Kathryn Weber-Boer
@kowb.bsky.social
Enjoys digging into data about science, a good principled argument, and human dignity. Super annoyed by disinformation and anything that hurts researchers or knowledge. Sometime archaeologist (I like animal bones...)
I learned something new today! There is a Figshare API endpoint (/articles) which should do this! docs.figshare.com#articles_list
Figshare documentation
docs.figshare.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
I learned something new today! There is a Figshare API endpoint (/articles) which should do this! docs.figshare.com#articles_list
I'm going to start calling its output "artificial text"
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I'm going to start calling its output "artificial text"
Altmetric Sentiment Analysis for those posts
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Altmetric Sentiment Analysis for those posts
What you *might* observe are regional differences in the adoption of good citation practices!
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What you *might* observe are regional differences in the adoption of good citation practices!
Just to add to the official account reply: it's a sadly surprisingly little known fact that Altmetric doesn't discriminate based on language. We look for identifiers, which are happily language neutral!
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Just to add to the official account reply: it's a sadly surprisingly little known fact that Altmetric doesn't discriminate based on language. We look for identifiers, which are happily language neutral!
I think I might have found a solution for you--I'll follow up on your application by email! (We really like your use of the API!)
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I think I might have found a solution for you--I'll follow up on your application by email! (We really like your use of the API!)
The really annoying thing is that ML is going to suffer from the genAI bubble burst 😒
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The really annoying thing is that ML is going to suffer from the genAI bubble burst 😒
Reposted by Kathryn Weber-Boer
I interviewed 108 ML researchers. They had a lot to say about this!
Lessons learned from machine learning researchers about the terms “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning.”
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Lessons learned from machine learning researchers about the terms “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning.”
compstudiesjournal.com/wp-content/u...
compstudiesjournal.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Reposted by Kathryn Weber-Boer
I have found so many MDPI papers from the same authors that seem to include near carbon copies of data from their other papers that are in other journals, sometimes MDPI!
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I have found so many MDPI papers from the same authors that seem to include near carbon copies of data from their other papers that are in other journals, sometimes MDPI!