Share your views towards building a shared understanding of AI disclosure in research. The survey is the first consultation round which will feature as a focus track at the @wcrifoundation.bsky.social in May. 🗓️ Survey closes: 28 February 2026 council.science/our-work/ai-...

📚 On this International Day of Education, we’re excited to share that DORA is launching an introductory course on Responsible Research Assessment in February 2026! An online, self-paced course on the basics of RRA, open to all career stages. Watch this space! 🧐

#Webinar: The International Science Council (ISC)’s Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science (CFRS) is hosting a webinar on Research Funding Transparency. 📆 18 March 2026 🕗 13:30 UTC 🔗 Register here: https://council.science/events/research-funding-transparency/

Don’t miss Dr. Wanda E. Ward, NSB member & ARIS BI Champion, on Feb 27 (1:30–2:30 PM CST) for “Rethinking Merit Review.” Learn how NSF aims to boost impact, accountability & innovation. Space limited—register now! umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

How can research funders ask their grantees to share their work for others to reuse and build upon? Funders interested in exploring an open science policy should check out this @cos.io webinar: cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

ReproducibiliTea Copenhagen is back with the first journal club of the year! When: Feb 27, 10:30 am Where: lnkd.in/dUTDkWSW #ReproducibiliTeaCopenhagen #JournalClub #OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch #ResearchReproducibility

In recognition of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, @plosone.org brings together perspectives from Section Editors and an insightful conversation with @clairebrockett.bsky.social from @sheffielduni.bsky.social on why inclusion matters ⬇️ #IDWGS2026 #WomenInScience

"The reports are good, but results are usually wrong." Prof Mike Thelwall shares his experiments with using ChatGPT for assessment, comparing AI with human scores in the context of REF. "It can help experts make decisions when they are uncertain, which happens often." cassyni.com/events/JjA2W...

"Don't panic". After a series of risks of using AI in assessment, Prof @maurahiney.bsky.social finishes on what we can do to mitigate negative integrity impacts of AI-assisted assessment. The slides and recording will be posted to Cassyni: cassyni.com/events/JjA2W... @inorms-reg.bsky.social

💡 #WomenInScience make up about 1/3 of researchers globally but are still underrepresented in academies and scientific unions that shape leadership and recognition 📢New report out today by IAP, ISC and SCGES explores the gap: tinyurl.com/y9ntv3sn Join today's webinar (2pm UTM): tinyurl.com/229rrumb

For the University of Helsinki's comprehensive research assessment, researchers designed a dedicated module to capture interdisciplinarity. Reviewers called their approach "inspiring" and did not identify major weaknesses, but do provide recommendations. 👇 Read the assessment, reviews & full text

"Structural incentives shape integrity outcomes" - Professor @maurahiney.bsky.social kicks off the "AI in Research Assessment, A Global Symposium" connecting research assessment and integrity. There's still time to join: cassyni.com/events/JjA2W.... Thanks @inorms-reg.bsky.social and REACH Network!

👀ICYMI: "Binary decisions are inevitable, in the choice to read, cite, or disregard something, but they are not fit as proxies for scientific validity" @georgealfredcurrie.bsky.social & @damianpattinson.bsky.social #OpenResearch #PeerReview #AcademicChatter

💡 We’re pleased to be partnering with @wellcometrust.bsky.social and @senseaboutsci.bsky.social to explore how research communication can remain effective amid rising polarisation and scepticism about expertise Find out more ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-kin...

The ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council is doubling down on distributed peer review (DPR). In new applicant-led pilots launching in 2026, ESRC will use DPR for its new Connect scheme, building on earlier UKRI pilots that “worked really well”: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

On 20 January, EMBO held a #workshop to collect input from its scientific community on the selection criteria for EMBO's funding schemes. 🧪 Read more here: https://www.embo.org/features/policy-workshop-on-revisiting-the-evaluation-criteria-for-embos-funding-schemes/#workshop#LifeSciences #research #policy

Join Iratxe and other members of the @force11.bsky.social FORCE 11 Data Usage Typology Working Group as they present their work at this @researchdataall.bsky.social RDA webinar on Feb 24, 07:00 UTC. Register: www.rd-alliance.org/events/data-... Working Group information: force11.org/group/data-u...

📣 Join us on March 5th for the Community Call, where we'll discuss the ins and outs of doing open peer review as part of a team. 🤝 ASAPbio and @prereview.bsky.social staff will discuss peer review crowds and clubs, PREreview platform & more. Register 👇️ buff.ly/5I0wC4l

Save the Date: International #OpenAccess Week will be October 19-25, 2026. #OAWeek is an opportunity to join together, take action & raise awareness of the benefits of openly sharing knowledge. www.openaccessweek.org

📍Join ORCID's @pmarrai.bsky.social for a webinar with @datacite.org in support of Love Data Week! ⏰ Learn how to link and track research outputs and activities to save time and elevate impact. 🆔 ORCID iDs + DataCite DOIs work together to make this possible. #LoveData26 Register now 👉

A new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) proposes a framework for evaluating trustworthiness of research findings. The paper is authored by a multidisciplinary group of research leaders, including COS Exec. Director Brian Nosek 📄 :

New piece by @georgealfredcurrie.bsky.social and me about the problems with equating journal acceptance with scientific validity. This is what we're trying to challenge at eLife, but many disagree. Is it because of opposition to the arguments, or entrenched culture? blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

@psl-univ.bsky.social s'engage pour l'évaluation qualitative de la recherche, en signant @dorassessment.bsky.social et en rejoignant @coarassessment.bsky.social psl.eu/engagement-d...

"Binary decisions are inevitable, in the choice to read, cite, or disregard something, but they are not fit as proxies for scientific validity. Traditional journals conflate review and curation, making publication the primary signal of quality rather than peer evaluation itself."

💡 Thinking about preprinting but unsure where to start? 📖 Check out “A Guide to Preprinting for Early Career Researchers”: 🔍 What preprints are & their relevance across disciplines 💬 Tips for discussing preprints with co-authors ✅ Preprint submission checklist

A great post from @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social exploring the link between #openscience and research integrity. The authors highlight a recent PLOS Open Science Indicators (OSI) dataset as a tool used to help assess this relationship. See the OSI dataset: plos.io/3ZFdjYL Read the findings ⬇️

“If fabricated studies make their way into the evidence base, they can mislead real scientists and ultimately slow progress for patients." Published in The BMJ, a new AI tool developed by @aidybarnett.bsky.social and colleagues has exposed the scale of fake studies flooding cancer research.

The mutable truth of metadata. Research outputs evolve but for fair and transparent #ResearchAssessment, their #metadata shouldn't. See #OpenAIREGraph CTO @pmanghi.bsky.social's arguments for why freezing and versioning metadata is essential in #OpenScience. 🔗 Read the article shorturl.at/h93pq

🌍 The Barcelona Declaration joins the 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access 🧩 Workshop: Metadata Standards, Interoperability & Persistent Identifiers for Diamond OA 📅 Mon 2 Feb | 🕒 06:00–08:30 CET / 10:30–13:00 IST 🔎 diamondoasummit.org ▶️ Live: www.youtube.com/@IIHRMM

Would you like to support #preprints 📰 but don't know how? Or maybe you don't have much time? ⏳ Below you can find several tips, some of which will only take 5 minutes! ⏲️ #OpenScience

📅 Mark your calendars for #SIPS2027! The 2027 SIPS conference, organized in collaboration with the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science @aimosinc.bsky.social, will be held in November at the University of Melbourne, Australia. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

"Why Open Research and Responsible Research Assessment Matter and how we can make them happen?". An invite to the #Irish research community to join us in person for the ABOARD capstone event at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, on March 27. Register now 👉 app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...

We're pleased to once again partner with @einsteinberlin.bsky.social for this year's #EinsteinFoundationAward, honoring researchers and institutions working to advance #research quality and integrity across all scientific disciplines. ➡️ plos.io/4sV68Lz

"Reforming Research Assessment is a Systemic Challenge." Nice article reminding us all of that based of #CeRRA2025: www.systeminnovation.org/blog/reformi.... Reminded us of the 2021 "Why does research assessment need systems thinking?" from Ruth Schmidt and colleagues 👉 sfdora.org/wp-content/u...

📚 On this International Day of Education, we’re excited to share that DORA is launching an introductory course on Responsible Research Assessment in February 2026! An online, self-paced course on the basics of RRA, open to all career stages. Watch this space! 🧐

It's only a week away to the TCC Africa Webinar "Reframing University Rankings: Visibility, Open Science & Global South Leadership." Our PM Giovanna Lima will share about the interplay between responsible assessment and rankings. You can register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

In case you missed it, @orfg.bsky.social weighed in on the request from the National Institutes of Health for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs. Click for details: www.orfg.org/news/2025/12...

☕ Café CoARA | 5 février, 13h–14h : Rita Morais (EUA) présentera un dispositif pour l’évaluation des carrières académiques, issu du groupe de travail international CoARA "Reforming Academic Career Assessment" Lien de connexion : univ-amu-fr.zoom.us/j/9238696554...

Earlier this week, a #policy workshop was held at EMBO with members of our scientific community to reflect on how #research and researchers are assessed across our funding schemes. This workshop is part of EMBO’s commitment to DORA, CoARA#policy#researchnd to advancing #ResponsibleResearchAssessment. 🧪

#Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in #STEMM fields, top institutions & in senior positions. Analysis of millions of biomed & life science articles reveal that female-authored articles spend longer under review than comparable male-authored ones @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4658FZN

Last week in Berlin, the CoARA Working Group on Recognising #PeerReview hosted a workshop on recommendation implementation, attended by Bernd Pulverer, Head of EMBO Press and co-chair of the Working Group, as well as Sandra Bendiscioli, EMBO Senior Policy Officer. 🧪 #ResearchAssessment

🌍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜, 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 Hello | مرحبًا | こんにちは | Salut With these new translations, the Declaration is now available in 𝟏𝟖 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, supporting engagement with open research information across regions and contexts. ⬇️

If you write any research software or use research-focussed software please complete the following www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

“Better assessment leads to better research.” – Giovanna Lima, DORA Side Event 2 from the IAP Triennial Conference explores why reforming research assessment matters for innovation, integrity and public trust in science. 🎥 Watch now: tinyurl.com/4xxsjwsu #ResearchAssessment #TrustInScience

📣 Nominations are now open for the #HardingPrize for Trustworthy Communication! 🏆 We’re looking for clear, balanced evidence-based communications that help people make informed decisions. Submit your article, video, podcast or post by 15 Feb 2026! t.co/8iec0BZDcE

Highlights from today's workshop “Collaborative Pathways to Responsible #ResearchAssessment via #OpenInfrastructures”. Participants were diving into hands-on evaluations of #MyResearchFolio & the #GraspOS Meta-Catalogue using the #CoARA OI4RRA #OpenInfrastructure Checklist. Grab a taste! 👇

📣 In our next research seminar, @nielsmede.bsky.social from @w-u-r.bsky.social will talk about 'Public opinion and communication about science: Global evidence from a 68-country survey'. 📅 Friday, 23/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET) 📌 Online & at CWTS www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

A new community-driven lab handbook for reducing conflict and creating more positive and equitable work environments gets strong support from a survey of 200 researchers. buff.ly/K7CGFLV

🎥 All recordings from the IAP Triennial Conference are now live on our YouTube channel. Explore sessions on science diplomacy, trust in science, women in science, early-career researchers and more. ➡️ Watch now: tinyurl.com/3ukp24sd #SciencePolicy

At next week's 4th Zhuhai Conference on Research Evaluation and Academic Publishing, our Editor-in-Chief Emily Chenette will give a talk about 20 years of @plosone.org, and @plos.org Associate Editorial Director Rebecca Kirk will take part in a roundtable on journal quality. zhuhai.xr-scholar.com#/