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Research Information @researchinfo.bsky.social · 6d

Redefining publishing: why we’re moving beyond the article
www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opi...
The current publishing system doesn’t reflect how science is done – or how it should be assessed, writes Iain Hrynaszkiewicz of @plos.org

Redefining publishing: why we're moving beyond the article - Research Information

The current publishing system doesn’t reflect how science is done – or how it should be assessed, writes Iain Hrynaszkiewicz

www.researchinformation.info

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German Reproducibility Network @germanrepro.bsky.social · 6d

An almost complete GRN Steering Committee met this week in Berlin for our annual get-together to reflect on the last months, discuss strategy and plan ahead. 🤓 Exciting things are coming up in the next few months so stay tuned!
Thanks you QUEST Berlin for hosting us at this beautiful location! ✨

A group of people standing on a bridge in front of an old building, blue sky and some clouds. They all smile.

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

In this news story we look at three ways she changed science.

A loss for science, a loss for the community, a loss for everyone

🧪 #academicSky

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

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

www.nature.com

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Center for Open Science @cos.io · 7d

Libraries and Open Science: Overlaps and Gaps with the Research Community on Oct 7, 1:00 PM ET. Panelists from UAB, VCU, Yale Med, and Zucker Med discussing library engagement in open access & data management, challenges of defining "open science" boundaries, and more!

Reg: cos-io.zoom.us/webin...

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PLOS @plos.org · 8d

We have partnered with the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, which shares our collective vision to make publishing more accessible, and providing #OpenScience opportunities for researchers in #India.

🔗 plos.io/42jVqCL

PLOS announces a new publishing agreement in India - The Official PLOS Blog

Note: PLOS issued the following press release on September 30, 2025 SAN FRANCISCO, CA —The Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced…

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Emma Wilson 🎃 @emmawilson.bsky.social · 8d

This piece by @olivia.science et al is a fantastic read for anyone navigating AI in academia — I’ve included it in the reading for the lecture I’m giving to MSc students later this week

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · Sep 6

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or
even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in
the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or
apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we
are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not
considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This
is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse
and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece,
we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology
industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to
relevant work to further inform our colleagues.

Figure 1. A cartoon set theoretic view on various terms (see Table 1) used when discussing the superset AI
(black outline, hatched background): LLMs are in orange; ANNs are in magenta; generative models are
in blue; and finally, chatbots are in green. Where these intersect, the colours reflect that, e.g. generative adversarial network (GAN) and Boltzmann machine (BM) models are in the purple subset because they are
both generative and ANNs. In the case of proprietary closed source models, e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and
Apple’s Siri, we cannot verify their implementation and so academics can only make educated guesses (cf.
Dingemanse 2025). Undefined terms used above: BERT (Devlin et al. 2019); AlexNet (Krizhevsky et al.
2017); A.L.I.C.E. (Wallace 2009); ELIZA (Weizenbaum 1966); Jabberwacky (Twist 2003); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA).

Table 1. Below some of the typical terminological disarray is untangled. Importantly, none of these terms
are orthogonal nor do they exclusively pick out the types of products we may wish to critique or proscribe.

Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles

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Institute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 7d

🚨I4R is looking to hire postdoc fellows in public health and computer science!

The postdoc will join a team of researchers and help mass reproduce studies in leading public health journals or develop AI replicator agents.

Info 👇

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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 7d

📊 Join us today at 1pm for our Survey data drop-in.

This free online drop-in is for anyone working or thinking of working with secondary survey data.

Please book your place at the link below.

📅 1 October 2025
⏰ 12:00-13:00
📍 Online

Survey data drop-in - UK Data Service

1 Oct 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - This free online drop-in is for anyone working or thinking of working with secondary survey data who are looking for help and advice with their project or research.…

ukdataservice.ac.uk

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Open Research Calendar @openresearchcalendar.org · 7d

New Open Research Event 🎓📆 - Collective Infrastructures for Publishing [EN] in London, UK on 04/10/2025. For more info, view the event in our calendar.

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 8d

Hello BlueSky friends! The call for papers for Jisc's Connect More December event is now open! Closing date: 10th October. We're now doing two of these events per year, so there's plenty of opportunities to put something forward.

www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/submit...

Submit your programme session ideas for Connect More - Jisc

www.jisc.ac.uk

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IGOR DGPs @igor-dgps.bsky.social · 8d

🔍 Have we solved the replication crisis?

Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit.

📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET
💻 Online (contact us for the link)

#OpenScience #neuroskyence #academicsky

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Center for Open Science @cos.io · 9d

We're entering an exciting new phase with OSF. After a decade supporting researchers, we're actively engaging with partner developers to enhance OSF capabilities. Hear how we’re using open-source approaches to expand what's possible in open science.

Details: www.cos.io/supporter-en...

#OpenScience

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Hidden REF @hiddenref.bsky.social · 8d

The Festival of Hidden REF starts one week from today 🎉

You can still grab tickets to watch remotely on Day 2:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-festiv...

The Festival of Hidden REF

A festival for everyone involved in research

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social · 8d

UKRN staff collaborated with Vitae in Bristol last week, to explore collaborative models for open research training. From barriers to breakthroughs, nearly 40 L&D pros helped shape the future of shared curricula and peer-led delivery. #OpenResearch #ResearchCulture #UKRNConf #VitaeConf

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Open Research, University of Sheffield @openresshef.bsky.social · 14d

🔊 Vacancy: Open Research Manager, University of Sheffield Library (full-time, open-ended). The role will involve supporting projects across Sheffield and nationally with the @ukrepro.bsky.social to accelerate open research practices. Closing date 22 October: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Open-Res...

Open Research Manager

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Silvia Seghezzi @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social · 13d

🎓 Back with our first SPS Seminar of the year!

🗓 Wed 1 Oct, 1–2 pm
👩‍🏫 Speaker: Dr Maria Gallagher
📍 Room 612, Malet Street (refreshments from 12:30)
💻 Online via Teams (email me for link)

@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 13d

Diagnosing health conditions early and in a way that works for people’s everyday lives is vital.

We're pleased to announce six new EPSRC projects that are developing community-based diagnostic tools to diagnose health conditions earlier, and closer to home.

More: www.ukri.org/news/new-too...

New tools aim to improve early diagnosis and ease NHS pressure

New technologies being developed by UK researchers could help diagnose common mental and physical health conditions earlier, more accurately and closer to home.

www.ukri.org

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Universities UK @universities-uk.bsky.social · 13d

📢We welcome @ukri.org's £9m proof of concept funding – answering our call for more early-stage support in our Blueprint.

With the right backing, unis turn world-class research into businesses, jobs & solutions for society.🌟

See more: https://loom.ly/nJDKaO8

48 projects backed to turn cutting-edge research into businesses

UKRI backs cutting-edge projects, from home tests for endometriosis to AI for accessible travel, to grow into market-leading products and services.

www.ukri.org

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Taylor & Francis Research @tandfresearch.bsky.social · 15d

Our next webinar is 24 hours away, and you're invited! 📱

💻 What: Smart sharing: navigating social media as a researcher
📅 When: Wednesday 24 Sept 2025 at 9am BST
🎫 Register your place: spr.ly/6007f2RXJ

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Edinburgh Open Research @edopenresearch.bsky.social · 15d

Hello wonderful humans! Outwith would like to introduce you to their wonderful friends and research Partners in Participation.

Join us on the 8th of October at 4pm to explore some collections, and hear about mental health, creative methods, and a whole bunch more!
outwith25.eventbrite.com

Outwith Showcase 2025: Meet the Partners!

Join us to celebrate some of the best participatory research taking place at the University of Edinburgh.

outwith25.eventbrite.com

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Universities UK @universities-uk.bsky.social · 15d

📢Unis across England are delivering impactful knowledge exchange – a wide range of activities that benefit local communities, businesses and beyond.

Published today, the Knowledge Exchange Framework shows the sector's willingness to measure this impact: https://loom.ly/ej1IbPg

Knowledge exchange framework: Dashboard

Access the dashboard

kef.ac.uk

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 15d

New blog post from Data Colada, responding to the recent criticisms on p-curve analysis. It is a *very* good response. As in, it addresses exactly the points I would have expected in a reply, and it explains why I will still teach p-curve analysis. datacolada.org/129

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Universities UK @universities-uk.bsky.social · 20d

📊 A new report from The Sutton Trust shows just 15% of UK vice chancellors went to private school, and 50% attended comprehensives — up 17 points in 5 years. Leadership in higher ed is diversifying, but underrepresentation starts earlier.
More: https://loom.ly/hRl0prc

Elitist Britain 2025 - The Sutton Trust

Landmark research on the educational backgrounds of Britain's most powerful people.

www.suttontrust.com

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ASAPbio @asapbio.bsky.social · 20d

📢 During #PeerPeviewWeek2025, we are tackling a common myth: “Preprints aren’t peer-reviewed, so they must be poor quality.”❌
🎬 Watch the video to learn about the evidence why that’s not true 👇
buff.ly/MKjUzAo

Myth 1: Preprints aren’t peer-reviewed, so they must be low quality

📢 This #PeerReviewWeek, we are tackling a common misconception: “Preprints aren’t peer-reviewed, so they must be poor quality.” Let’s dig into the evidence to show why that’s not true: ✅ Preprints…

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 20d

💥New: Distributed Peer Review – How the wisdom of the crowd can allocate grant funding

✍️ Melanie Benson Marshall, Anna Butters, @stephenpinfield.bsky.social @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy

#PeerReview #PRW25 #ResearchPolicy

Distributed Peer Review – How the wisdom of the crowd can allocate grant funding - Impact of Social Sciences

New research shows engaging the applicants in funding review processes can resolve and reframe many issues facing peer review.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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