Er-Te Zheng
@ertezheng.bsky.social
PhD Student at University of Sheffield | Computational Social Science, Science of Science, Scientometrics, Social Media Metrics, Research Integrity
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I've just built JournalMatch-AI, a smart journal-matching website designed to make the submission-target decision easier for early-career researchers (like myself). Feel free to give it a try and share your thoughts!😄 journalmatchai.com
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December 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Many say that AI tools are saving them time and money, but others have seen the negative effects that such tools can have on research
go.nature.com/4oFomNQ
go.nature.com/4oFomNQ
AI is saving time and money in research — but at what cost?
Artificial intelligence tools are boosting researchers’ productivity, but some worry about the effect of a growing reliance on them.
go.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Many say that AI tools are saving them time and money, but others have seen the negative effects that such tools can have on research
go.nature.com/4oFomNQ
go.nature.com/4oFomNQ
I've just built JournalMatch-AI, a smart journal-matching website designed to make the submission-target decision easier for early-career researchers (like myself). Feel free to give it a try and share your thoughts!😄 journalmatchai.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I've just built JournalMatch-AI, a smart journal-matching website designed to make the submission-target decision easier for early-career researchers (like myself). Feel free to give it a try and share your thoughts!😄 journalmatchai.com
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Nature Sci Rep publishes incoherent AI slop. eLife publishes a paper which the reviewers didn't agree with, making all the comments and responses public with thoughtful commentary. One of these journals got delisted by Web of Science for quality concerns from not doing peer review. Guess which one?
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Nature Sci Rep publishes incoherent AI slop. eLife publishes a paper which the reviewers didn't agree with, making all the comments and responses public with thoughtful commentary. One of these journals got delisted by Web of Science for quality concerns from not doing peer review. Guess which one?
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👀ICYMI: "The choice for discretion is not driven by a desire to hide problems, but by a pragmatic response to the realities of academic life."
@freddie2310.bsky.social #Corrections #AcWri #ResearchEthics
@freddie2310.bsky.social #Corrections #AcWri #ResearchEthics
Do acts to correct the scientific record need to move out of the shadows? - Impact of Social Sciences
Scientists prefer to correct errors in the scientific record informally, but is this a sustainable mechanism in expanding world of global research?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
👀ICYMI: "The choice for discretion is not driven by a desire to hide problems, but by a pragmatic response to the realities of academic life."
@freddie2310.bsky.social #Corrections #AcWri #ResearchEthics
@freddie2310.bsky.social #Corrections #AcWri #ResearchEthics
Based on a dataset of ~30k #ICLR2026 peer-review reports, I found that reviewers from non-English-speaking countries are more likely to submit fully AI-generated reviews (using the AI-detection method shared by iclr.pangram.com).
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Based on a dataset of ~30k #ICLR2026 peer-review reports, I found that reviewers from non-English-speaking countries are more likely to submit fully AI-generated reviews (using the AI-detection method shared by iclr.pangram.com).
Asked nano banana pro to turn our paper into a Doraemon comic. Really impressive... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Asked nano banana pro to turn our paper into a Doraemon comic. Really impressive... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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👀ICYMI: "When members of Reddit’s r/schizophrenia discovered their posts had been analysed in a published paper ~ the backlash was swift."
@drsbrooke.bsky.social & Nick Oh, on doing ethical AI research.
#AIResearch #PublicData #ResearchEthics blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
@drsbrooke.bsky.social & Nick Oh, on doing ethical AI research.
#AIResearch #PublicData #ResearchEthics blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
A practical blueprint for legal and ethical AI research - Impact of Social Sciences
To use public data researchers must navigate legal regulations & platform norms. The PETLP framework shows how privacy-by-design can be built in at the outset.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
👀ICYMI: "When members of Reddit’s r/schizophrenia discovered their posts had been analysed in a published paper ~ the backlash was swift."
@drsbrooke.bsky.social & Nick Oh, on doing ethical AI research.
#AIResearch #PublicData #ResearchEthics blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
@drsbrooke.bsky.social & Nick Oh, on doing ethical AI research.
#AIResearch #PublicData #ResearchEthics blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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As a librarian, are you looking for more ways to support researchers, create impact and engage with policy?
Well, we have some tips for you…
Well, we have some tips for you…
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As a librarian, are you looking for more ways to support researchers, create impact and engage with policy?
Well, we have some tips for you…
Well, we have some tips for you…
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In today's episode of @npr.org's @marketplace.org, I talk to @kairyssdal.bsky.social about science fraud and paper mills
(segment starts at 25 min).
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
(segment starts at 25 min).
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
AI is here. Where are the new, better jobs?
Plus: Home goods, accessibility renovations, academic fraud and school lunch debt.
www.marketplace.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In today's episode of @npr.org's @marketplace.org, I talk to @kairyssdal.bsky.social about science fraud and paper mills
(segment starts at 25 min).
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
(segment starts at 25 min).
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
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Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides
go.nature.com/4hqvw6F
go.nature.com/4hqvw6F
How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers
Nature - Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.
go.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides
go.nature.com/4hqvw6F
go.nature.com/4hqvw6F
Just discovered the platform @prereview.bsky.social. It’s a refreshing innovation in academic publishing!
Researchers can review preprints they’re interested in, or invite others to review their own, helping improve manuscripts earlier.
Looking forward to seeing it grow💪!
#PublishYourReviews
Researchers can review preprints they’re interested in, or invite others to review their own, helping improve manuscripts earlier.
Looking forward to seeing it grow💪!
#PublishYourReviews
✨ NEW on PREreview 🥁
You can now 📊 review datasets 📈 on PREreview.org beginning with datasets published on @datadryad.bsky.social.
Read more: content.prereview.org/now-you-can-...
You can now 📊 review datasets 📈 on PREreview.org beginning with datasets published on @datadryad.bsky.social.
Read more: content.prereview.org/now-you-can-...
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Just discovered the platform @prereview.bsky.social. It’s a refreshing innovation in academic publishing!
Researchers can review preprints they’re interested in, or invite others to review their own, helping improve manuscripts earlier.
Looking forward to seeing it grow💪!
#PublishYourReviews
Researchers can review preprints they’re interested in, or invite others to review their own, helping improve manuscripts earlier.
Looking forward to seeing it grow💪!
#PublishYourReviews
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Recently, we opened a public dashboard sharing frequently asked for stats from PREreview.
You can check it out here: stats.prereview.org 👀
What other kinds of stats would you like to have? What other questions would you like to ask that might be addressed by this dashboard? We'd love to know
You can check it out here: stats.prereview.org 👀
What other kinds of stats would you like to have? What other questions would you like to ask that might be addressed by this dashboard? We'd love to know
PREreview Stats
stats.prereview.org
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Recently, we opened a public dashboard sharing frequently asked for stats from PREreview.
You can check it out here: stats.prereview.org 👀
What other kinds of stats would you like to have? What other questions would you like to ask that might be addressed by this dashboard? We'd love to know
You can check it out here: stats.prereview.org 👀
What other kinds of stats would you like to have? What other questions would you like to ask that might be addressed by this dashboard? We'd love to know
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I just reviewed the article 'Implicit reporting standards in bibliometric research: what can reviewers' comments tell us about reporting completeness?' by @dimitystephen.bsky.social and colleagues. I like the article a lot!
Article: arxiv.org/abs/2508.162...
Review: prereview.org/reviews/1739...
Article: arxiv.org/abs/2508.162...
Review: prereview.org/reviews/1739...
October 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I just reviewed the article 'Implicit reporting standards in bibliometric research: what can reviewers' comments tell us about reporting completeness?' by @dimitystephen.bsky.social and colleagues. I like the article a lot!
Article: arxiv.org/abs/2508.162...
Review: prereview.org/reviews/1739...
Article: arxiv.org/abs/2508.162...
Review: prereview.org/reviews/1739...
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Positive sentiment does not mean your research is necessarily good, nor does negative sentiment mean your research is trash. Both positive and negative sentiment can be found on Wakefield's retracted Lancet article on MMR and vaccines for example. LOL at the negative one.
September 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Positive sentiment does not mean your research is necessarily good, nor does negative sentiment mean your research is trash. Both positive and negative sentiment can be found on Wakefield's retracted Lancet article on MMR and vaccines for example. LOL at the negative one.
Just tried this feature and found a podcast about my study (www.microbe.tv/twiv/). Seeing people discussing your research is really cool! Tks Altmetric👍👍
October 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Just tried this feature and found a podcast about my study (www.microbe.tv/twiv/). Seeing people discussing your research is really cool! Tks Altmetric👍👍
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PODCASTS
Altmetric now tracks podcasts mentioning research
In 2018 there were roughly 500,000 podcasts in existence. Just 3 years later that number was 2 million. Today it's around 4 million.
Amid all the Squarespace ads there's citations to research.
Let's go
1/7
Altmetric now tracks podcasts mentioning research
In 2018 there were roughly 500,000 podcasts in existence. Just 3 years later that number was 2 million. Today it's around 4 million.
Amid all the Squarespace ads there's citations to research.
Let's go
1/7
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
PODCASTS
Altmetric now tracks podcasts mentioning research
In 2018 there were roughly 500,000 podcasts in existence. Just 3 years later that number was 2 million. Today it's around 4 million.
Amid all the Squarespace ads there's citations to research.
Let's go
1/7
Altmetric now tracks podcasts mentioning research
In 2018 there were roughly 500,000 podcasts in existence. Just 3 years later that number was 2 million. Today it's around 4 million.
Amid all the Squarespace ads there's citations to research.
Let's go
1/7
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Next week @jameszou.bsky.social & colleagues will host a conference where all the papers are written by AI agents & reviewed by them too.
What do you reckon? A good chance to put AIs through their paces? Or a way to divert AI slop from elsewhere? 🧪🤖
My story here:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What do you reckon? A good chance to put AIs through their paces? Or a way to divert AI slop from elsewhere? 🧪🤖
My story here:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI bots wrote and reviewed all papers at this conference
Event will assess how reviews by models compare with those written by humans.
www.nature.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Next week @jameszou.bsky.social & colleagues will host a conference where all the papers are written by AI agents & reviewed by them too.
What do you reckon? A good chance to put AIs through their paces? Or a way to divert AI slop from elsewhere? 🧪🤖
My story here:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What do you reckon? A good chance to put AIs through their paces? Or a way to divert AI slop from elsewhere? 🧪🤖
My story here:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This perfectly aligns with our findings that science is being discussed more actively on Bluesky! arxiv.org/abs/2507.18840
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This perfectly aligns with our findings that science is being discussed more actively on Bluesky! arxiv.org/abs/2507.18840
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It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde
It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde
His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde
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Why does every story about Nobel prize winners receiving the call involve them being woken in the middle of the night? Do the Nobel people not understand how time zones work or is it a deliberate strategy to generate fun stories about confused winners...?
We are all Dr. Brunkow 😴
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Why does every story about Nobel prize winners receiving the call involve them being woken in the middle of the night? Do the Nobel people not understand how time zones work or is it a deliberate strategy to generate fun stories about confused winners...?
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 video-generating software is particularly hungry for Japanese IP, with anime characters prevalent online.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is drowning in Japanese 'AI slop'
Iconic Japanese characters are prevalent across Sora 2, but legally, this places the company on shaky ground.
ebx.sh
October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
OpenAI’s Sora 2 video-generating software is particularly hungry for Japanese IP, with anime characters prevalent online.
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💥New: Banning Sci-Hub highlights India’s unequal access to knowledge
✍️Rituparna Patgiri
#AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #SciHub
✍️Rituparna Patgiri
#AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #SciHub
Banning Sci-Hub highlights India’s unequal access to knowledge - Impact of Social Sciences
The decision to block Sci-Hub in India brings inequalities in access to research based knowledge into sharp focus.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
💥New: Banning Sci-Hub highlights India’s unequal access to knowledge
✍️Rituparna Patgiri
#AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #SciHub
✍️Rituparna Patgiri
#AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #SciHub
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UKRIO @ukrio.bsky.social is introducing an Authorship Integrity Toolkit:
a set of practical, adaptable resources designed to support both individual researcher contributors in their day-to-day practice and organisations in developing policies and managing projects.
ukrio.org/resources/th...
a set of practical, adaptable resources designed to support both individual researcher contributors in their day-to-day practice and organisations in developing policies and managing projects.
ukrio.org/resources/th...
The Authorship Integrity Toolkit - UK Research Integrity Office
The Authorship Integrity Toolkit Practical resources to support responsible authorship in research UKRIO is pleased to present the Authorship Integrity Toolkit – a new collection of resources to help ...
ukrio.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
UKRIO @ukrio.bsky.social is introducing an Authorship Integrity Toolkit:
a set of practical, adaptable resources designed to support both individual researcher contributors in their day-to-day practice and organisations in developing policies and managing projects.
ukrio.org/resources/th...
a set of practical, adaptable resources designed to support both individual researcher contributors in their day-to-day practice and organisations in developing policies and managing projects.
ukrio.org/resources/th...