An update: Taylor & Francis Research Insights set to make £58m from AI on 2024 as it reveals SECOND partnership. I’m glad someone is making money as universities close departments, make redundancies, raise fees, and cut salaries. The Bookseller thebookseller.com/news/taylor-fr…

Dealing with Research Paper Mills, Tortured Phrases, and Data Fabrication and Falsification in Scientific Papers. In: Scientific Publishing Ecosystem Springer Nature 📚 doi.org/10.1007/978-98… #ResearchIntegrity #PeerReview #AcademicPublishing

An interesting context for metascience units: in the 1920s, advanced work was underway to make Rapperswil Castle (Lake Zurich), the home of the world’s first Institute of Science of Science, to be led by Ossowskis (Polish architects of the very first science of science program).

To deliver on our University of Oxford ambitions for #ResearchPractice, we are designing & implementing a comprehensive #training & support programme, includes running #DigitalTransformation projects, defining organisational #guidance & #policies. Read more at: doi.org/10.31273/eirj.…

Loneliness, insomnia linked to work with AI systems apa.org/news/press/rel… via American Psychological Association

Is it safe to trust that the next REF will reward a wider range of outputs? timeshighereducation.com/depth/it-safe-… via Times Higher Education

Researchers engaging with society: who does what? academic.oup.com/spp/article/51…

Citations for cash: researchers have identified services where scholars can buy fake references in bulk go.nature.com/4csIaxW

An update of our periodical evaluation of the coverage (millions of records) of the main bibliographic/bibliometric databases (August 2024)

Recherchons candidates et candidats pour un poste d'ATER à Urfist de Lyon. Personnes intéressées à candidater, me contacter ainsi que J-B Monat (Urfist de Lyon).

#metascience Merci à BU Lyon1 ! On the value of meta‐research for early career researchers: A commentary - Fabiano - 2024 - JCPP Advances - Wiley Online Library acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jc…

#PLOSBiology: Rationalizing risk aversion in science: Why incentives to work hard clash with incentives to ta ... dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Whistleblowing in science: "You’re going to have to expect your life is going to implode... ” Olivieri is sceptical about policies that require researchers to report problems internally. Such practices, she thinks, serve mainly to protect the institutions"nature.com/articles/d4158…

We now have evidence that #hijackedjournals are not only fraudulent,but the papers published in them exhibit the highest level of plagiarism among similar studies on text similarities in journal articles.I'm happy to share these findings from my new paper! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

From serials crisis to dollar crisis: The compelling evidence against APC‐based open access in sub‐Saharan Africa countries - Adegbilero‐Iwari - Learned Publishing - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

L'UNESCO recrute dans son équipe dédiée à la science ouverte. dlvr.it/TCksXP

“How can I publish open access when I can’t afford the fees?” This Nature article focuses mainly on a) paying APCs or b) getting APC waivers. Let’s not forget the "diamond" and "green" routes that also offer OA without costs for authors! #OpenAccess nature.com/articles/d4158…

After years of explosive growth, "born-OA" publishers like #MDPI and #Frontiers are facing sharp declines: MDPI's output dropped by 30% in early 2024, while Frontiers fell by 29%! 📉 Meanwhile, Elsevier (+14%) and Springer Nature (+17%) are gaining ground ce-strategy.com/the-brief/retr…

The authors compared learning with #ChatGPT to using autopilot, noting that overreliance led the FAA to advise pilots to minimize its use to ensure they can fly when it malfunctions..