David Green, PhD
@ecologistgreen.bsky.social
Wildlife Ecologist. Passionate about open science, scientific publishing, & peer review. Founder of @StacksJournal.bsky.social, a scientific journal designed ease & ethics.
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👋🏻 I wanted to say hi and reintroduce myself to all of the new community building here.
I'm David and I study the effects of changing landscapes on carnivore populations -- including hyenas, lions, fishers, & foxes.
But now I'm doing something new. A 🧵
🧪 #AcademicSky #SciPub
I'm David and I study the effects of changing landscapes on carnivore populations -- including hyenas, lions, fishers, & foxes.
But now I'm doing something new. A 🧵
🧪 #AcademicSky #SciPub
At what point will we as a field finally abandon Impact Factors and focus the credibility on the actual science? 🧪
#SciPub #PeerReview #AcademicSky
#SciPub #PeerReview #AcademicSky
A survey of how biology researchers assess credibility when serving on grant and hiring committees
Researchers who serve on grant review and hiring committees have to make decisions about the intrinsic value of research in short periods of time, and research impact metrics such Journal Impact Facto...
peerj.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:25 PM
At what point will we as a field finally abandon Impact Factors and focus the credibility on the actual science? 🧪
#SciPub #PeerReview #AcademicSky
#SciPub #PeerReview #AcademicSky
Another article published at @stacksjournal.bsky.social using their new model of collaborative peer review! 🧪🌎
#OpenScience #AcademicSky #PeerReview
#OpenScience #AcademicSky #PeerReview
Is it safe to assume that the isotopes in a single feather or a strand of hair represent those in an animal's entire body?
New research in @StacksJournal.bsky.social by Davis & @hanvanzan.bsky.social puts this common ecological shortcut to the test. 🌎🧪🦊
Here’s what they found: 🧵
New research in @StacksJournal.bsky.social by Davis & @hanvanzan.bsky.social puts this common ecological shortcut to the test. 🌎🧪🦊
Here’s what they found: 🧵
February 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Another article published at @stacksjournal.bsky.social using their new model of collaborative peer review! 🧪🌎
#OpenScience #AcademicSky #PeerReview
#OpenScience #AcademicSky #PeerReview
A new #preprint server where articles are written and reviewed by AI. What could possibly go wrong? 🤔
Do you think #AI has a place in #ScientificPublishing and #PeerReview? How would you incorporate it in a thoughtful and ethical way?
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Do you think #AI has a place in #ScientificPublishing and #PeerReview? How would you incorporate it in a thoughtful and ethical way?
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A new preprint server welcomes papers written and reviewed by AI
With human peer review struggling to keep pace with machine-generated science, aiXiv enlists bots to help
www.science.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A new #preprint server where articles are written and reviewed by AI. What could possibly go wrong? 🤔
Do you think #AI has a place in #ScientificPublishing and #PeerReview? How would you incorporate it in a thoughtful and ethical way?
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Do you think #AI has a place in #ScientificPublishing and #PeerReview? How would you incorporate it in a thoughtful and ethical way?
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Do you think there's a future where journals will be able to make it mandatory for authors to include their data with publication?
Do you think there's a future where journals will be able to make it mandatory for authors to include their data with publication?
October 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Do you think there's a future where journals will be able to make it mandatory for authors to include their data with publication?
Do you think there's a future where journals will be able to make it mandatory for authors to include their data with publication?
Thanks! I'm glad you think our concept at @stacksjournal.bsky.social is interesting. Authors and reviewers have really enjoyed the process and found that it helped create better science.
October 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thanks! I'm glad you think our concept at @stacksjournal.bsky.social is interesting. Authors and reviewers have really enjoyed the process and found that it helped create better science.
I wish it was always the standard, but unfortunately it's not the case.
It definitely helps us learn and grow as researchers so I hope we see more and more journals bringing this process in.
It definitely helps us learn and grow as researchers so I hope we see more and more journals bringing this process in.
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I wish it was always the standard, but unfortunately it's not the case.
It definitely helps us learn and grow as researchers so I hope we see more and more journals bringing this process in.
It definitely helps us learn and grow as researchers so I hope we see more and more journals bringing this process in.
I think it happens in some journals, but not all. Many of the times I've reviewed articles I don't even learn what the outcome was.
October 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I think it happens in some journals, but not all. Many of the times I've reviewed articles I don't even learn what the outcome was.
That's great that it's common in psychology journals. What's the process like for how they do it?
October 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
That's great that it's common in psychology journals. What's the process like for how they do it?
Jane and her work had a special way of bringing you in.
She undoubtedly inspired entire generations of conservation biologists, behavioral ecologists, and optimists — Myself included.
She will be missed. 🧪🌍
She undoubtedly inspired entire generations of conservation biologists, behavioral ecologists, and optimists — Myself included.
She will be missed. 🧪🌍
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Jane and her work had a special way of bringing you in.
She undoubtedly inspired entire generations of conservation biologists, behavioral ecologists, and optimists — Myself included.
She will be missed. 🧪🌍
She undoubtedly inspired entire generations of conservation biologists, behavioral ecologists, and optimists — Myself included.
She will be missed. 🧪🌍
Toucans -- Loud, colorful, and despised by all of the other birds. 🪶🌍
🔉Sound on!
🔉Sound on!
September 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Toucans -- Loud, colorful, and despised by all of the other birds. 🪶🌍
🔉Sound on!
🔉Sound on!
What's one thing you'd change about #PeerReview as a reviewer?
I'll start: I'd love to see what the other reviewers said about the same paper so I can learn from their perspectives and expertise.
🧪 #SciPub #AcademicSky
I'll start: I'd love to see what the other reviewers said about the same paper so I can learn from their perspectives and expertise.
🧪 #SciPub #AcademicSky
September 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What's one thing you'd change about #PeerReview as a reviewer?
I'll start: I'd love to see what the other reviewers said about the same paper so I can learn from their perspectives and expertise.
🧪 #SciPub #AcademicSky
I'll start: I'd love to see what the other reviewers said about the same paper so I can learn from their perspectives and expertise.
🧪 #SciPub #AcademicSky
So if you believe in #peerreview as a fundamental part of the scientific process that increases trust, take a look at what we're building at @stacksjournal.bsky.social.
I think you'll find it to be a breath of fresh air.
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I think you'll find it to be a breath of fresh air.
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Our Unique Peer Review | Stacks Journal
Learn and grow as a researcher, advance your reputation, and contribute to your field through our unique collaborative peer review.
stacksjournal.org
September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
So if you believe in #peerreview as a fundamental part of the scientific process that increases trust, take a look at what we're building at @stacksjournal.bsky.social.
I think you'll find it to be a breath of fresh air.
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I think you'll find it to be a breath of fresh air.
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Which is why I think it's time to reimagine what the systems of #peerreview can and should look like.
It's actually why I left my faculty job to create a system of peer review that is ethical, transparent, and fair.
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It's actually why I left my faculty job to create a system of peer review that is ethical, transparent, and fair.
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👋🏻 I wanted to say hi and reintroduce myself to all of the new community building here.
I'm David and I study the effects of changing landscapes on carnivore populations -- including hyenas, lions, fishers, & foxes.
But now I'm doing something new. A 🧵
🧪 #AcademicSky #SciPub
I'm David and I study the effects of changing landscapes on carnivore populations -- including hyenas, lions, fishers, & foxes.
But now I'm doing something new. A 🧵
🧪 #AcademicSky #SciPub
September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Which is why I think it's time to reimagine what the systems of #peerreview can and should look like.
It's actually why I left my faculty job to create a system of peer review that is ethical, transparent, and fair.
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It's actually why I left my faculty job to create a system of peer review that is ethical, transparent, and fair.
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In a world where science is losing its credibility and powerful people continue to undermine it, I believe we need to come together and show that #peerreview actually means something.
That it's how we safeguard the knowledge of our fields for generations to come.
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That it's how we safeguard the knowledge of our fields for generations to come.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In a world where science is losing its credibility and powerful people continue to undermine it, I believe we need to come together and show that #peerreview actually means something.
That it's how we safeguard the knowledge of our fields for generations to come.
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That it's how we safeguard the knowledge of our fields for generations to come.
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But above all, we need to ensure that the published science is trustworthy.
And that comes from structured peer review. Where qualified experts come together to not only vet each other's research, but to collaborate and help make it stronger.
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And that comes from structured peer review. Where qualified experts come together to not only vet each other's research, but to collaborate and help make it stronger.
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Guest Post: Preprints Serve the Anti-science Agenda – This Is Why We Need Peer Review - The Scholarly Kitchen
Science is built on a foundation of rigor and credibility. Preprints are adding to the crumbling of that foundation, which is already under attack by anti-science political agendas.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
But above all, we need to ensure that the published science is trustworthy.
And that comes from structured peer review. Where qualified experts come together to not only vet each other's research, but to collaborate and help make it stronger.
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And that comes from structured peer review. Where qualified experts come together to not only vet each other's research, but to collaborate and help make it stronger.
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Yes, we need to remove barriers to sharing research.
Yes, the big publishers have taken advantage of scientists for too long.
Yes, it shouldn't cost thousands of dollars to have your work peer-reviewed.
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Yes, the big publishers have taken advantage of scientists for too long.
Yes, it shouldn't cost thousands of dollars to have your work peer-reviewed.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Yes, we need to remove barriers to sharing research.
Yes, the big publishers have taken advantage of scientists for too long.
Yes, it shouldn't cost thousands of dollars to have your work peer-reviewed.
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Yes, the big publishers have taken advantage of scientists for too long.
Yes, it shouldn't cost thousands of dollars to have your work peer-reviewed.
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It's true: Academic publishing has become a racket.
But I think the idea that #peerreview can happen haphazardly in the comments of a preprint server is naive.
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🧪 #AcademicSky #SciPub
But I think the idea that #peerreview can happen haphazardly in the comments of a preprint server is naive.
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🧪 #AcademicSky #SciPub
Opinion | Academic Publishing Has Become a Racket
Scientists write and review papers without getting paid, and their institutions have to pay for access.
www.wsj.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It's true: Academic publishing has become a racket.
But I think the idea that #peerreview can happen haphazardly in the comments of a preprint server is naive.
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🧪 #AcademicSky #SciPub
But I think the idea that #peerreview can happen haphazardly in the comments of a preprint server is naive.
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🧪 #AcademicSky #SciPub
Ever watched a scarlet macaw delicately work to get at a piece of fruit?
These birds are more than just pretty; they're also important seed dispersers.
Sometimes they even swallow fruit whole and plant new trees with their droppings!
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These birds are more than just pretty; they're also important seed dispersers.
Sometimes they even swallow fruit whole and plant new trees with their droppings!
🪶🌍🧪
September 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Ever watched a scarlet macaw delicately work to get at a piece of fruit?
These birds are more than just pretty; they're also important seed dispersers.
Sometimes they even swallow fruit whole and plant new trees with their droppings!
🪶🌍🧪
These birds are more than just pretty; they're also important seed dispersers.
Sometimes they even swallow fruit whole and plant new trees with their droppings!
🪶🌍🧪
I left academia to build something I couldn't stop thinking about: a better way to #PeerReview research.
It isn't an easy path, but I couldn't stand by any longer without trying to fix a broken system.
I'm really proud of what we're building at stacksjournal.org.
🧪 #SciPub
It isn't an easy path, but I couldn't stand by any longer without trying to fix a broken system.
I'm really proud of what we're building at stacksjournal.org.
🧪 #SciPub
September 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I left academia to build something I couldn't stop thinking about: a better way to #PeerReview research.
It isn't an easy path, but I couldn't stand by any longer without trying to fix a broken system.
I'm really proud of what we're building at stacksjournal.org.
🧪 #SciPub
It isn't an easy path, but I couldn't stand by any longer without trying to fix a broken system.
I'm really proud of what we're building at stacksjournal.org.
🧪 #SciPub
Well this is just the coolest!
Scientists discovered an ant queen that can lay eggs that hatch into two different species. 🐜🌍✨🤯
Scientists discovered an ant queen that can lay eggs that hatch into two different species. 🐜🌍✨🤯
Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species
Bizarre discovery of interspecies cloning “almost impossible to believe,” biologists say
www.science.org
September 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Well this is just the coolest!
Scientists discovered an ant queen that can lay eggs that hatch into two different species. 🐜🌍✨🤯
Scientists discovered an ant queen that can lay eggs that hatch into two different species. 🐜🌍✨🤯
I love this perspective!
September 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I love this perspective!
Glad to see more journals valuing these negative results!
September 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Glad to see more journals valuing these negative results!
That's too bad. Did they provide helpful feedback for you to improve your work? Have you been able to get them back into peer review?
September 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
That's too bad. Did they provide helpful feedback for you to improve your work? Have you been able to get them back into peer review?
Yes -- I love it when that happens! It's great when reviewers show up to collaborate and help improve the research.
September 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Yes -- I love it when that happens! It's great when reviewers show up to collaborate and help improve the research.
Been there myself!
September 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Been there myself!