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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢 Calling all scholarly publishing professionals!

Would you like to have a hand in improving the ALPSP Membership for yourself and for others within the scholarly publishing community?

Take part in the ALPSP Membership Survey 2025 ➡️ wkf.ms/3HJCIgZ

Calling all Scholarly Publishing Professionals, help ALPSP to improve our membership Benefits.

Membership Survey

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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Sep 2

‼️ Did you miss your chance to register for the ALPSP Annual Conference 2025?

We heard you! We've reopened registration until Friday (5 September, 23:45 BST) to give you a last chance to save your place.

Book now and join us next week ➡️ buff.ly/8K0Lyt6

LAST CHANCE | REGISTRATION REOPENED FOR A LIMITED TIME
ALPSP Annual Conference & Awards 2025
10-12 September | The Manchester Deansgate Hotel
Deansgate, Manchester, UK

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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Aug 27

⏰ There are just a few days remaining to book your place at the ALPSP Annual Conference & Awards 2025!

Already secured a ticket? Make sure to register for our Attendee Hub.

Still need to book? There's still time to do so today: buff.ly/8K0Lyt6

ALPSP Annual Conference & Awards 2025. 10-12 September | Manchester. Deansgate Hotel, Manchester, UK.

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Jennifer Byrne @jabyrnesci.bsky.social · Aug 19

A paper that combines #peerreview & cheese... what could be better? Answer: writing said paper with @abalkina.bsky.social @image-integrity.bsky.social & Marie Souliere. Read on to learn how the Swiss Cheese Model could help peer review & #researchintegrity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Rethinking Peer Review Using the Swiss Cheese Model to Better Flag Problematic Manuscripts

Click on the article title to read more.

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · Aug 25

Grateful that @lonnibesancon.bsky.social‬, @gcabanac.cpesr.fr, Cyril Labbe and Alexander Magazinov chose to donate the proceeds of their ASIS&T Best Paper Award for 2025 to the @elisabethbik.bsky.social Fund to support the work of sleuths.

More here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/our-projects...

“Sneaked references: Fabricated reference metadata distort citation counts” Chosen for 2025 Best JASIST Paper Award

The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Sneaked references: Fabricated reference metadata distort citation counts,” written by Lonni Besançon, Guil...

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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Aug 26

Booking/registration ends 31 August! You have just a few days left to secure your place if you have not already. Don't miss out- we look forward to seeing you there 📅📍

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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Aug 21

Are you joining us at the ALPSP Annual Conference this September?

Start networking now by letting others know you're going to be there! Share your attendance on socials using the attached graphic, or by commenting on this post 👥

Haven't booked yet? ➡️ alpsp.cventevents.com/d4QakG?RefId...

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Fabienne Michaud @fabiennemichaud.bsky.social · Aug 12

📢 The standard rate to attend this year's @alpsp.bsky.social conference ends this Friday (15 August). More info on the programme is available here: alpsp.cventevents.com/event/2509AI...

ALPSP Annual Conference and Awards 2025. Online registration by Cvent

The ALPSP Annual Conference and Awards will be held at The Manchester Deansgate Hotel, Manchester, UK from 10-12 September 2025. Scholarly publishing is in a state . Online registration by Cvent

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Fabienne Michaud @fabiennemichaud.bsky.social · Aug 8

🧰 'Stocking the Librarian’s Publishing Integrity Toolkit'

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Stocking the Librarian’s Publishing Integrity Toolkit

The number of tools available to help library staff identify potential research misconduct is rapidly expanding. Here are some recommendations.

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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Aug 7

Still figuring out the best strategy for your social media channels? Need some guidance around which channels might be best for your organisation? How to measure your results and grow your audience?

🤳 Effective Social Media for Scholarly Publishers

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Virtual Training Course, Effective Social Media for Scholarly Publishers, Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 September 2025. Tutors: Kelly Henwood, Senior Consultant and Alastair Horne, Lecturer in Publishing.

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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Aug 7

Haven't booked your place for the ALPSP Annual Conference & Awards 2025?

⌛ You have until 15 August to book at the standard rate!

This year will focus on ‘Practical Implementation’. Read more about what this means on the ALPSP website.

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ALPSP Annual Conference & Awards 2025. 10-12 September. Hilton Manchester. Deansgate Hotel, Manchester, UK.

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Lonni Besançon @lonnibesancon.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨 A year ago, @gcabanac.cpesr.fr and I exposed a new kind of citation fraud: sneaked references— citations hidden in metadata, invisible in the PDF but boosting citations in databases
🧪Pop sci: theconversation.com/when-scienti...
📄Scientific paper: asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

When scientific citations go rogue: Uncovering ‘sneaked references’

Scholars have long measured the impact of a paper by counting the number of times other scientific articles cite it. Researchers have just detected a new kind of citation fraud.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Jul 31

Lonni Besançon, a data-visualization researcher, spoke with Nature Careers about his work as a research-integrity sleuth that started during the COVID-19 pandemic and facing online abuse, threats and legal challenges because of it. #Academicsky 🧪

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed this scientist into a research-integrity sleuth

Nature Careers

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Lonni Besançon @lonnibesancon.bsky.social · Jul 26

La haine et véhémence de mes harceleurs (qui prouvent malgré le point exact de l'article) est l'un des premiers moteurs de:
- ma motivation à ne pas flancher face à la mauvaise science
- mais aussi de la réussite de cet article (nature.com/articles/d41...) 🤣
Changez rien :)

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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · Jul 15

Jana Christofer and I wrote a piece on #papermills for Laborjournal. We discuss challenges of paper mills and AI for scientific publishing. Science needs immediate solutions to correct it and prevent it from massively produced fraud.
@image-integrity.bsky.social
www.laborjournal.de/rubric/essay...

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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · Aug 3

Great initiative by Wiley! The publisher has started marking retracted papers in reference lists. When you click on the retraction notice, you can also see the date and reason for the retraction.
All publishers should adopt this practice. But also screen references during submission.

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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Aug 1

📢 ALPSP CONFERENCE: SESSIONS HIGHLIGHT

Session 6a: Innovation in Small and Society Publishers
11 September 2025, 11:20-12:05 BST

Session 6b: India’s One Nation One Subscription Initiative
11 September 2025, 10:30-11:15 BST

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Annual Conference & Awards 2025

Session 6a: Innovation in Small and Society Publishers
11 September 2025, 11:20-12:05 BST
Chair: Emma Watkins, 67 Bricks

Session 6b: India’s One Nation One Subscription Initiative
11 September 2025, 10:30-11:15 BST
Chair: Nikesh Gosalia, Cactus Communications (CACTUS)

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Fabienne Michaud @fabiennemichaud.bsky.social · Jul 26

'How to Become an Integrity Sleuth in the Library'

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How to Become an Integrity Sleuth in the Library

Open access agreement management creates an opportunity for library staff to help identify publishing integrity problems. Here are some techniques to try.

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Jean Abbiateci @jeanabbiateci.bsky.social · Jul 7

« La science qui s'auto-corrige, explique @gcabanac.cpesr.fr, relève de la pensée magique ».

Entretien vidéo intéressant, engagé mais nuancé, sur les manquements à l'intégrité scientifique, à voir sur @cairninfo.bsky.social.

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Comment dépolluer la science ?

Pas encore de compte ?

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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Jul 11

📢 ALPSP CONFERENCE: SESSION HIGHLIGHT

Session 3: Awards Finalists Lightning Presentations

Wednesday 10 September 2025, 16:15-17:15BST

Led by David Sommer, this session gives ALPSP Awards Finalists the opportunity to give a lightning presentation.

➡️ Book: alpsp.cventevents.com/d4QakG?RefId...

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Fabienne Michaud @fabiennemichaud.bsky.social · Jun 28

🌟 ALPSP Award for Contribution to Scholarly Publishing - nominations close on Monday 30 June 2025 🌟

ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Jun 19

🏅Nominations closing 30 June!

This Award recognizes outstanding individuals or organizations who have made a major contribution to scholarly publishing. Each year, ALPSP members are invited to submit nominations which are then reviewed by the ALPSP Board of Directors.

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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Jun 19

🏅Nominations closing 30 June!

This Award recognizes outstanding individuals or organizations who have made a major contribution to scholarly publishing. Each year, ALPSP members are invited to submit nominations which are then reviewed by the ALPSP Board of Directors.

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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · Jun 21

Two websites, one journal. The Journal of Informetrics has been hijacked. This is not just any journal, it's a well-known title published by Elsevier.
More journals from reputable publishers are being hijacked since recently.
Guess which screenshot belongs to the original journal?
HT: Paul Donner

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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Jun 16

"Fantastic! Really informative and really interesting. I found the sections on the common issues section really interesting, particularly the figure manipulations, as well as hearing case studies from other members of the group/ the discussion around them." - Rosanna Zolna, Future Science Group

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ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Jun 16

How Publishing Ethics can Nurture Trust in Scholarly Publications, 2 & 3 July

With Tutors: Jane Alfred, Director & Co-Founder, Catalyst Editorial & Adya Misra, Associate Director, Research Integrity, Sage.

➡️ Find out more & book now: alpsp.cventevents.com/RqbW3n?RefId...

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