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Science Integrity Alliance @sci-integrity.com · 18h

🌱 We're thrilled to share that our editorial team is growing! Under the leadership of Matt Hodgkinson (Editorial Lead), SIA’s newly formed Editorial Committee brings together a stellar group of experts.✨✨
@mattjhodgkinson.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy @andre-brasil.bsky.social @danielucko.bsky.social

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Science Integrity Alliance @sci-integrity.com · 18d

🌟 The Science Integrity Alliance welcomes James Parry as Senior Strategic Advisor! James brings 20 years of research integrity leadership, including 15 years as Chief Executive of UKRIO, supporting 120+ orgs. At SIA, he'll drive partnerships and advance our educational platforms.
Welcome James! 👏👏👏

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Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Much of what shapes a scientific paper never sees the light of day."

RoRI's André Brasil writes about MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) and opening the black box of peer review in the inaugural issue of REACH by @sci-integrity.com: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Sep 6

Heading home after #PRC10 feeling inspired by so many people with fresh ideas on how to make research better, and the highlight was reconnecting with my wonderful friend @james-mcauley.bsky.social after 10 years! Let’s keep the conversation going at the Science Integrity Alliance’s community forum!

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Sep 3

Arrived in Chicago for the Peer Review Congress and looking forward to hearing about strategies to safeguard the scholarly literature from fraud and misconduct, while engaging in productive networking. #PCR10 #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Aug 30

The launch of this inaugural issue marks an important milestone for SIA, bringing together some of the most important conversations happening in the research integrity space. I truly hope our community enjoys reading it!

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Science Integrity Alliance @sci-integrity.com · Aug 30

🌟 REACH is live!
A new digital magazine on research integrity & open science.

📖 In this issue:
✨ Launch of the Science Integrity Alliance
✨ Coverage of the U.S. Conference on Research Integrity
✨ COPE’s evolution in publication ethics
...and more!

🔗 Read here: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...

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Digital Science @digital-science.com · Aug 26

🌟 Can you visualize a future in which you’ve won a grant of up to £25,000? #CatalystGrant

💡🌱 Digital Science’s 2025 Catalyst Grant is now open for applications - with the theme of #DataVisualization.

🔗 See more about our Catalyst Grant - and apply here: www.digital-science.com/investment/c...

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is going to be incredible! 5 days to go! 🔥

Science Integrity Alliance @sci-integrity.com · Aug 25

🚀 ONLY 5 DAYS TO GO!
REACH is almost here, and we can barely contain our excitement!

📅 Mark your calendars.
⏰ Set your reminders.
📣 Tell your colleagues.
Research integrity communication will never be the same.

#REACHMagazine #ResearchIntegrity #LaunchCountdown #SIA

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Science Integrity Alliance @sci-integrity.com · Aug 21

🎬 Episode 3 of "Meet Our Partners" video series is here! We're proud to feature the Brazilian Reproducibility Network @redebrrepro.bsky.social—a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional initiative promoting transparent and reliable research practices across Brazil.🇧🇷 #ResearchIntegrity #Reproducibility

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · Jul 29

We discuss cultural change initiatives to promote #researchintegrity. We distinguish 2 schemas of research integrity:
👉The thick, lived kind
👉The thin, rule-based kind.
We need both. What’s interesting is trying to understand how they relate. Had fun writing this!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Research integrity, thick and thin - Synthese

We contrast two value-schemas of research integrity. One is the ‘thick’ ethos of an immersed and ethical researcher. The other is the ‘thin’ rules, responsibilities, and metrics that we use to communi...

link.springer.com

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Jul 13

This guy was visiting my butterfly garden 😍

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Jul 6

I believe the Café strikes a balance: it’s broader than Slack but more focused than traditional social media. As part of the SIA platform, it connects a community around shared values and offers a trusted space to exchange updates, resources, and developments in research integrity and open science.

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Jul 5

Here’s how:
1. Sign up at www.sci-integrity.com
2. Go to Account > Visibility and Privacy > Profile Privacy and switch to Public
3. Add a photo and short bio to complete your profile
4. Join the Café via My Groups > Explore Groups > Suggested Groups > click Join on Integrity Café. 2/2 #IntegrityCafe

Science Integrity Alliance

Together, we lead the movement toward a more transparent, accountable, and trustworthy scientific community.

www.sci-integrity.com

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Jul 5

👀 Have you heard? The Integrity Café is now open on the #ScienceIntegrityAlliance platform!

☕️ The Integrity Café is a welcoming space to share resources, spotlight events, and post quick updates on #ResearchIntegrity and #OpenScience. Ready to join? 1/2

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thanks for Bluesky-ing live from #Metascience2025!
When you have a moment, create your account at www.sci-integrity.com, swing by the Integrity Café, and let our community know what stood out. 💬 🧠
#ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience #ScienceIntegrityAlliance

Science Integrity Alliance

Together, we lead the movement toward a more transparent, accountable, and trustworthy scientific community.

www.sci-integrity.com

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Jun 30

Disappointed to miss #Metascience2025. If you’re attending, please share your thoughts in the Integrity Café and consider joining the Meta-Research Working Group to help shape targeted collaborative projects supported by the Science Integrity Alliance. #ResearchIntegrity
www.sci-integrity.com

Science Integrity Alliance

Together, we lead the movement toward a more transparent, accountable, and trustworthy scientific community.

www.sci-integrity.com

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Jun 23

You can find multiple platforms specializing in preprint reviews at sciety.org/groups, where you can also search for available reviews. You may also want to check out @dorassessment.bsky.social and @coarassessment.bsky.social, who are currently leading the research assessment reform.

Sciety Groups

Content creators helping you decide which preprints to read and trust.

sciety.org

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Jun 16

📢 Big move toward transparency: All @nature.com research articles will now include published peer review reports and author responses.
#openscience #researchintegrity #peerreview #transparency
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers

From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.

www.nature.com

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Jun 14

Don’t miss this virtual presentation on the updated Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines 👇🏻

Science Integrity Alliance @sci-integrity.com · Jun 14

🤝 Join our Advisory Board member @davidmellor.bsky.social on Monday, June 16 at 3 PM EDT for a look at the updated Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines.
📖 Learn more: osf.io/preprints/me...
📅 Register: cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #metascience2025 #researchintegrity #openscience

OSF

osf.io

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · Jun 5

This is a long-overdue initiative. Patient care should no longer be compromised by flawed or misleading research. It’s also time to recognize that publication in a “high-profile” journal does not always reflect the true quality or integrity of a study. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · Jun 4

Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’

Thrilled to announce this new $900,000 project headed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social

Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’

Group behind Retraction Watch aims to pinpoint the most influential flawed health data.

www.nature.com

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · Jun 2

The journal of sport sciences recently made a sample size justification section mandatory. More and more journals are implementing this, as it is a central part of a study! Learn how to create a state of the art sample size justification from my paper: online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...

Sample Size Justification

An important step when designing an empirical study is to justify the sample size that will be collected. The key aim of a sample size justification for such studies is to explain how the collected da...

online.ucpress.edu

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Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social · May 30

Ah yes, the gold standard of science. Start with an official health report full of fake citations. What could possibly go wrong? 🥇📉🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

www.nytimes.com

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Science Integrity Alliance @sci-integrity.com · May 29

The Science Integrity Alliance is building the first global network to unite research integrity initiatives under one powerful umbrella. 🤝

Join us in advancing research integrity worldwide!

✨ Your Initiative.
✨ Our Network.
✨ Maximum Impact.

www.sci-integrity.com
#ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience

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Jennifer Byrne @jabyrnesci.bsky.social · May 26

"A literature that's ...polluted with junk is not only no good to anyone, it's a source of real harm, and it lends itself to ... bad-faith attacks on scientific research in general... We need to speak up more about this situation and we need to start cleaning house more vigorously" #Papermills 🧪

Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · May 23

Inside a Scientific Paper Mill

@dereklowe.bsky.social writes about how Csaba Szabo was contacted by a paper mill and offered money if he could help them write more junk papers.

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

Inside a Scientific Paper Mill

www.science.org

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