Dennis Donathan
@shillywakes.bsky.social
STEM Librarian at Trinity University (San Antonio, TX, USA), so I know like at least 4 things. Maybe 🤷♂️
#AI #scientometrics #OpenScience
#AI #scientometrics #OpenScience
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"Tackling misconduct is vital, but misleading representations and exaggerated projections risk undermining trust in science and lend weight to sceptics, rather than fostering effective reform."
www.economist.com/letters/2025...
www.economist.com/letters/2025...
How significant is the rise of fraudulent scientific papers? | Aug 23rd 2025 Edition
Also this week, higher education in Britain, AI security, greeting colleagues at work
www.economist.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"Tackling misconduct is vital, but misleading representations and exaggerated projections risk undermining trust in science and lend weight to sceptics, rather than fostering effective reform."
www.economist.com/letters/2025...
www.economist.com/letters/2025...
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Contested paper on vaccines, autism in rats retracted by journal
@martajhill.bsky.social in @thetransmitter.bsky.social
@martajhill.bsky.social in @thetransmitter.bsky.social
Contested paper on vaccines, autism in rats retracted by journal
The editor-in-chief cited “inconsistencies in the number of subjects” as the reason for the retraction.
www.thetransmitter.org
August 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Contested paper on vaccines, autism in rats retracted by journal
@martajhill.bsky.social in @thetransmitter.bsky.social
@martajhill.bsky.social in @thetransmitter.bsky.social
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Should papers describing the Tuskegee Study be retracted?
Publication ethics, retraction notices, and hindsight - Mikyung Kim, Christopher B. Shook, 2025
Academic research from years past has increasingly come under scrutiny for a variety of reasons. While it is imperative that flawed studies based on obvious res...
journals.sagepub.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Should papers describing the Tuskegee Study be retracted?
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Today, the #scholcommlab published a Statement of Support for PACBI Principles. With it, I reject my university's (SFU's) complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and call them out for restricting my ability to direct the work of @pkp.sfu.ca in a principled way. www.scholcommlab.ca/pacbi/
Rejecting Complicity: ScholCommLab’s Statement of Support for PACBI Principles - Scholarly Communications Lab | ScholCommLab
Rejecting Complicity: ScholCommLab’s Statement of Support for PACBI Principles In the wake of the genocide and scholasticide in Gaza, the […]
www.scholcommlab.ca
June 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today, the #scholcommlab published a Statement of Support for PACBI Principles. With it, I reject my university's (SFU's) complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and call them out for restricting my ability to direct the work of @pkp.sfu.ca in a principled way. www.scholcommlab.ca/pacbi/
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Breaking News: Gina Ortiz Jones has been sworn in as mayor of the City of San Antonio
June 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Breaking News: Gina Ortiz Jones has been sworn in as mayor of the City of San Antonio
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Boy do I have some good news and some bad news for Econ PhD students thinking of going on the market with an international trade paper…
April 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Boy do I have some good news and some bad news for Econ PhD students thinking of going on the market with an international trade paper…
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Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
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NEW PREPRINT: Evaluating Multilingual Metadata Quality in Crossref. This languished in a 95% finished state for forever. Now available! We analyzed over half a million records to see how completeness and quality changed for mono- and multi-lingual records arxiv.org/abs/2503.11853
Evaluating Multilingual Metadata Quality in Crossref
Introduction: Scholarly research spans multiple languages, making multilingual metadata crucial for organizing and accessing knowledge across linguistic boundaries. These multilingual metadata already...
arxiv.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
NEW PREPRINT: Evaluating Multilingual Metadata Quality in Crossref. This languished in a 95% finished state for forever. Now available! We analyzed over half a million records to see how completeness and quality changed for mono- and multi-lingual records arxiv.org/abs/2503.11853
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The 30th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy takes place in Bergen, Norway October 29-31 this year. The Call for Abstracts is now out, and submissions open March 17th. Presentations and posters alike are welcome. Hope to see you there?
Welcome to Bergen in 2025!
Welcome to the 30th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy (NWB 2025). Nordic Institute for Studies of Innovation, Research and Education are hosts together with the University Library o...
www.nifu.no
March 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The 30th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy takes place in Bergen, Norway October 29-31 this year. The Call for Abstracts is now out, and submissions open March 17th. Presentations and posters alike are welcome. Hope to see you there?
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Grateful for the chance to share my thoughts on responsible use of LLMs in psychology research @spspnews.bsky.social #spsp2025. Here's a summary of my presentation for those who missed it. Thanks to @ashwinia.bsky.social for organizing this panel!
How should LLMs be used in psychology research? 🧵
How should LLMs be used in psychology research? 🧵
February 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Grateful for the chance to share my thoughts on responsible use of LLMs in psychology research @spspnews.bsky.social #spsp2025. Here's a summary of my presentation for those who missed it. Thanks to @ashwinia.bsky.social for organizing this panel!
How should LLMs be used in psychology research? 🧵
How should LLMs be used in psychology research? 🧵
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If Fritz Lang’s Iconic Film Metropolis Had a Kraftwerk Soundtrack
If Fritz Lang’s Iconic Film Metropolis Had a Kraftwerk Soundtrack
The case of the copyright history of Fritz Lang’s influential sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis is as convoluted as the history of its film print. Lang’s vision, and his original almost-three-hour cut was...
www.openculture.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If Fritz Lang’s Iconic Film Metropolis Had a Kraftwerk Soundtrack
Ever wonder about multilingualism, metadata, and scholarly communications?
Yes? Read this article:
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January 10, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Ever wonder about multilingualism, metadata, and scholarly communications?
Yes? Read this article:
crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
No? Read this article:
crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
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Yes? Read this article:
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No? Read this article:
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