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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · 7d

Redefining publishing: why we’re moving beyond the article:

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Redefining publishing: why we're moving beyond the article - Research Information

The current publishing system doesn’t reflect how science is done – or how it should be assessed, writes Iain Hrynaszkiewicz

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · 8d

Could LLMs be model organisms?

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From fruit flies to silicon brains: the evolving idea of a model organism (part 1)

Research thoughts bite: 08.

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · 9d

Figshare 101: Been a while? Fresh tools, looks and flows

Webinar Date October 8 2025 2:00pm

The newest features in Figshare and how they streamline research publishing

Practical tips for navigating Figshare’s redesigned interface and enhanced workflows

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Figshare 101: Been a while? Fresh tools, looks and flows - Figshare

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · 9d

Had a great time talking open data, AI and a perpetual research cycle with Jessica Miles on her new "Informed Frontier" podcast

Go and have a listen, all her other guests are great too

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Open science meets AI with Mark Hahnel

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · 9d

Using Artificial Intelligence for Text Screening in a Systematic Review of Cardiotoxicity

This study highlights best practices and benchmarks to assess the efficiency and possibly quality of literature screening supporting the integration of AI into future SRs

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · 9d

Metadata Recommendations for Repository Adoption from the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative:

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · 11d

The alarm bells are ringing for EU basic research funding

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EU basic research funding: LERU Secretary-General Kurt Deketelaere shares its worries | LERU

LERU is sounding the alarm over EU basic research funding. While the European Commission's plans for R&I funding in the 2028-2034 #MFF and #FP10 first seemed promising, it now has become clear that ba...

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 14d

Science study claiming brain activity could be directly observed with MRI withdrawn after bioRxiv paper suggests signal is "illusionary" biz.chosun.com/en/en-scienc...

Korean DIANA study withdraws Science paper after MRI signal deemed noise

Korean DIANA study withdraws Science paper after MRI signal deemed noise Researchers retract DIANA claim after follow-up tests suggest MRI artifact rather than neural signal

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · 14d

how much content is there in the publisher ecosystem

An increasing number publishers are licensing content for AI training. What’s the potential size of the market?

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 26d

Big congrats to Kew scientist Dr Oscar A. Pérez Escobar. He’s profiled by New Phytologist, covering his journey and research on orchid evolution and comparative genomics.🧪
Read more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70484
#KewScience #Orchids

The Orchid Tree of Life poster visually summarizes the main findings of our study, ‘The origin and speciation of orchids’ (Pérez-Escobar et al., 2024). Designed as a science communication tool, the infographic aims to share the core messages of our research with a broad audience – highlighting the evolutionary history, global significance and conservation challenges facing orchids today. The poster is freely available for download at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27021472.v2.

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 24d

NEW

Researcher Profiles in Altmetric

Altmetric tracks research items and where they are mentioned or cited online. Searching by researcher name wasn't a feature unless you imported your own from a repository or CRIS

Today we are launching a global researcher search feature.

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NEW – See the full picture of researcher influence
Discover Research Search, the new feature on Altmetric that allows users to access comprehensive researcher-level analytics, enabling them to view researcher attention within specific search results and identify top researchers in a field:

Search for researchers by name, or affiliation
Obtain impact data near real-time and almost immediately after publication
Get a comprehensive, real-time view of a researcher’s influence across policy, media, and professional networks
Export ready-to-share researcher profiles to support internal reporting, public dashboards, or strategic reviews

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · 22d

EMBL AI model predicts susceptibility to over 1,000 diseases

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Learning the natural history of human disease with generative transformers - Nature

Delphi-2M forecasts a person’s future health, covering more than 1,000 diseases, provides insights into co-morbidity dynamics and generates synthetic data for the training of AI models that have never...

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Digital Science @digital-science.com · 23d

🎉 Exciting news! Our CEO, Dr. @dwh.bsky.social, is a finalist in the NIH S-index Challenge a $1M initiative promoting excellence in data sharing in science. 👏 Learn more: ow.ly/9Xks50WXGxS

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Digital Science @digital-science.com · 23d

📣 NEWS: Digital Science supports research integrity start-up VeriMe Cooperative.

The new VeriMe Cooperative, which is aimed at securing #ResearchIntegrity by providing digital verification for researchers, has received start-up funding.

🔗 Read more: verime.coop/blog/step-3-...

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · 23d

“VUT launches Polokelo ya Data, a research data repository powered by Figshare, boosting innovation, collaboration, and global visibility for researchers.”

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VUT launches Polokelo ya Data to drive research innovation | Vaal University of Technology

VUT launches Polokelo ya Data, a research data repository powered by Figshare, boosting innovation, collaboration, and global visibility for researchers.

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дблп - ☮ Stop the war! @dblp.org · 25d

#Dagstuhl Seminar "Open Scholarly Information Systems":
Kathryn Weber-Boer @kowb.bsky.social talking about @digital-science.com and the Research Data Ecosystem.

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · 28d

Did you know you can integrate all these systems with your Figshare account?

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Symplectic @symplectic.co.uk · Sep 9

📢 @digital-science.com will deliver New Zealand’s National Research Information System using Symplectic Elements, in close collaboration with MBIE.

🔗 www.symplectic.co.uk/digital-scie...

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Digital Science @digital-science.com · Sep 10

Altmetric's new AI-powered Sentiment Analysis provides deeper insights into #ResearchImpact for:

⭐️ Medical affairs professionals
⭐️ Academic researchers
⭐️ Scholarly publishers
⭐️ R&D specialists - and more!

See how @altmetric.com's Sentiment Analysis can help you: www.altmetric.com/solutions/al...

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Sep 4

One of the main goals of Altmetric, @policycommons.bsky.social and @overton.io include policy sources in our various services is to increase consumption, awareness and readership of policy documents themselves.

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UN Report: No One Reads UN Reports

Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · Sep 9

Effective dissemination of critical research lies at the heart of Medical Affairs

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Empowering excellence across medical affairs - Digital Science

Empowering Medical Affairs with data, tools, and insights for better decisions, collaboration, and scientific impact.

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Sep 8

Free ice cream at @osfestivalde.bsky.social with @culturebullet.com and @hahnel.org

#OSF2025. What a conference!

Two middle aged men consuming all the wrong calories

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · Sep 3

The future of knowledge and who should control it

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Open Science round-up: The future of knowledge and who should control it - International Science Council

In this issue, we feature an editorial by Amy Brand, Director at MIT Press, who shares her insights on how the unchecked use of published research in AI may threaten the integrity, sustainability, and...

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Open Science Festival 2025 @osfestivalde.bsky.social · Sep 3

The #osfestival2025 keynote speaker on Tuesday, Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org (Digital Science and @figshare.com), will shed light on the cultural and infrastructural shift toward data-intensive, AI-powered science — and the role of #opendata in driving it. #openscience #univie

Above: Text Keynote. The need for open science as we enter the fourth paradigm of academic research. Mid: Portrait, Caption Mark Hahnel. Open Research Expert at Digital Science and Founder of Figshare. Below: Motto Meet. Share. Inspire. Care

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Sep 2

THREAD

Sentiment Analysis

Sentiment Analysis for social media is now fully live on Altmetric. From today you can see sentiment of all posts on Bluesky and X formerly Twitter.

We categorised nearly 210m items.

Here's why you should care.

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#AcademicSky #Altmetrics

Introducing the Altmetric Sentiment Analysis

YouTube video by Altmetric YouTube Channel

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