Stefanie Haustein
@stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
Associate prof, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa @uottawa.ca
Co-director, Scholarly Communications Lab #ScholCommLab #FirstGen
open science | bibliometrics | open access | research assessment | metascience
Co-director, Scholarly Communications Lab #ScholCommLab #FirstGen
open science | bibliometrics | open access | research assessment | metascience
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Nice way to finish the year with such a quote in @science.org news: "Stefanie Haustein, an information scientist at the University of Ottawa, doesn’t buy publishers’ arguments."
Thank you @phiejacobs.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Thank you @phiejacobs.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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In Scientific #Publishing, Who Should Foot the Bill? undark.org/2026/01/07/a... (via @undark.org) #scholcomm #libraries @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
January 7, 2026 at 5:29 PM
In Scientific #Publishing, Who Should Foot the Bill? undark.org/2026/01/07/a... (via @undark.org) #scholcomm #libraries @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
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'And according to @eschares.bsky.social, data suggest that APCs bear almost no relation to publishing expenses. “So that tells me that APCs are not set on really what it costs to produce an article there,” he said. “It’s more prestige.”'
Undark piece on who should pay for scientific publishing.
Undark piece on who should pay for scientific publishing.
In Scientific Publishing, Who Should Foot the Bill?
Publishers often charge authors to publish their publicly-funded research. Will a federal crackdown make a difference?
undark.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM
'And according to @eschares.bsky.social, data suggest that APCs bear almost no relation to publishing expenses. “So that tells me that APCs are not set on really what it costs to produce an article there,” he said. “It’s more prestige.”'
Undark piece on who should pay for scientific publishing.
Undark piece on who should pay for scientific publishing.
Reposted by Stefanie Haustein
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I ran into this in another list. The title and the abstract of this paper is quite provocative.
Table 1 with the profits of the 6 major sci publishing companies is something.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
I ran into this in another list. The title and the abstract of this paper is quite provocative.
Table 1 with the profits of the 6 major sci publishing companies is something.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
The Drain of Scientific Publishing
The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...
arxiv.org
January 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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I ran into this in another list. The title and the abstract of this paper is quite provocative.
Table 1 with the profits of the 6 major sci publishing companies is something.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
I ran into this in another list. The title and the abstract of this paper is quite provocative.
Table 1 with the profits of the 6 major sci publishing companies is something.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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(Also, icyi, here are the 42 papers citing our non-existent paper which includes a "meta-analysis" - often called the evidence "gold standard" - of "LLM effects" in education 🤮
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
(Also, icyi, here are the 42 papers citing our non-existent paper which includes a "meta-analysis" - often called the evidence "gold standard" - of "LLM effects" in education 🤮
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
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OpenAlex intégré au Web of Science, ou la capture du travail des “commoners” | carnetist.hypotheses.org/2572
OpenAlex intégré au Web of Science, ou la capture du travail des “commoners”
C’est une annonce qui est passée relativement inaperçue, mais qui mérite que l’on s’y arrête un instant. Clarivate a récemment annoncé l’intégration d’OpenAlex comme une nouvelle base de données au se...
carnetist.hypotheses.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
OpenAlex intégré au Web of Science, ou la capture du travail des “commoners” | carnetist.hypotheses.org/2572
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"Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge".
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
The Drain of Scientific Publishing
The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge".
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
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Elsevier at its best: they only embrace #openscience when it makes money and does not endanger their assets. Now that Crossref data is CC0 and used by 3rd parties (OpenAlex, Matilda,...), they just keep data in their systems @keanbirch.bsky.social #openresearchinformation @barcelonadori.bsky.social
There seems to be a decrease in the coverage of affiliation metadata in #OpenAlex, particularly with regard to journal articles published by Elsevier since 2024. Only around 6% of Elsevier articles published in 2025 have affiliation metadata.
subugoe.github.io/scholcomm_an...
subugoe.github.io/scholcomm_an...
Decreasing affiliation metadata coverage in OpenAlex – Scholarly Communication Analytics
This blog post examines the decrease in affiliation metadata coverage in OpenAlex. An analysis of over 13 million articles published by major commercial publishers between 2018 and 2025 suggests that ...
subugoe.github.io
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Elsevier at its best: they only embrace #openscience when it makes money and does not endanger their assets. Now that Crossref data is CC0 and used by 3rd parties (OpenAlex, Matilda,...), they just keep data in their systems @keanbirch.bsky.social #openresearchinformation @barcelonadori.bsky.social
Intense discussion with The Drain authors today about where to submit Part II.. And somehow @lariviev.bsky.social launched the idea of hockey jerseys?! Thanks for your service, ChatGPT. @danbrockington.bsky.social @hansonmark.bsky.social @stephenpinfield.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Intense discussion with The Drain authors today about where to submit Part II.. And somehow @lariviev.bsky.social launched the idea of hockey jerseys?! Thanks for your service, ChatGPT. @danbrockington.bsky.social @hansonmark.bsky.social @stephenpinfield.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social
Excited to join @braccolaetitia.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gy & team at Open Science Monitoring Inititative (OSMI) as steering board member. Looking forward to work w/ Cécile Coulibaly, Moumita Koley, @susannanykyri.bsky.social & @jeroenson.bsky.social
open-science-monitoring.org/meet-the-fiv...
open-science-monitoring.org/meet-the-fiv...
December 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Excited to join @braccolaetitia.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gy & team at Open Science Monitoring Inititative (OSMI) as steering board member. Looking forward to work w/ Cécile Coulibaly, Moumita Koley, @susannanykyri.bsky.social & @jeroenson.bsky.social
open-science-monitoring.org/meet-the-fiv...
open-science-monitoring.org/meet-the-fiv...
Nice way to finish the year with such a quote in @science.org news: "Stefanie Haustein, an information scientist at the University of Ottawa, doesn’t buy publishers’ arguments."
Thank you @phiejacobs.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Thank you @phiejacobs.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
December 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Nice way to finish the year with such a quote in @science.org news: "Stefanie Haustein, an information scientist at the University of Ottawa, doesn’t buy publishers’ arguments."
Thank you @phiejacobs.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Thank you @phiejacobs.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Reposted by Stefanie Haustein
On the 7th day before break, the OA community gave to us: Landmark research into the state of academic publishing. @hansonmark.bsky.social & team produced two papers: 'The Strain/Drain on Scientific Publishing' demonstrating the challenges we face
doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
The strain on scientific publishing
Abstract. Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published. The total number of articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science has grown exponentially in recent years;…
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
On the 7th day before break, the OA community gave to us: Landmark research into the state of academic publishing. @hansonmark.bsky.social & team produced two papers: 'The Strain/Drain on Scientific Publishing' demonstrating the challenges we face
doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Reposted by Stefanie Haustein
We Need to Talk About the Billion-Dollar Industry Holding Science Hostage https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/we-need-to-talk-about-the-billion-dollar-industry-holding-science-hostage/
We Need to Talk About the Billion-Dollar Industry Holding Science Hostage
Your tax dollars fund the research. You pay again to read it.
www.zmescience.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We Need to Talk About the Billion-Dollar Industry Holding Science Hostage https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/we-need-to-talk-about-the-billion-dollar-industry-holding-science-hostage/
Reposted by Stefanie Haustein
La ciencia bajo el control de las grandes editoriales
Un estudio del ICTA-UAB liderado por @danbrockington.bsky.social revela cómo el sistema de publicación científica prioriza ganancias frente al avance del conocimiento y la integridad académica.
digitum-um.blogspot.com/2025/12/la-c...
Un estudio del ICTA-UAB liderado por @danbrockington.bsky.social revela cómo el sistema de publicación científica prioriza ganancias frente al avance del conocimiento y la integridad académica.
digitum-um.blogspot.com/2025/12/la-c...
La ciencia bajo el control de las grandes editoriales
El dominio de las publicaciones científicas en el Norte Global por parte de las grandes editoriales comerciales es perjudicial para la ciencia.
digitum-um.blogspot.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
La ciencia bajo el control de las grandes editoriales
Un estudio del ICTA-UAB liderado por @danbrockington.bsky.social revela cómo el sistema de publicación científica prioriza ganancias frente al avance del conocimiento y la integridad académica.
digitum-um.blogspot.com/2025/12/la-c...
Un estudio del ICTA-UAB liderado por @danbrockington.bsky.social revela cómo el sistema de publicación científica prioriza ganancias frente al avance del conocimiento y la integridad académica.
digitum-um.blogspot.com/2025/12/la-c...
A great first day of conference in Mendoza, discussing many aspects relevant to the drain of scientific publishing
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A great first day of conference in Mendoza, discussing many aspects relevant to the drain of scientific publishing
Reposted by Stefanie Haustein
Panel en el workshop CECIC en la UNCuyo sobre the drain of scholarly publishing con @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca @lariviev.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca y la anfitriona Fernanda Beigel. Un lujazo 🌟
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Panel en el workshop CECIC en la UNCuyo sobre the drain of scholarly publishing con @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca @lariviev.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca y la anfitriona Fernanda Beigel. Un lujazo 🌟
Excited to discuss dilemmas of #openscience and research assessment reforms in Argentina the next couple of days. Thank you to hostess extraordinaire Fernanda Beigel for bringing us together in Mendoza 🇦🇷
December 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Excited to discuss dilemmas of #openscience and research assessment reforms in Argentina the next couple of days. Thank you to hostess extraordinaire Fernanda Beigel for bringing us together in Mendoza 🇦🇷
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Girls ages 16 years or younger who received HPV vaccines were 80% less likely than their unvaccinated counterparts to develop cervical cancer.
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
New research confirms HPV vaccination prevents cervical cancer | Cochrane
www.cochrane.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Girls ages 16 years or younger who received HPV vaccines were 80% less likely than their unvaccinated counterparts to develop cervical cancer.
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
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Scientific Reports has a ⬆️ Impact Inflation: a very high IF given their citation network (self-citing, citation cartels, etc).
They'll even typeset & publish AI slop for a fee!
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Strain explorer β: pagoba.shinyapps.io/strain_explo...
#SciPub #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicSky
They'll even typeset & publish AI slop for a fee!
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Strain explorer β: pagoba.shinyapps.io/strain_explo...
#SciPub #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicSky
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Scientific Reports has a ⬆️ Impact Inflation: a very high IF given their citation network (self-citing, citation cartels, etc).
They'll even typeset & publish AI slop for a fee!
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Strain explorer β: pagoba.shinyapps.io/strain_explo...
#SciPub #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicSky
They'll even typeset & publish AI slop for a fee!
Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS
Strain explorer β: pagoba.shinyapps.io/strain_explo...
#SciPub #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicSky
Reposted by Stefanie Haustein
Publikations- und Kostenmonitoring: Handlungsfeld für institutionelle Open-Access-Repositorien. Pro OAR DE Handreichung. https://zenodo.org/records/17357984
Publikations- und Kostenmonitoring: Handlungsfeld für institutionelle Open-Access-Repositorien. Pro OAR DE Handreichung.
Handreichung zum Pro OAR DE Vernetzungsforum "Institutionelle Repositorien und Publikations- und Kostenmonitoring" am 10.03.2025, Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
zenodo.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Publikations- und Kostenmonitoring: Handlungsfeld für institutionelle Open-Access-Repositorien. Pro OAR DE Handreichung. https://zenodo.org/records/17357984
Reposted by Stefanie Haustein
Nature Sci Rep publishes incoherent AI slop. eLife publishes a paper which the reviewers didn't agree with, making all the comments and responses public with thoughtful commentary. One of these journals got delisted by Web of Science for quality concerns from not doing peer review. Guess which one?
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Nature Sci Rep publishes incoherent AI slop. eLife publishes a paper which the reviewers didn't agree with, making all the comments and responses public with thoughtful commentary. One of these journals got delisted by Web of Science for quality concerns from not doing peer review. Guess which one?
Yay, our first podcast citation @danbrockington.bsky.social @paolocrosetto.bsky.social et al.
They discuss The Drain starting at minute 33:20 in the context of a protein science journal published by Wiley and also mention @elife.bsky.social. It's introduced as "almost an economics paper" :D
They discuss The Drain starting at minute 33:20 in the context of a protein science journal published by Wiley and also mention @elife.bsky.social. It's introduced as "almost an economics paper" :D
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Yay, our first podcast citation @danbrockington.bsky.social @paolocrosetto.bsky.social et al.
They discuss The Drain starting at minute 33:20 in the context of a protein science journal published by Wiley and also mention @elife.bsky.social. It's introduced as "almost an economics paper" :D
They discuss The Drain starting at minute 33:20 in the context of a protein science journal published by Wiley and also mention @elife.bsky.social. It's introduced as "almost an economics paper" :D
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reposted by Stefanie Haustein
🗓️ On Dec 3, the Institute for Science, Society and Policy will host the latest in its series of action dialogues addressing grand challenges at the science, society and policy interface.
Don't miss the State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025
12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Don't miss the State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025
12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
The State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025: A Confluences Action Dialogue | Research and innovation
www.uottawa.ca
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🗓️ On Dec 3, the Institute for Science, Society and Policy will host the latest in its series of action dialogues addressing grand challenges at the science, society and policy interface.
Don't miss the State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025
12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
Don't miss the State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025
12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST
The tiny academic thrill of being asked a question by a student and being able to say: "Hang on, my colleagues actually wrote a paper about this…”
doi.org/10.1002/asi.... @lucyces.bsky.social @diegokoz.bsky.social @lariviev.bsky.social et al. #ScholCommLab
doi.org/10.1002/asi.... @lucyces.bsky.social @diegokoz.bsky.social @lariviev.bsky.social et al. #ScholCommLab
<em>Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Clarivate's Web of Science (WoS) and Elsevier's Scopus have been for decades the main sources of bibliometric information. Although highly curated, these closed, proprietary databases are largely bia...
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The tiny academic thrill of being asked a question by a student and being able to say: "Hang on, my colleagues actually wrote a paper about this…”
doi.org/10.1002/asi.... @lucyces.bsky.social @diegokoz.bsky.social @lariviev.bsky.social et al. #ScholCommLab
doi.org/10.1002/asi.... @lucyces.bsky.social @diegokoz.bsky.social @lariviev.bsky.social et al. #ScholCommLab