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James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · 4d

Research assessment: a round-up

Excellent survey of the assessment landscape by @hollyelse.bsky.social in @nature.com, including our recent work @rorinstitute.bsky.social with the Global Research Council.

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

@alexrushforth.bsky.social @prussianhippie.bsky.social

Research assessment: a round-up for early-career researchers

Confused by research evaluation and its potential impact on career progression? Here are some pointers as to how things work in different parts of the world.

www.nature.com

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Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · 6d

New in @nature.com: Funding the Frontier, an AI tool to map & predict research impacts.

The piece cites RoRI's @jameswilsdon.bsky.social, who warns such algorithms risk reinforcing past successes over future potential: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · 15d

🧠 Does STI policy need a strategic brain?

Join us next Tuesday at UCL for a talk by @stianwestlake.bsky.social (Executive Chair, @ukri.org ESRC) on the future of UK R&D, with responses from @britishacademy.bsky.social's Molly Morgan Jones & UCL’s Sarah Chaytor: tinyurl.com/vekzka23

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James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · 21d

@rorinstitute.bsky.social @geoffmulgan.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social

James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · 21d

Does STI policy need a strategic brain?

Join us at 5pm on 30 Sept for a talk by @stianwestlake.bsky.social, Executive Chair, ESRC @ukri

Hosted by STEaPP-UCL & RoRI, w/ responses by @britishacademy.bsky.social’s Molly Morgan-Jones & UCL’s Sarah Chaytor

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/does-sti-p...

Does STI policy need a strategic brain?

A seminar on how metascience might sharpen investment decisions across the UK’s research system

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · 21d

@rorinstitute.bsky.social @geoffmulgan.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Aug 14

Very happy to announce a partnership between PLOS Biology and @metaror.bsky.social.

Metaresearchers can submit their work to MetaROR, where it will be peer reviewed openly, and can then submit to PLOS Biology, which will evaluate their work based on MetaROR's peer review reports.

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…

plos.io

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Aug 7

Excellent news piece in @nature.com providing an overview of ongoing discussions about the organization of peer review in funding allocation and scientific publishing doi.org/10.1038/d415....

@rorinstitute.bsky.social @cwts.nl

The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system

Journals and funders are trying to boost the speed and effectiveness of review processes that are under strain.

doi.org

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Richard Jones @richardaljones.bsky.social · Jul 17

The life sciences sector plan is now out, part of the wider industrial strategy. Lots in there, but I think interesting to see how it illustrates how the Science Minister’s “three buckets” doctrine of science and innovation policy might play out...
www.gov.uk/government/p...

Life Sciences Sector Plan

The Life Sciences Sector Plan sets out a vision and an action plan to drive growth, innovation, and better health outcomes.

www.gov.uk

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · Jul 10

Science of science has been used to improve research integrity and assessment.
Last week I spoke at #metascience2025 calling on the community to look further, to improve interdisciplinarity, trust in science & more

Our editorial adds more 🧪

@jameswilsdon.bsky.social
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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Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 10

Metascience’s big tent 🏕️

Some reflections from @scurry.bsky.social and @jameswilsdon.bsky.social after hosting #Metascience2025 last week - as we all continue digesting the insights and engaging with the interesting post-conference discussions: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-poli...

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · Jul 9

Metascience’s big tent. Some initial post-conference reflections from me & @jameswilsdon.bsky.social on lessons from #metascience2025, though there’s much still to digest.

Free to read link: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-poli...

Research Professional Sign-in

www.researchprofessional.com

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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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James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · Jul 9

Metascience’s challenge is to keep its big tent intact: a few final reflections on #Metascience2025 by
@scurry.bsky.social & me in @resprofnews.bsky.social

www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/po...

@briannosek.bsky.social

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www.researchprofessional.com

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Dalmeet Singh Chawla @dalmeet.bsky.social · Jul 8

My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

@ludowaltman.bsky.social, @jameswilsdon.bsky.social

UK metascience unit releases first results

Government research finds distributed peer review a positive for grant applications

cen.acs.org

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James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · Jul 9

‘Metascience can improve science — but it must be useful to society, too’. Good, thoughtful editorial in @nature.com on #Metascience2025 & the new Alliance

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

@helenpearson.bsky.social @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social @briannosek.bsky.social

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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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · Jul 6

Another interesting take on the #metascience2025 conference. Have been intrigued by the diversity of reactions – arising in part, I presume, because people took different paths through the many parallel sessions and brought different experiences & expectations to the meeting.

Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Jul 6

Why I'm more optimistic than others about metascience (or metaresearch)

(I wanted to write up some thoughts on #metascience2025 but I just don't have the time so this thread will have to do.)

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Frank Norman @franknorman.bsky.social · Jul 7

Some real insights into what metascience is, in these reflections from ‪@tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy‬

Includes some meta-metascience as he considers whether metascience should be seen as a discipline.

www.ukrn.org/2025/07/04/e...

ECR Metascientist Happy Hour | UK Reproducibility Network

www.ukrn.org

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Jul 6

Why I'm more optimistic than others about metascience (or metaresearch)

(I wanted to write up some thoughts on #metascience2025 but I just don't have the time so this thread will have to do.)

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Ryuichi Maruyama @rmaruy.bsky.social · Jul 4

100% agree with Dr. Nosek that metascience should not become a discipline; back in 2023 it was call a "movement" and this year @jameswilsdon.bsky.social and others called it a "discourse coalition".
All the discourse that wants to gather under this label should do so imo.
bsky.app/profile/bria...

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Jul 4

One instinct that I keep is a hope that metascience does not become a discipline of its own.

Disciplines get too monocultural and self-referential. The most exciting part of metascience is that it feels a bit disorienting because of the diversity in discipline, sectors, assumptions coming together.

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Jul 5

"Remembering Mario Biagioli, who articulated how scholarly metrics lead to fraud"

retractionwatch.com/2025/07/03/r...

Remembering Mario Biagioli, who articulated how scholarly metrics lead to fraud

Mario Biagioli Mario Biagioli, a distinguished professor of law and communication at the University of California, Los Angeles — and a pioneering thinker about how academic reward systems incentivi…

retractionwatch.com

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Jul 4

One instinct that I keep is a hope that metascience does not become a discipline of its own.

Disciplines get too monocultural and self-referential. The most exciting part of metascience is that it feels a bit disorienting because of the diversity in discipline, sectors, assumptions coming together.

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Jul 4

An interesting conceptualization of the metascience space, not at all how I have organized it in my head.

Ryuichi Maruyama @rmaruy.bsky.social · Jul 4

Inspired (partly) by ‪@jontreadway.bsky.social 's tweet thread, I have come up with a highly subjective and tentative map of different strands in metascience.
It is intended as a starter to begin talking about what people (want to) include in metascience.
#metascience2025

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Warren Pearce @warrenpearce.bsky.social · Jul 4

After two really enjoyable days at #Metascience2025, I wrote about how one 🌶️ moment encapsulated the controversy over metascience's issues 📑, inclusivity 🤗and future public value 🔮 #STS #AcademicSky

All feedback welcome on here, or by email 😀

warrenpearce.pika.page/posts/what-i...

What *is* metascience? Issues, inclusion and future public value - Warren's blog: Publics, politics, science and technology

This week, the biennial Metascience Conference came to London’s “Knowledge Quarter” with around 800 participants from a wide range of roles, including researchers, librarians, research funders, publis...

warrenpearce.pika.page

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James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · Jul 4

🙏🏻 thanks Ryuichi — and sorry we didn’t get a chance to talk more! I was v. pleased that Ueyama-sensei was able to join us, so we could give more profile to ongoing & potential developments in Japanese metascience!

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