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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 5d

I also really need to have a chat with @dorassessment.bsky.social at some point :)

Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 5d

This is how you do "invite only" events!

You're never going to get good viewpoint diversity if you rely on people you already know - who often already attend the same meetings and say the same things over and over.

www.cerra.aau.dk - also a great looking meeting!

EU Presidency High-Level Conference on Reforming Research Assessment

At this conference, Aalborg University together with co-organizers as well as the Danish Presidency and the European Commission will address the need for reforming research assessment, present progres...

www.cerra.aau.dk

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 5d

Yes to the attention score method of determining when to do peer review!

This is something I've suggested a few times in the past.

Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks @iansample.bsky.social at @theguardian.com podcast for chatting #ScientificPublishing.

This pod follows from The Strain on Scientific Publishing & reports of publisher profit margins rivalling Google etc...

Paper: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

Pod: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Fraud, AI slop and huge profits: is science publishing broken?

Podcast Episode · Science Weekly · 02/10/2025 · 18m

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 6d

I'm biased but I think this is a really good guide 😉

I'm also very open to feedback and collaborations on a version 2.

Or, even better, tailoring this to specific departments/institutions to incorporate specific institutional policies too! (*cough* any librarians interested?)

Rippling Ideas @ripplingideas.bsky.social · 7d

A new PI’s guide to promoting open science and preprints in your lab

Download the guide Provided under a CC-BY licence.

A new PI’s guide to promoting open science and preprints in your lab

Download the guide Provided under a CC-BY licence.

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 6d

This is fantastic to see ❤️

If anyone is new to preprints then I've been developing some factual and informative ~5 min whiteboard videos - bit.ly/preprint_whi...

Also always happy to answer any questions anyone may have! Would love to help you in posting your first preprint

Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 8d

This is really a great way to get your research!

Rippling Ideas @ripplingideas.bsky.social · 8d

RSS feeds! You can create your own custom searches for papers and preprints using keywords and have them delivered to your chosen RSS reader.

Actually have a video and article on this coming :)

Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 8d

"One of the simplest and most reliable ways to stay current is through journal table of contents (ToC) alerts"

Discuss...

My 2c: For many fields, this is an inefficient strategy for primary research - most papers simply won't be relevant. But... 1/n

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 9d

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 9d

Starmer is handing the country to reform.

Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 9d

Sad to say but I have zero confidence in the leadership. It's a complete failure and dereliction of responsibility and leadership.

Completely out of touch with the average person and seemingly ignoring any criticism (advice) or more diverse viewpoints.

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 9d

Oh this looks so interesting! I wish meetings and workshops would be more hybrid - it's so easy for a smaller meeting

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 10d

I think experiments are brilliant (whether I agree with them or not) and I still give talks about PRC but the coordinated effort to make that the dominant model is where I find problems. It shuts down other experiments which is the opposite of what's really needed right not, imo.

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 10d

A great example is PREreview. They are a platform that genuinely expands who reviews, what can be reviewed, training and is more focussed on helping authors improve work as opposed to a QC step. I'd love more efforts like that. Or a really in depth detailed review service.

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 10d

I've seen notes from meetings about PRC (which as a dissenting voice I wasn't invited to) and it's a lot of the same people saying the same things. No real critical discussion. In part I suspect because those advocating for PRC have vested interests in it being the dominant model.

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 10d

My problem is the lack of real improvements to review and the refusal of those involved to have open and critical discussions - dissenting voiced and any alternative viewpoints are not seemingly welcomed. Certainly not listened too.

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 10d

Absolutely if the preprint has been revised then yes. Or separately those reviews should. But a preprint that hasn't changed, hosted somewhere else gets us right back into the territory of brands - where you were reviewed now (instead of where you published)

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 11d

Our latest video! If you want to get more involved with preprints then this will walk you though how.

Rippling Ideas @ripplingideas.bsky.social · 11d

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 11d

I'll be writing and making more noise about the PRC model and my wider concerns around that now being a goal and why I belive it's a mistake

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 11d

The original preprint isn't changed so not sure that does constitute a reason for a new DOI. PIDs for reviews/editorial assessment is great - and could be a way of linking them to the preprint.

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 11d

I think there needs to be much better discussion on whether this is necessary at all. Preprint platforms are capable of displaying this kind of info alongside the preprint - in addition to a wider array if trust markers (which is better for science & readers)

So why make it harder for readers?

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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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 11d

Very!

Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 11d

Yes! I've been calling for at least a basic metascience and history of science/publishing course as part of every students training for ages now.

Red Team of Science @redteamofsci.bsky.social · 12d

"Harvard could embed metascience into General Education Courses, ensuring that they reach as many students as possible." Ambika Grover in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Can Harvard Cure Science’s Mistrust Epidemic? | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard leads the world in science and in philosophizing on how to make the world a better place. It’s time to make metascience a bigger part of the conversation.

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 12d

It definitely seems to have become a goal. I've been trying to talk about that evolutionary space but I feel like I've lost that battle (though my new nonprofit is extremely focussed on that).

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 12d

I think this is effectively what PRC will do. But preprints don't themselves have to be hijacked like this. We could focus more on wider signals of trust/reliability, less focus on just peer review whilst also shifting what it actually is.

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 13d

HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 12d

I've been calling it PITA (preprint - integrity & trust - assessment). I hate PRC as I feel it's being pushed without enough critical thought and has huge potential to damage the preprint space.

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