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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 22d

📣 Hot off the press at #ProcB!

🔍 Our study checked data/code-sharing policies in 275 eco/evo journals and compliance in Proc B (n=2,340) & Ecology Letters (n=571). Policies exist, but clarity and strictness vary, affecting reproducibility.

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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Antica Culina @anticac.bsky.social · 21d

Excited to be kicking off our symposium on improving research quality & impact with a plenary by Tracey Weissgerber. We have also been lucky with the weather!

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Antica Culina @anticac.bsky.social · Jul 1

Interesting thoughts exchanged at this morning #metascience2025 keynote panel & also nice to be at such a child friendly event! Really appreciated

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Antica Culina @anticac.bsky.social · May 6

How come I’ve discovered this only now?!

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searchRxiv - sharing search strategies for better evidence synthesis

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · Apr 3

Our paper investigating reproducibility potential in ecological journals without a code-sharing policy is now @peercomjournal.bsky.social

📰 doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
💻 github.com/ASanchez-Toj...

We've shared our results already (bsky.app/profile/asan...), so we won't bother you again.

Instead...👇

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · Mar 27

That was quick! 🙌 Excited to share that @peercommunityin.bsky.social Ecology just recommended our #preprint! 🥳

Recommendation: doi.org/10.24072/pci...

Next stop ▶️ Submit to @peercomjournal.bsky.social, let's support amazing initiatives.

A. Bezine, @marijapurgar.bsky.social, @anticac.bsky.social

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Antica Culina @anticac.bsky.social · Mar 18

It took me 10x longer than preparing a plenary talk, but it was also 10x more rewarding.

Talking about #birds to 4-7yo was so much fun. Apparat from hugs I’ve got a beautiful portfolio of their drawings. Love them all, but the one titled: ‘Lights, cakes, and Nina’s mum’ gave me the most laughs.

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Shinichi Nakagawa @itchyshin.bsky.social · Mar 4

Postdocs interested in meta-science and want to work in Canada - our Centre for Open Science & Synthesis in Ecology and Evolution will be happy to host you! (U of Alberta has one of the best Computer Science Dept) - apply.sloan.org/prog/call_fo...
Please DM me or email me if you are interested

Call for submissions: Metascience and AI postdoctoral fellowship -

apply.sloan.org

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · Mar 2

If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti...
Please share widely

Scientists' Stories - How to Contribute

How to contribute a Story

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Alejandro Sandoval-Lentisco @asandovall.bsky.social · Feb 26

I knew that meta-analyses were highly cited in psychology, but I didn't know that they were cited that much—about 5-6 times more than empirical articles!

I collected some citation data from the past 20 years and wrote a short blog post: sandovallentisco.github.io/posts/2025/0...

Plot showing the publication year of the different publication types (meta-analyses, reviews, and other articles) and their median citations as of November 2024.

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Feb 20

All metascience interested: Please contribute to the conceptualization and initial launch of the Metascience Alliance to create weak ties among the many organizations, sectors, fields, and researchers that are advancing metascience.

Links below to get involved.

Center for Open Science @cos.io · Feb 17

🔍 Read the concept: docs.google.com/docu...

💡 Share feedback: forms.gle/aRA4v3etaF...

📬 Join the mailing list: mailchi.mp/c1fc9c67f...

Metascience Alliance - Initial Concept and Request for Feedback

Metascience Alliance - Initial Concept and Request for Feedback Contents Introduction Metascience Alliance Activities Initial Structure of the Metascience Alliance Timeline Next steps Introduction Interest in the field of metascience is growing but coordination is hampered as metascience acti...

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Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social · Feb 20

To be, or not to be, part-time in academia?
This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team!
elifesciences.org/articles/106...

Point of View: To be, or not to be, part-time in academia

Part-time working can be beneficial for individual academics, and also for academia as a whole.

elifesciences.org

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Antica Culina @anticac.bsky.social · Feb 14

Who does not give up when the feeder runs out of the seeds? They’ve found a little solution 🧡

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Antica Culina @anticac.bsky.social · Feb 5

Are you coming for the #metascience2025 in London? Would you be interested to join a panel on research waste (the concept, its components, ways to estimate it)? We are looking for an interdisciplinary panel. DM if interested.

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Antica Culina @anticac.bsky.social · Jan 9

An exciting opportunity to fund your replication study!
Open Science NL offers funding for replication studies across all disciplines. Apply by 6 March 2025, with budgets of up to €200,000. More at www.openscience.nl/en/calls/rep...

Replication Studies | Open Science NL

Researchers working at a Dutch knowledge institution can apply for funding to replicate “cornerstone research” in all disciplines from NWO and ZonMw.

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Antica Culina @anticac.bsky.social · Dec 13

Eye opening talk by @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social on different aspects of language bias in science at #ASABWinter2024 also great advice on how to make conferences less language biased. And if I missed some ‘the’, I’m sure you still understand what I wanted to say :)

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · Dec 10

In 2020, we showed that studies published in ecological journals WITH a code-sharing policy showed a 21% reproducibility potential at max (Culina et al 2020, @plosbiology.bsky.social)

We've now investigated journals WITHOUT a code-sharing policy. The results are worrying.

📰 doi.org/10.32942/X21...

Code-sharing policies are associated with increased reproducibility potential of ecological findings

doi.org

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