How publishers get rich off our data

Academic publishers’ most valuable asset used to be their journals. Now, it’s the data they collect from researchers and then sell. That is extremely concerning, a growing group of Groningen researche...

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Bryan Cook @bryancook.bsky.social · Nov 23

Kennedy's pizza pies; Michael Kennedy proprietor and head chef

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Bryan Cook @bryancook.bsky.social · Nov 22

We're super excited to launch Research in Special Education (RiSE), the first diamond/platinum open-access journal devoted to research in special education and related fields (all articles freely available at not cost to authors!). Check out the thread and follow us on Bluesky!

Research in Special Education (RiSE) @rise-open-journal.bsky.social · Nov 22

We’ve launched! Check out Research in Special Education (RiSE), a journal where all publications are open to everyone at no cost to authors!
Journal: riseopenjournal.org
Press release: tinyurl.com/3cmufchb

Research in Special Education

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Center for Open Science @cos.io · Nov 21

A new study in Nature Human Behaviour shows how decision markets can help prioritize replication efforts in social science research. The findings demonstrate the utility of this approach in identifying studies more likely to replicate.

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Decision Markets Predict Replicability of Online Experiments

A new study published in Nature Human Behaviour suggests that a tool similar to a stock market could help scientists identify research findings that are likely to hold up to scrutiny. The study, conducted by a group of social scientists from around the world, tested the ability of a "decision market" to predict which results from previously published social science experiments would be successfully replicated.

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