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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · 6h

Curious about creating a reproducible workflow for your research? 🔍 We provide several self-paced tutorials about tools that make your work more efficient, reproducible, and collaborative.
Self-Paced Tutorial of the Day: Introduction to R 📊 lmu-osc.github.io/introduction...

Welcome – Introduction to R

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Szymek Drobniak @szymekdr.bsky.social · 6d

Our newest paper is out in Methods in Ecol Evol @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social :) amazing team effort - we show that the traditional way of analyzing comparative data lacks finesse. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/oidcS... w/ @itchyshin.bsky.social Yefeng Yang, Losia Lagisz & Ayumi Mizuno

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Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @barcelonadori.bsky.social · 6d

1/3 Launching the BD/OA2020 Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata.
We will work on: framework & clauses · tools/templates · pilots · capacity-building.

Read: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2025100...
and: oa2020.org/2025/10/02/b...

#OpenResearchInformation #OpenScience

Barcelona Declaration and OA2020 launch Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata

We are excited to announce the launch of a Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata, established in partnership between the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information a...

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 5d

SIPS community members worked through the years to develop many resources that help to improve psychological sciences. We gathered them all, so you can find everything you need in one place.

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SIPS Products

If you have a project that started or developed at SIPS, or have updates on listed products, we would love to hear about it! Please email [email protected] to have it added to this list or up…

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Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre - AEET @eco-aeet.bsky.social · 6d

Desde el Gobierno de España se habilitado una consulta abierta a la ciudadanía sobre los puntos principales a incluir en un futuro Pacto de Estado frente a la Emergencia Climática.

Enlace a la consulta (abierta hasta el 15 de octubre):
forma.administracionelectronica.gob.es/form/open/co...

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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 6d

Esto es importante! Si te preocupa como a mí el cambio climático, desde el Gobierno se ha habilitado una consulta abierta a la ciudadanía sobre el futuro Pacto de Estado por el Clima. Participar es importante, si no sabes cómo, desde la AEET hemos preparado esta guía.

www.aeet.org/mm/file/Como...

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Alkistis Elliott-Graves @alkistiseg.bsky.social · 9d

My paper on heterogeneity in Evidence Synthesis is finally out! Many thanks to @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social and the participants of the Evidence Synthesis workshop at UniBielefeld for the great comments and discussions! doi.org/10.1017/psa....

Re-evaluating Heterogeneity in Evidence Synthesis | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core

Re-evaluating Heterogeneity in Evidence Synthesis

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 9d

This is absolutely amazing. Congratulations to the whole team! 👏

To all researchers out there: if you haven’t yet, I highly recommend checking out @peercommunityin.bsky.social
and @peercomjournal.bsky.social. They’re outstanding venues for open and community-driven publishing.

Peer Community Journal @peercomjournal.bsky.social · 9d

Last Friday, we published the 500th article of Peer Community Journal! 🥳

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 12d

From policy to practice: Progress towards #data- and #code-sharing in ecology and evolution #ProcB @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @eivimeycook.bsky.social tell us more in our blog royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 13d

Looking forward to seeing you all there. Join us! #SORTEE2025

SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 21d

Register now for #SORTEE2025 conference!

We thank our sponsors (@asn-amnat.bsky.social, @cdnsciencepub.com, @datadryad.bsky.social, @peercommunityin.bsky.social, @royalsociety.org, @sse-evolution.bsky.social, @biologists.bsky.social) who are eligible for free registration.

SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · Aug 1

📷 The 2025 SORTEE conference program is now online!

Visit sortee.org/upcoming/ to register and explore the exciting lineup of various sessions.

#SORTEE2025

If you know a great open science project, now is the time to nominate it for a SORTEE Award www.sortee.org/awards/

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 15d

Great way to end the first day at the Responsible Research in Action Unconference — keynote by Maryann Martone on changing the culture around data sharing, followed by an introduction to the new MERRI collaboration by @tweissgerber.bsky.social

EXCELScIOR ERA Chair Project @excelscior-era.bsky.social · 15d

Great way to end the day at the Responsible Research In Action Unconference - keynote by Dr Maryann Martone on changing the culture around data sharing, followed by an introduction to the new MERRI collabboration by Dr. Tracey Weissgerber 🌟

@ucoimbra.bsky.social
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Nick Moran @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social · 19d

Open data & code make science better.

That means sharing data, & code with published research AND during peer review.

But even at the better journals, submitting a manuscript is often confusing and tedious.

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From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and ev...

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Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 20d

Our latest #SORTEE-led paper is out now in #ProcB!

We reviewed data/code-sharing policy clarity, strictness & timing across 275 EcoEvo journals

We also worked with #ProcB & #EcologyLetters to assess initial compliance with sharing mandates. Huge team effort! 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and evolution, we still do not know how widespread data- and ...

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Tom Hardwicke @tomhardwicke.bsky.social · 20d

Great to see this out! Only ~23% of psychology journals have a post-publication critique format (e.g., letter to the editor). Some impose strict limits (e.g., 400 words & 4 weeks to submit). Critiques are rarely published — in two random samples of 101 empirical articles we found only 1 critique.

Annie Whamond @anniewham.bsky.social · 20d

Excited to finally have my first paper officially published! "How Do Psychology Journals Handle Postpublication Critique?" is now online with AMPPS. Huge thanks to my supervisors @tomhardwicke.bsky.social and @simine.com and co-authors @bethclarke.bsky.social, N Moodie, S Schiavone, and R Thibault ☺️

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 21d

New in #ProcB - From policy to practice: Progress towards #data- and #code-sharing in ecology and evolution @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @eivimeycook.bsky.social tell us more in our blog royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 21d

📣 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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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 21d

🙌 wonderful work leading this @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social, @eivimeycook.bsky.social, and @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social.

Transparency with open data and code sharing is a critical first step in the quality control pipeline for research code.

Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 21d

📣 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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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks, Sophie. Great to hear from you. Hope everything is going well. Cheers!

Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 21d

🎉 From Hackathon to Pre-registered Study

Started at SORTEE 2023 with 37 participants (now co-authors) assessing journal data/code policies. Pre-registered (doi.org/10.17605/OSF...). Thanks to @sortee.bsky.social , #ProcB & Ecology Letters for support & data.

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 21d

🔧 Moving Forward

Clearer, accessible data/code-sharing policies are key. Researchers, journals, and institutions must collaborate. Recruiting dedicated data editors can help ensure compliance and improve quality.

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 21d

📊 What We Found

Most journals have data/code-sharing policies, but many lack clarity or enforcement. This gap highlights the need for standard, transparent practices. Initial submission data indicates that policies do indeed increase sharing.

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 21d

📣 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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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 23d

New paper in @funecology.bsky.social led by @felixpleiva.bsky.social. We present ShareTrait, a community-driven platform for standardising & sharing individual-level trait data in ectotherms to improve data reuse across studies.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

#OpenScience #FAIRdata

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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · 24d

squidSim: a flexible R package for structured and reproducible simulations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
DOI: doi.org/10.32942/X20...

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Pau Carazo @paucarazo.bsky.social · Sep 1

We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇

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