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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 8d

A decent joke is to never send anyone a url without adding "utm_source=chatgpt.com" to the end.

Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 13d

Just submitted a highly amusing abstract to the International Research Integrity Conference (Sydney, November). Whatever the outcome, hope to see you there! Abstracts close on Monday. researchintegrityconf.com

International Research Integrity Conference | 16-18 November 2025, Sydney, Australia

researchintegrityconf.com

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 14d

I like that @elisabethbik.bsky.social introduced us to the fish with names —e.g., Short Stripe and Beauty Mole. I particularly like that Bearded Zebra prefers to go by "BZ". I can really get behind that tone of pubpeer discourse.

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 14d

Some folks confuse these things —who think the 'water movement' must be flawed, since bottled water is expensive, and contaminated water is poisonous. Clean water and #openaccess both cost $. We don't really need corporations selling packaged products, but communities funding reservoirs and taps.

On the left is a glass of clean water labelled ‘Delicious open access.’ In the middle is a plastic bottle of clean water labelled ‘Delicious open access, but stupidly costly.’ On the right is a plastic bottle full of putrid water labelled ‘Predatory open access.’

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 26d

Is there a mathematical term for the most difficult sets to sort?

And why does that term perfectly explain the kind of mess that six year old’s prefer?

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Aug 14

Even honest research results can flip – a new approach to assessing robustness in the social sciences

#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #WCRI2026 #WCRI

blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Even honest research results can flip – a new approach to assessing robustness in the social sciences

When academic studies get things wrong, it is often blamed on misconduct. Yet even good-faith research can produce contradictory conclusions.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 28d

My daughter made this clay model, and stuck it on my webcam. So, if we’re chatting, know that I’m also speaking with a jaunty goose.

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · 29d

Ahhhh, right you are. Thank you.

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · Sep 8

If Melbourne University Publishing doesn’t want to keep publishing Meanjin, they should hand over the journal to someone worthy of the responsibility. Me in The Conversation theconversation.com/the-decision...

The decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves better

The decision to close Meanjin is the latest in a string of recent decisions that suggest universities are not safe harbours for priceless cultural institutions.

theconversation.com

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · Sep 8

It boggles my mind that anyone would submit their work to any journal that they do not also read.
#Academicsky

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JAMA @jama.com · Sep 5

The use of #AI tools in health care raises questions about patient informed consent, necessitating a framework to decide when disclosure is needed. Learn more in this Perspective. ja.ma/424oPR6

Ethical Obligations to Inform Patients About Use of AI Tools

This Perspective discusses the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in health care and offers a framework for deciding what patients should be told about AI tools.

ja.ma

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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · Sep 2

Navigating Open Research: A Guide for Early Career Researchers. Great work from the CONUL Research Group. Free to download zenodo.org/records/1702... #irishResearch #openResearch

Cover matter: Navigating Open Research A Guide for Early Career Researchers
From CONUL - consortium of national and university libraries #openResearch #irishResearch

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Elina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · Sep 1

Pethick et al. Is There a Reproducibility Crisis? On the Need for Evidence-based Approaches www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #OpenScience

Is There a Reproducibility Crisis? On the Need for Evidence-based Approaches

The ‘Sixth Report—Reproducibility and Research Integrity’ (UK House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee 2023. ‘Sixth Report—Reproducibility and Research Integrity’) (‘The Report...

www.tandfonline.com

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · Sep 2

I vibecoded this little tool for detecting duplications and clones within scientific figures. I think it works ok! Please try it. There are sample images you can try. Free to use. Not nearly as good as the paid models, obviously.
👉 dejaview.streamlit.app
#researchintegrity @elisabethbik.bsky.social

dejaview.streamlit.app

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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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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Gantt Chart templates that universities offer their postgraduate students are some of the ugliest things I've ever seen.

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AusHSI @aushsi.bsky.social · Aug 22

A new #Nature story investigates a preprint by #AusHSI Prof @aidybarnett.bsky.social, which has found that peer reviewers are more likely to approve articles that cite their own work. When the reasons for citing are hard to justify, this can make the peer-review process transactional. #peerreview

Peer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own work

Preprint examines how citations can influence the review process.

www.nature.com

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · Aug 22

Consider studying #philosophy. It’s fun, and: “Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning…”
theconversation.com/studying-phi...

Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads

Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.

theconversation.com

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · Aug 22

New paper:

Tackling paper mills requires us to prevent future contamination and clean up the past – the case of the journal Bioengineered

With @deadneanderthals.bsky.social, @smutclyde.bsky.social, @mortenoxe.bsky.social, @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social, and me

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tackling paper mills requires us to prevent future contamination and clean up the past – the case of the journal Bioengineered

Taylor & Francis journal Bioengineered has been targeted by paper mills. Our goal is to identify problematic articles published in Bioengineered during the period 2010 to 2024. Dimensions was used ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · Aug 22

Two academics emailed me, saying kind things about my work. This honestly made my week.

If your Friday allows time, hammer-out a quick note that might make someone else's week. Let's emulate the good ones.

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Jennifer Byrne @jabyrnesci.bsky.social · Aug 19

A paper that combines #peerreview & cheese... what could be better? Answer: writing said paper with @abalkina.bsky.social @image-integrity.bsky.social & Marie Souliere. Read on to learn how the Swiss Cheese Model could help peer review & #researchintegrity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Rethinking Peer Review Using the Swiss Cheese Model to Better Flag Problematic Manuscripts

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · Aug 20

“There are only three classes of men that we in general have no patience with — superiors, inferiors, and equals.”

- Walter Savage Landor
[hat-tip Michael Gilleland]

Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · Aug 15

My 6-yr-old just described $9.80 as twenty-to-ten, as if money can be described like time, and this has shaken me.

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Mark Hooper @markhooper.bsky.social · Aug 14

“This LLM writes at a PhD Level” sounds a lot like, “This machine produces barista-grade coffee at the touch of a button”.

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Aug 13

🆕 New research: Med students & researchers both miss many duplicated images in papers

No big difference between groups. Tools & clearer guidelines needed.

researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #OpenScience #PeerReview

How good are medical students and researchers in detecting duplications in digital images from research articles: a cross-sectional survey - Research Integrity and Peer Review

Background Inappropriate manipulations of digital images pose significant risks to research integrity. Here we assessed the capability of students and researchers to detect image duplications in biome...

researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com

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