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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 43m

🔢 Think your PIN is original? Think again.

@infobeautiful.bsky.social has visualized the most common PIN codes in the world — and let’s just say, “1234” is doing a lot of heavy lifting. 😅

informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...

#DataVisualization #FridayFun #DataStorytelling #DeltaThinkData

Most Common PIN Codes — Information is Beautiful

How predictable is yours?

informationisbeautiful.net

Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 21h

@heatherstaines.bsky.social and @meagan-g-phelan.bsky.social checking in on Meagna's keynote at
@scholarlypub.bsky.social's New Directions Seminar focused on the critical intersection of science, politics, and public trust.

#Trust #Evidence #Scholarship #Science #ScholComm

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 1d

🎤@heatherstaines.bsky.social is live at @scholarlypub.bsky.social's New Directions Seminar!

And always terrific to find to time to connect with #ScholComm friends and colleagues. We 👀 you DK and Bill!

#ScholarlyPublishing #Community

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 6d

📚 The reprint you’ve been waiting for…

E.A. Codman’s 1896 Album of Stereoscopic & Plain X-Rays (hot off Roentgen’s discovery) is finally back — digitized by Harvard’s Countway Library.

👉 countway.harvard.edu/news/ea-codm...

#ScholComm #HistoryOfScience #FridayFun #Science

E.A. Codman's 1896 Album of Stereoscopic and Plain X-rays Digitized! | Countway Library

The Center for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce the digitization of E. A. Codman's Album of stereoscopic and plain X-rays : radiographs, 1896. This album represents some of the earliest ...

countway.harvard.edu

Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 6d

📊 Delta Think is finalizing our Annual Market Sizing Analysis—a rigorous look at the global journals market with a focus on OA trends. Don’t miss our free 2025 report + webinar.

Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#ScholComm #OA #DeltaThinkData

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Delta Think News & Views: Market Sizing Update. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Our annual update on shifts in Open Access content including context and long-term trends

us02web.zoom.us

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 13d

🤖 Smart AI. Smarter Scholarship.

Our latest News & Views looks at how AI is reshaping research + publishing—beyond the hype.

Read more: www.deltathink.com/smart-ai-sma...

✉️ Sign up for updates or meet us at #FBF25 + #CharlestonConf.

#AI #ScholComm #ManageToChange

Smart AI, Smarter Scholarship

www.deltathink.com

Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 14d

🔨 Science explores opportunities and challenges for science communication in an era of generative AI, raising questions about how AI may support—but not replace—critical human skills like judgment, accuracy, and storytelling.

#ScholComm #AcademicPublishing #AI

www.science.org/content/blog...

Can ChatGPT help science writers?

www.science.org

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 15d

Update from #OASPA2025 ...

Malavika Legge, @oaspa.bsky.social Program Manager, moderates the Interactive Feedback Session with an assist from her very talented son and a reminder from
Maurice York's 2024 Keynote Address: "Only all of us know enough ... "

#OA #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 15d

We see you @heatherstaines.bsky.social 👀!

infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 15d

Interview: Heather Staines, Member of the Executive and Education Committees COUNTER Metrics www.countermetrics.org/interview-he... #scholcomm #publishing #libraries @deltathink.bsky.social

Interview: Heather Staines, member of the Executive and Education Committees COUNTER Metrics

Our latest interview is with Heather Staines. Heather is a member of both the COUNTER Executive Committee and the Education Committee.

www.countermetrics.org

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 16d

Day one at #OASPA2025 ... amazing setting at Irish College Leuven and welcome remarks from @viroviacum.bsky.social.

We have FOMO, but if you are attending, please be sure to check in with @heatherstaines.bsky.social.

#OA #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 19d

Why would anyone want to be a scientist?

We ❤️ this thoughtful piece from @biologists.bsky.social ... a powerful reminder of why scientists and their work matters.

#Science #Researchers #Passion #Innovation #Progress

journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Why would anyone want to be a scientist?

It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently...

journals.biologists.com

Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 20d

US policy shifts → OA ripple effects.

Check in with @heatherstaines.bsky.social at #OASPA2025 to explore insights from Delta Think’s Author/Researcher survey.

#OpenAccess #OAPolicy #ScholComm #DeltaThinkData #AcademicPublishing #Scholarship

www.deltathink.com/delta-thinks...

Delta Think’s Survey Results: What 13,000 Researchers Revealed About the Fallout from US Funding Cuts

www.deltathink.com

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 22d

The @arl.org has submitted comments on NIH's proposal to limit allowable publication costs.

ARL argues that capping APCs risks shifting costs back onto libraries without addressing systemic issues in scholarly communication.

#ScholComm #Research #Funding
#Policy

www.arl.org/wp-content/u...

www.arl.org

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 22d

🥳 Celebrating #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025: RETHINKING PEER REVIEW IN THE AI ERA

Check out all of the events and activities and get involved at peerreviewweek.net

#ScholComm #AcademicPublishing #PeerReview

Peer Review Week (PRW) is a global celebration of the vital role peer review plays in ensuring the quality and integrity of research.

peerreviewweek.net

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 23d

At UCLA, researchers recently staged a “science fair” to showcase projects halted by the suspension of more than $584 million in federal grants.

Funding disruptions don’t pause science — they dismantle it.

#Research #Funding #Policy #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing

laist.com/news/educati...

UCLA researchers host science fair to showcase work suspended by the Trump administration

On Thursday evening, dozens of researchers hosted a science fair at UCLA to demonstrate the long-term impact of frozen grants.

laist.com

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 Proof that humans have not cornered the market on stupidity.

#AI #Innovation #Oops #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing

aidarwinawards.org/index.html

AI Darwin Awards 2025 - Celebrating Spectacularly Bad AI Decisions

Honouring those who use artificial intelligence in spectacularly reckless ways. Submit nominations for the most catastrophically ill-advised AI deployments of 2025.

aidarwinawards.org

Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 27d

Seen at #ALPSP2025 ...

➡️ @elainestott.bsky.social hanging out with @heatherstaines.bsky.social

➡️ @kellyhenwood.bsky.social, Jitske De Vries, Tina Harseim, and @charlierapple.bsky.social discussing strategies for social media/digital engagement in #ScholComm, orchestrated by DT's Diane Harnish

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 28d

🛎️ Live from Manchester!

@heatherstaines.bsky.social Staines, Wayne Sime, and Innovation Award Finalist Rebecca Taylor Green kick off #ALPSP2025.

#ScholComm #Community #AcademicPublishing

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 28d

How much will U.S. funding decisions ripple across the global research and publishing ecosystem?

@heatherstaines.bsky.social and Dan Pollock dig into the impact of NSF funding cuts on #ScholComm.

www.deltathink.com/news-views-h...

#Science #Funding #Policy #AcademicPublishing #DeltaThinkData

News & Views: How much will cuts to NSF funding affect the future of scholarly publishing?

www.deltathink.com

Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · Sep 8

@aip-publishing.bsky.social's Physics Today recently spotlighted a new crowdsourced database that maps U.S. science grant funding.

#Science #Research #Funding #Policy

pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

A crowdsourced database tracks US science grant cancellations

Increasing transparency and informing advocacy and litigation efforts are the main goals of the online resource, which monitors the status of funds awarded by NSF and NIH.

pubs.aip.org

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · Sep 7

#Beautiful #Science #Passion #Vocation

Science News @scinews.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · Sep 5

It turns out leeches aren’t just for medieval medicine. They’re still in use today — and yes, it’s evidence-based. 🪱➡️🩺

It may sound a little icky, but science says leeches still get the job done.

www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...

#Gross #FridayFun #Science #ScholComm

How leeches (yes, leeches!) are used in medicine today

Leeches. Why did it have to be leeches?

www.healthcare-brew.com

Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · Sep 4

Less paperwork, more science?

New @nationalacademies.org report pushes to streamline U.S. research regs — changes that could reshape publisher workflows too.

nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2923...

#ScholComm #ResearchPolicy #AcademicPublishing

Simplifying Research Regulations and Policies: Optimizing American Science

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

nap.nationalacademies.org

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · Aug 29

Technology shifts. Funding cycles change. User expectations evolve. Yet libraries remain — adapting to changing needs while maintaining their role in preserving and providing access to knowledge. @jstordaily.bsky.social

daily.jstor.org/how-librarie...

#Libraries #Knowledge #ScholComm #Community

How Libraries Stand the Test of Time - JSTOR Daily

The digital era builds upon millennia of librarianship as humans strive to preserve our cultural heritage.

daily.jstor.org

Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · Aug 27

🚨 New funding opportunity from @acs.org: a $2.5M Graduate Student Success Grant program to support grad students facing research disruptions from lost federal funding.

www.acs.org/pressroom/ne...

#ResearchFunding #AcademicTwitter #PhDLife #STEM

ACS commits $2.5 million to support graduate students impacted by research funding terminations - American Chemical Society

ACS announces the launch of the Graduate Student Success Grant, a one-time, $2.5 million initiative that provides support for graduate students whose research has been disrupted as a result of termina...

www.acs.org

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