Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Simon Porter @sjcporter.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks Lyle! It has been absolutely lovely to work with you again :)

Simon Porter @sjcporter.bsky.social · 1d

This continues to be an extremely rewarding project to work on. Looking forward to the discussions it provokes, especially in person at #IDW2025 and #eResAU2025!

Digital Science @digital-science.com · 1d

📣 NEWS: Digital Science has made a series of recommendations for Australia’s research future in a report published today into the use of persistent identifiers #PIDs in research.

The report was commissioned by @ardc.edu.au.

🔗 See our announcement: ow.ly/GTSN50X8XjO

2 2

Reposted by Simon Porter

Digital Science @digital-science.com · Jul 28

🔍 Trust in research is essential - but how do we build it?

This new blog post for @orcid.org co-authored by @sjcporter.bsky.social emphasizes how ORCID addresses the “two key dimensions of trust”. #ResearchIntegrity

👉 See the call to action for scholarly publishers: info.orcid.org/scholarly-pu...

8 7

Reposted by Simon Porter

Digital Science @digital-science.com · Jul 2

📣 We're pleased to share that research now published in @plosone.org highlights the importance of @dimensions.ai’s inclusive & diverse database of the world’s published knowledge. 🌐

🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Authors: @simonvbellen.bsky.social, @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca & @lariviev.bsky.social

1 3 7

Simon Porter @sjcporter.bsky.social · Jun 12

We've just released the Australian National Persistent Identifier (PID) Benchmarking Toolkit for consultation. Next we will be extending the report with worked benchmarking examples, and we'd love your feedback. Is the toolkit likely to meet Australia's needs? Does it focus on the right identifiers?

Digital Science @digital-science.com · Jun 12

📢 It's now out for consultation - the Australian National Persistent Identifier (PID) Benchmarking Toolkit has been released as a draft, developed by Digital Science & commissioned by @ardc.edu.au

Our VP Research Futures @sjcporter.bsky.social shares more: www.digital-science.com/tldr/article...

1 1

Reposted by Simon Porter

Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · May 2

What is AI’s impact on paper mill production? Using the example of a single paper mill with 200+ papers, we can see a significant increase in 2024. There is clear evidence of ChatGPT use: a large number of short sections, bullet points, and AI-typical literature review.
#papermills

2 16 30

Reposted by Simon Porter

Altmetric @altmetric.com · Mar 27

THREAD

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
1/11

18 470 1.2K

Reposted by Simon Porter

ORCID @orcid.org · Mar 19

In a world where political shifts disrupt the research landscape, ORCID's mission remains steadfast.

Our commitment to supporting researchers and their work is unwavering.

Read more on our latest blog: info.orcid.org/orcid-still-...

ORCID: Still Persistent, Still Independent

In this blog post, we reflect on the progress we’ve made at ORCID, and how we've remained true to the vision set forth in our earliest days.

info.orcid.org

1 13 34

Reposted by Simon Porter

Digital Science @digital-science.com · Mar 17

🌟 Key takeaway 1: It's now easy to access #ORCiD data with Google BigQuery; we can enhance Dimensions data. 🙌 @orcid.org

Find out more in this Research Musings post from @helenedraux.bsky.social & @sjcporter.bsky.social - available now on Substack.

🔗 researchmusings.substack.com/p/blooming-r...

3 7

Reposted by Simon Porter

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.

researchmusings.substack.com

3 4

Reposted by Simon Porter

ORCID @orcid.org · Mar 6

🔍 You may be familiar with our annual Public Data File that we publish every October. But now, we've... https://www.shorturl.ma/zWIJG?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=ORCID&utm_content=ORCID%20Partners%20with%20Digital%20Science%20to%20Make%20Openness%20Even%20More%20Accessible

3 5

Simon Porter @sjcporter.bsky.social · Mar 2

Seems to be back up now

1 1

Reposted by Simon Porter

Altmetric @altmetric.com · Feb 6

Remarkably, @helenedraux.bsky.social of @digital-science.com published this at the same time as our thread on the survival of bad ideas against evidence.

This one was politically and geographically ring-fenced. Lysenko and beyond: researchmusings.substack.com/p/the-politi...

4 11

Simon Porter @sjcporter.bsky.social · Jan 16

pumping elephant is indeed abstract

Reposted by Simon Porter

Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Dec 23

“We should embrace a plurality of OS [open science] practices reflecting the value schemes of different scientific communities, rather than promoting acontextual ‘best practices’.”

Open science is good for both epistemic and social reasons, but in nonobvious ways, it can have detrimental epistemic side effects. Drawing on case studies and the social epistemology of science, I show how practices intended to increase transparency, communication, and information sharing in science can backfire. We should not reject Open Science, just implement it carefully. I argue that we can do so by treating openness as a governing value in science, and thus, that our pursuit of openness needs to be balanced against our pursuit of the whole scheme of values that govern science.

7 22 99

Reposted by Simon Porter

Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · Dec 21

We can combine Anchor Entity and Spatial Tracking Session if we need to track collisions between our hands and other scene entities.

stepinto.vision/example-code...

1 3 10

Reposted by Simon Porter

ICSSI @icssi.bsky.social · Nov 23

Hello Bluesky! We are ICSSI: The 2025 International Conference on the Science of Science and Innovation

Save the date! 🗓️ JUNE 16-18, 2025 ✍️
in beautiful Copenhagen, Denmark
www.icssi.org

3 21 39

Reposted by Simon Porter

Leslie McIntosh @mcintold.bsky.social · Dec 3

Finally published! Identifying authorship-for-sale enterprises with co-author @sjcporter.bsky.social

This is one type of nefarious network pattern we have discovered populating parascience literature.

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Identifying fabricated networks within authorship-for-sale enterprises - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Identifying fabricated networks within authorship-for-sale enterprises

doi.org

3 14 32

Reposted by Simon Porter

Altmetric @altmetric.com · Dec 3

BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD

Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce:

We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky!

We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct.

Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions.

Let's get into it!

Blueksy Mentions are now in Altmetric.

It's been 84 years meme

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #MedSky #HMSky #Altmetrics #Medlibs #Metascience

38 670 2.3K

Simon Porter @sjcporter.bsky.social · Apr 10

Our love letter to metadata, and the stories that you tell with the smallest traces of information #reseachpolicy #scientometrics

Daniel Hook @dwh.bsky.social · Apr 10

Introducing 'The Initial Era': Delving into the trend of using initials instead of full names in journal articles. We uncover how this practice obscured the contributions of women in to research. Work with @sjcporter.bsky.social using Dimensions. Blog: lnkd.in/eBMqsgRT ArXiv: lnkd.in/e4dp6dSS

1