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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · 15h

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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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 12d

We need good practices for DOI registration for publish-review-curate platforms like @metaror.bsky.social and others.

@andre-brasil.bsky.social and I wrote a blog post about this: doi.org/10.64000/76j...

Together with @crossref.bsky.social we hope to receive input from the community on this issue!

Innovation in scientific publishing and its implications for Crossref DOI registration practices - Request for input - Crossref

Lots of exciting innovations are being made in scientific publishing, often raising fundamental questions about established publishing practices. In this guest post, Ludo Waltman and André Brasil disc...

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Jack Wilkinson @jdwilko.bsky.social · Sep 5

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.

INSPECT-SR: a tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials

The integrity of evidence synthesis is threatened by problematic randomised controlled trials (RCTs). These are RCTs where there are serious concerns about the trustworthiness of the data or findings....

www.medrxiv.org

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Jennifer Byrne @jabyrnesci.bsky.social · 24d

International #ResearchIntegrity conference 16-18 November 2025
Come to hear @elisabethbik.bsky.social Ivan Oransky @jamesheathers.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com Lisa Bero @liammannix.bsky.social @jdwilko.bsky.social @jacksonwryan.com +many others, stay for Sydney in late Spring @sydney.edu.au 🧪

Simon Gandevia @simongandevia.bsky.social · 26d

International Research Integrity Conference researchintegrityconf.com has been moved to University of Sydney (Refectory and Cullen rooms) Nov 16-18th 2025. Registrations filling fast

International Research Integrity Conference | 16-18 November 2025, Sydney, Australia

researchintegrityconf.com

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Michael Inzlicht @minzlicht.bsky.social · 28d

Major new paper by finds implicit measures like the IAT are no better than asking people directly about their biases. After decades of avoiding self-reports, turns out our sophisticated replacement tools work no better than what we abandoned. New post!

The Great Implicit Bias Bamboozle

Where were you when you first learned about implicit bias?

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · 28d

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

www.openscience.nl

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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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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Sep 3

AIMOS is pleased to make the following submission regarding the Australian Research Council's consultation draft for its new research evaluation framework: osf.io/mpvbc

OSF

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 28

You have three more days to get your proposals in for our conference in November!

AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 19

Submissions for #AIMOS2025 in Sydney close in just under two weeks!
aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 24

Two days away now!

AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 12

The best way to protect the scientific record is to prevent stats errors from entering it in the first place! Two weeks 'til our webinar featuring @tomhardwicke.bsky.social & @michelenuijten.bsky.social. Register here: qut.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Jennifer Byrne @jabyrnesci.bsky.social · Aug 19

A paper that combines #peerreview & cheese... what could be better? Answer: writing said paper with @abalkina.bsky.social @image-integrity.bsky.social & Marie Souliere. Read on to learn how the Swiss Cheese Model could help peer review & #researchintegrity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Rethinking Peer Review Using the Swiss Cheese Model to Better Flag Problematic Manuscripts

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 19

Submissions for #AIMOS2025 in Sydney close in just under two weeks!
aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Aug 15

Over time I expect research communities will develop a better understanding of the pros and cons of different models, like the MetaROR model, the PCI model and others.

We need experimentation to find out what does and doesn't work!

@rorinstitute.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 17

We are very glad to use our @metaror.bsky.social platform to help assist @plosbiology.org in their efforts to improve science.

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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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 14

@metaror.bsky.social (our collab with @rorinstitute.bsky.social) has just announced that @plosbiology.org is now a partner journal. This means that PLOS Biology will now consider metascience articles that have passed our transparent and rigorous review process. theplosblog.plos.org/2025/08/plos...

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…

theplosblog.plos.org

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 12

The best way to protect the scientific record is to prevent stats errors from entering it in the first place! Two weeks 'til our webinar featuring @tomhardwicke.bsky.social & @michelenuijten.bsky.social. Register here: qut.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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AusRN @ausrepro.bsky.social · Aug 6

Care about #reproducibility in research & publishing? Join this webinar on Aug 27th, jointly organised by @aimosinc.bsky.social & @ausrepro.bsky.social on statistical reproducibility with @michelenuijten.bsky.social & @tomhardwicke.bsky.social Free - register here qut.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 5

Useful coverage of paper mills and other fraud, citing the work of some AIMOS members: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 2

Real heads (e.g., @itchyshin.bsky.social) might remember that the 2020 conference was meant to be held in Sydney, but it had to shift online due to COVID-19: aimos.community/aimos2020

AIMOS2020 — AIMOS

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 1

The call for proposals is now up for our long awaited #AIMOS2025 conference in Sydney this November:
aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Jul 28

Learn about catching statistical errors before they become a problem, with two of the best in the business. qut.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (collab w/ @ausrepro.bsky.social)

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AusRN @ausrepro.bsky.social · Jul 27

Some @ausrepro.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social updates 🧵1/3
Check out the recording of previous webinar with Prof Jennifer Byrne & Prof Ben Mol "Understanding threats to reproducibility in published research: Paper mills, research fabrication & more"
youtu.be/u8A6wwnHUDI
@jabyrnesci.bsky.social

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Jul 13

Very grateful to all colleagues in the metascience community who dropped by at the @metaror.bsky.social stand at the recent #Metascience2025 conference. Glad to see the overwhelming interest in the MetaROR platform!

metaror.org

@rorinstitute.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social @cwts.nl

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Jul 9

Nature editorial on the launch of the Metascience Alliance and the need to meet the moment: "Metascience is coming of age [during] phenomenal change: AI is transforming science rapidly; research budgets are being squeezed..science is being politicized and attacked."

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Metascience can improve science — but it must be useful to society, too

Researchers studying research must avoid the temptation to get too stuck in the academic weeds.

www.nature.com

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Jul 8

In this blog post we make the case for the @metaror.bsky.social publish-review-curate model, arguing it supports better research assessment, as promoted by DORA and others.

@rorinstitute.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social @cwts.nl

MetaROR and DORA getting together at the Metascience 2025 conference

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