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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · 14h

👏 Our thanks as always go to our author (aschniedermann.bsky.social), reviewers (David Moher, @mjpages.bsky.social) and editors (@jabyrnesci.bsky.social, Kathryn Zeiler)

Alexander Schniedermann (@aschniedermann.bsky.social)

STS and scientometrics about reporting standards in biomedical research & systematic reviews

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · 14h

🆕 Our latest study asks how authors incorporate the PRISMA guideline into workflows when conducting reviews.

Both reviewers highlighted the study's importance yet also requested more information and details from the author.

👇 Read the full editorial assessment, reviews and paper on MetaROR

From Form to Formation. Biomedical Reporting Standards in Practice

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · 2d

Very glad to see the ANU Journal of Law and Technology has agreed to be @metaror.bsky.social's first partner journal from the field of law: cms.metaror.org/partner-jour...
MetaROR partners accept MetaROR reviews as part of their editorial process, making the publishing ecosystem more efficient.

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · 27d

👏 Congratulations and thanks go out to our authors (@aidybarnett.bsky.social, Nicole White, @tayacollyer.bsky.social), reviewers (Catherine Victoria Bunce, J.L. Hutton) and editors (Kathryn Zeiler, @stephenpinfield.bsky.social) for their contributions

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · 27d

A qualified statistician's review can improve study designs. But who has access to one? Our new article surveys this among Australian human research ethics committees.

Reviewers liked the article yet were disappointed by the response rate. They suggested minor changes.

👇Read it now on MetaROR

The varying perceptions of a statistician’s value, from “critical” to “not needed for 99.9% of applications”: A national study of human research ethics committees

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · 29d

👏 Apart from the author, we would, as always, also like to thank the reviewers (Nico Formanek) and editors (@aidybarnett.bsky.social, @ludowaltman.bsky.social)

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · 29d

📠 Why should we trust automated reasoning systems? That's the question posed in our latest article by @khinsen.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy.

The two reviewers generally praise the ideas but ask for more detail and share some concerns.

👇 Read the editorial assessment, reviews and full paper at MetaROR

Establishing trust in automated reasoning

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thank you Hans for sharing your positive experience with @metaror.bsky.social, using your reviews and assessment to publish at our partner journal, Quantitative Science Studies: www.openscience.nl/en/cases/the...

The MetaROR Publish-Review-Curate Model: our experience as authors | Open Science NL

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Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · Sep 9

🔓 It's great to see authors sharing their experiences with publishing on MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) — our open review platform for metascience using the publish–review–curate model: www.openscience.nl/en/cases/the...

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Sep 3

👏 To our authors (Narmin Rzayeva, @stephenpinfield.bsky.social, @ludowaltman.bsky.social), reviewers, and editors (@jabyrnesci.bsky.social, Kathryn Zeiler): congratulations and thank you for your contributions!

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Sep 3

⌛ How is preprinting adopted over time across disciplines and regions? Our latest article attempts to answer this.

The reviewers praised the comprehensive analysis & clear presentation, while requesting more background information & addressing data availability issues.

👇 Read it now on MetaROR

Adoption of Preprinting Across Scientific Disciplines and Geographical Regions (1991-2023)

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Sep 2

MetaROR will be present at the @stienid2025.bsky.social conference this week!

We are excited for all the presentations, discussions and inspiration to come and we would be more than happy to greet you at our stand 👋

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Home | STI-ENID2025

Official website of the 29th Annual STI ENID Conference 2025

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Sep 1

This great new initiative highlights lots of interesting research and initiatives, including (on p.40) a primer on what MetaROR is doing, by @andre-brasil.bsky.social

👏 Congratulations to everyone involved for producing such a great magazine!

Science Integrity Alliance @sci-integrity.com · Aug 30

🌟 REACH is live!
A new digital magazine on research integrity & open science.

📖 In this issue:
✨ Launch of the Science Integrity Alliance
✨ Coverage of the U.S. Conference on Research Integrity
✨ COPE’s evolution in publication ethics
...and more!

🔗 Read here: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Aug 15

Great question!

Indeed @metaror.bsky.social and @peercommunityin.bsky.social have a lot in common, and in fact the MetaROR model was partly inspired by the great work done by Peer Community In (PCI).

However, there are also various differences between MetaROR and PCI. Let me highlight two of them.

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Aug 14

👇 MetaROR is very proud and excited to announce this new partnership with @plosbiology.org 🙏

As part of this, "PLOS Biology will formally consider meta-research articles that are peer-reviewed on the MetaROR platform", in order to "improve transparency" and "[prevent] futile cycles of peer review".

PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Aug 14

We are proud to announce a new agreement with @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @aimosinc.bsky.social to become a partner journal with MetaResearch Open Review (MetaRoR) @metaror.bsky.social

#metaresearch #openscience 🧪

Learn more: plos.io/45wPZB9

PLOS Biology announces agreement to become a MetaROR partner journal - The Official PLOS Blog

Note: PLOS issued the following press release on Thursday, August 14th. SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Today, PLOS Biology announced a new agreement…

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Aug 8

👏 As always, we want to thank the author (@serhiinazarovets.bsky.social), reviewers (Eleonora Dagiene, Leigh-Ann Butler, Ángel Borrego) and editor (@ludowaltman.bsky.social) for their valuable contributions!

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Aug 8

🔒Our latest study regards "the effect of APC waivers on the participation of Ukrainian researchers in fully Gold OA journals".

The reviewers call it "well-developed", "timely" & "important" while questioning the focus on only 5 publishers.

👇Read the assessment, reviews & author response on MetaROR

The effect of APC discounts on Ukraine's participation in gold open access journals

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Center for Open Science @cos.io · Aug 7

Exciting news! @metaror.bsky.social has joined Lifecycle Journal's growing list of evaluation service partners, & will review & assess metaresearch submissions.

Under LJ's innovative model of scholarly communication, research is published first, then openly reviewed.

🔎: lifecyclejournal.org/about/

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Aug 7

LCJ aims to revolutionize scholarly communication by putting publishing & evaluation in the community's control. In place of rewards based on publication & journal status with papers as the sole meaningful output, LCJ aims to shift the focus so that doing credible research is itself rewarded.

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Aug 7

📢 MetaROR is excited to announce our partnership with Lifecycle Journal.

We have joined LCJ's growing group of evaluation services and will review and assess metaresearch submissions.

👇 LCJ joins our ever-increasing list of partner journals. Please find the full list in the link below

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Partnership with journals - MetaROR

About Our Partner Journals About Our Partner Journals Leveraging reviews for streamlined journal submissions Leveraging reviews for streamlined journal submissions After peer review and editori...

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Aug 7

Great news from Rogue Scholar!

As briefly referenced in the piece, MetaROR is open to receive scholarly blog posts for peer review (as long as they fit our guidelines: cms.metaror.org/guidelines-a...)

See also this peer-reviewed blog post (& thoughtful author response): metaror.org/kotahi/artic...

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Jul 31

Our thanks go to the author (@aidybarnett.bsky.social), reviewers (@denolmo.bsky.social), and editors (Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner, Kathryn Zeiler) for their time and valuable contributions 👏

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Jul 31

📝 Our latest article is on "a large-scale empirical analysis of spelling errors in scientific titles and abstracts".

The reviews "emphasize the paper's novelty & scope" while suggesting "more refinement of its theoretical framing & methodological rigor"

👇 Read the full evaluation now on MetaROR

Spelling errors in health and medical abstracts: An observational analysis from 2008 to 2024

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Jul 30

@csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy had his blog post peer-reviewed on MetaROR and then wrote a thoughtful piece about the experience, in which he also responded to the reviewers.

His piece was already on Upstream (upstream.force11.org/response-to-...) but is now available on MetaROR too 🙏

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Drinking from the Firehose? Write More and Publish Less

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Jul 30

@dkochetkov.bsky.social wrote an elaborate response to his reviewers for one of MetaROR's first articles. Accidentally, the second version of his article, incorporating the feedback, is up on MetaROR too, so we can follow the whole process 👏

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Evolution of Peer Review in Scientific Communication

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