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Digital Science @digital-science.com · 14d

The biggest threat to U.S. leadership in #AI isn't speed - it's security.

As Juergen Wastl writes for Nextgov, America’s blind spot in the AI race is #ResearchSecurity.

Weak safeguards risk exposing IP, sensitive data & strategic capabilities.

🔗 Read his article: https://ow.ly/o7LZ50X2LGQ

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Digital Science @digital-science.com · 29d

📣 NEW in Research Musings: With #ORCID reaching 10 million active users, @jwastl.bsky.social takes us on a journey from @orcid.org's infancy to maturity. 🆔

And he has a personal story to tell about the "researcher’s passport across time". #AcademicSky

🔗 researchmusings.substack.com/p/orcid-and-...

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Digital Science @digital-science.com · Aug 29

🏛️ Blog posts of the week: @jwastl.bsky.social evaluates the German research landscape along East/West lines. 🇩🇪

What do the publication & citation trends reveal, and which institutions are having #ResearchImpact?

🔗 See his latest Research Musings post: researchmusings.substack.com/p/germany-re...

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Kathryn Weber-Boer @kowb.bsky.social · Jul 2

Louder, for those in the back!
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Scholarly publishing’s hidden diversity: How exclusive databases sustain the oligopoly of academic publishers

Global scholarly publishing has been dominated by a small number of publishers for several decades. This paper revisits the data on corporate control of scholarly publishing by analyzing the relative ...

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Digital Science @digital-science.com · Jun 16

🚨Interactive map alert! In her new Research Musings post, Hélène Draux tackles a critical issue impacting the integrity of the scholarly record.

"One surname, many researchers: Mapping name ambiguity in global co-authorship." 🌐

🔗 See it here: researchmusings.substack.com/p/one-surnam...

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · May 26

fullheartily agree: @danielle4wellbeing.bsky.social's post nails it. Your horse is not giving you a hard time. It is having a hard time. open.substack.com/pub/equilibr...

Your horse is not giving you a hard time. It is having a hard time.

The response to suffering is empathy.

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · May 22

Here my latest post with thoughts on what has happened, may happen and what should happen for #research and #researchpolicy in the realms of #geopolitics researchmusings.substack.com/p/on-researc...

On research: A present past, and tense future

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · May 20

Excellent piece by my colleague @mcintold.bsky.social in her #forensic #scientometrics substack on "Science Manipulations: Myths and Truths"https://open.substack.com/pub/fosci/p/science-manipulations-myths-and-truths?r=4go78w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Science Manipulations: Myths and Truths

When people hear about the messier side of science, they often push back (still). Not necessarily because they don’t believe...

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · May 15

Finally, our research musings meet @altmetric.com - @helenedraux.bsky.social highlights how real breakthroughs rest on decades of work and why we need metrics that reflect that full lineage, not just one article. based on an interesting example: researchmusings.substack.com/p/the-long-r...

The long road to NM102: a case study in scientific persistence

Research data bite: 19.

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · May 8

Here our piece ( @digital-science.com
together with Peter Kolarz from Research On Research Institute (@rorinstitute.bsky.social)) on how Funders themselves need scrutiny if we want fair, unbiased decisions and a healthy research ecosystem.

Digital Science @digital-science.com · May 7

📣 Guest post from Peter Kolarz (@rorinstitute.bsky.social) with our team on Research Musings: "Who evaluates the evaluators?"

It's the first in a new research policy series, with key takeaways to improve research assessment & science.

🔗 Read the post: researchmusings.substack.com/p/who-evalua...

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · Apr 23

Excellent inaugural post by @helenedraux.bsky.social and @kowb.bsky.social for the new series on #research #metrics highlighting disciplinary trend and focus - and kudos for sharing the code for #reproducibility

Digital Science @digital-science.com · Apr 23

Hélène & Kathryn use the example of researchers who've worked on neglected tropical diseases, based on a study we've conducted for the World Health Organization (WHO). @who.int

They say researchers' FoRs could, in principle, be derived from their entire record in @dimensions.ai.

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · Apr 15

I just recently came across the IDGs (Inner Development Goals) - what are these and how do these complement the SDG Agenda to lead to a more sustainable Future - here my latest musing on substack: researchmusings.substack.com/p/inner-deve...

Inner Development Goals: A New Compass for a Sustainable Future?

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · Apr 15

I just recently came across the IDGs (Inner Development Goals) - what are these and how do these complement the SDG Agenda to lead to a more sustainable Future - here my latest musing on substack: researchmusings.substack.com/p/inner-deve...

Inner Development Goals: A New Compass for a Sustainable Future?

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · Apr 11

One day I will go there - never made it to Hay-on-Wye!

Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · Apr 11

Browsing for books in Hay-on-Wye

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Digital Science @digital-science.com · Mar 31

📣 Just released: A report on the impact of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub on the international research community, using @dimensions.ai data.

Co-authored by @helenedraux.bsky.social @jwastl.bsky.social & Prof. Gopal Ramchurn.

🔗 It's on @figshare.com here: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · Mar 28

Latest research musing by @helenedraux.bsky.social on “Mapping the margins: visibility of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Dimensions by @digital-science.com.
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Mapping the margins: visibility of Humanities and Social Sciences in Dimensions

Research data bites: 17.

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Mar 27

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The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter

In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.

By quite a lot.

Release the Kraken...

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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therealstephfox.bsky.social @therealstephfox.bsky.social · Mar 19

Fraud, Blackmail, and the Weaponization of Integrity. Also a cat named after a fruit. open.substack.com/pub/fosci/p/...

@fauxsci.bsky.social

Fraud, Blackmail, and the Weaponization of Integrity

When Guardians of Science Face Retaliation

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equilibrium4wellbeing @danielle4wellbeing.bsky.social · Mar 20

Today is International Day of Happiness!
This year’s theme is Caring and Sharing, emphasising the power of Compassion and Kindness
#happiness #kindness

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · Mar 20

on international #happiness day, what do happy #Disney songs and #AI classification have in common (through the lens of #academia)? Find out by the latest musing of my @digital-science.com colleague @helenedraux.bsky.social in : researchmusings.substack.com/p/a-whole-ne...

A whole new (research) world: AI-based classification of Disney songs into academic fields

Research AI bite: 02.

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Mark Hahnel @hahnel.org · Mar 18

This is cool from Digital Science Catalyst winner postpub.net

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · Mar 13

Now that @orcid.org public data file, already on @figshare.com , is also openly on Google BigQuery @digital-science.com , my colleagues @helenedraux.bsky.social and @sjcporter.bsky.social had a first look at things - interesting insights at researchmusings.substack.com/p/blooming-r...

Blooming research profiles: cultivating identity with ORCiD and Dimensions

Research data bites: 16.

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Digital Science @digital-science.com · Mar 12

Digital Science is delighted to be back in Regensburg, Germany, where we're sponsoring the #FORTRAMA e.V. Annual Conference.

🗓️ 12-14 March 2025

At FORTRAMA25, we're also ready to discuss our solutions Dimensions, @altmetric.com, @figshare.com & @symplectic.co.uk.

Say hi to us in the foyer. 😃

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Digital Science @digital-science.com · Mar 6

We're excited to share @orcid.org's news that Digital Science is hosting the ORCiD 2024 Public Data File on Dimensions Google Big Query!

This makes the Public Data File, containing millions of records, easily available for exploration & analysis.

🔗 Find out more: info.orcid.org/orcid-partne...

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Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social · Mar 6

"...referring to the coastal waters of the US and Mexico, you could call it Gulf Coast for the US portion, and Atlantic coast of Mexico. Or you could talk about the specific states of the US and of Mexico that you'll be off the coast of."
Proves my point researchmusings.substack.com/p/the-gulf-o...

The Gulf of America and the Shifting Landscape of Global Research

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