arXiv’s computer science category is closing the door on unvetted review and position papers. The reason? A flood of low-quality, often AI-generated submissions. blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/a... #ScholComm #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #AIinScience #AI

"Reclaiming scientific discourse, one conversation at a time." The Open Science Network aims to rebuild “Science Twitter” — but this time as a federated, community-governed platform built and owned by researchers and scientists. 👉 openscience.network #OpenScience #ScholComm #Infrastructure

🤖 Dear Editor … Sincerely, ChatGPT The New York Times reports that titles like NEJM are seeing a surge in AI-generated letters to the editor — a new twist in how research dialogue is evolving. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s... #AI #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing #DeltaThink

👍 Vendor Showcase at the @chashub.bsky.social Conference is in full swing. 🎉 @heatherstaines.bsky.social is celebrating one year of Katina Magazine! #Libraries #ScholComm #ChsConf25

Catch the replay of Delta Think’s 2025 Market Sizing Update and dig into the data behind shifting business models and what’s next for OA. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lcU... Stay ahead of the trends — subscribe to DAT for continuous insights and updates. #OA #ScholComm #DeltaThinkData

🌴 Charleston 2025 — we’ll see you there! The Delta Think team is headed to the @chashub.bsky.social Conference, and we can’t wait to connect with colleagues and collaborators across the #ScholComm community. 📍 More info: www.charleston-hub.com/the-charlest... #ChsConf2025 #Libraries #Community

It’s #OAWeek25 — time to celebrate (and analyze)! 🎉 Join @heatherstaines.bsky.social, Dan Pollock & Lori Carlin for Delta Think’s free webinar unpacking this year’s Open Access Market trends. 👉 Wednesday, 10/29, 10am EDT us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #OpenAccess #ScholComm #OA #DeltaThinkData

NEJM.org and @cidrap.bsky.social will launch “public health alerts,” a digital alternative to the CDC’s MMWR. The move highlights how U.S. funding and policy shifts are reshaping how public health data and guidance are shared. #PublicHealth #Policy #ScholComm

Has Open Access got its groove back? Our latest News & Views breaks down Delta Think’s 2025 Market Sizing data — with insights from Dan Pollock and @heatherstaines.bsky.social on where OA growth is heading next. ⬇️ www.deltathink.com/news-views-m... #OpenAccess #OA #ScholComm #Publishing

Some authors write long sentences. Faulkner crafted them. László Krasznahorkai said, “Hold my semicolon.” Congrats to the 2025 Nobel Laureate in Literature — proving punctuation is optional, but genius isn’t. #NobelPrize #Literature #ScholarlyPublishing www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

💡 Big ideas for libraries and scholarly publishers came to life on the Innovation Stage at #FrankfurtBookFair. Thanks to the team @chashub.bsky.social for giving these important topics a global platform. #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicLibraries #ScholComm #FBM25 #AI #Funding #Policy

At #STMinFrankfurt, our own Lori Carlin asked: how can societies truly support their members through advocacy? From global orgs to TikTok outreach, answers varied — and echo what our research shows: researchers expect their societies to lead the way. #ScholComm #DeltaThinkData

The Fall ’25 Author/Researcher Survey is now accepting participants! #ScholComm discover how US funding & policy shifts are impacting your community! See spring takeaways + join the follow-up to track trends. #AcademicPublishing #Research #Funding Details: www.deltathink.com/join-the-fal...

🔢 Think your PIN is original? Think again. @infobeautiful.bsky.social has visualized the most common PIN codes in the world — and let’s just say, “1234” is doing a lot of heavy lifting. 😅 informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio... #DataVisualization #FridayFun #DataStorytelling #DeltaThinkData

@heatherstaines.bsky.social and @meagan-g-phelan.bsky.social checking in on Meagna's keynote at @scholarlypub.bsky.social's New Directions Seminar focused on the critical intersection of science, politics, and public trust. #Trust #Evidence #Scholarship #Science #ScholComm

🎤@heatherstaines.bsky.social is live at @scholarlypub.bsky.social's New Directions Seminar! And always terrific to find to time to connect with #ScholComm friends and colleagues. We 👀 you DK and Bill! #ScholarlyPublishing #Community

📚 The reprint you’ve been waiting for… E.A. Codman’s 1896 Album of Stereoscopic & Plain X-Rays (hot off Roentgen’s discovery) is finally back — digitized by Harvard’s Countway Library. 👉 countway.harvard.edu/news/ea-codm... #ScholComm #HistoryOfScience #FridayFun #Science

📊 Delta Think is finalizing our Annual Market Sizing Analysis—a rigorous look at the global journals market with a focus on OA trends. Don’t miss our free 2025 report + webinar. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ScholComm #OA #DeltaThinkData

🤖 Smart AI. Smarter Scholarship. Our latest News & Views looks at how AI is reshaping research + publishing—beyond the hype. Read more: www.deltathink.com/smart-ai-sma... ✉️ Sign up for updates or meet us at #FBF25 + #CharlestonConf. #AI #ScholComm #ManageToChange

🔨 Science explores opportunities and challenges for science communication in an era of generative AI, raising questions about how AI may support—but not replace—critical human skills like judgment, accuracy, and storytelling. #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing #AI www.science.org/content/blog...

Update from #OASPA2025 ... Malavika Legge, @oaspa.bsky.social Program Manager, moderates the Interactive Feedback Session with an assist from her very talented son and a reminder from Maurice York's 2024 Keynote Address: "Only all of us know enough ... " #OA #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing

We see you @heatherstaines.bsky.social 👀!

Day one at #OASPA2025 ... amazing setting at Irish College Leuven and welcome remarks from @viroviacum.bsky.social. We have FOMO, but if you are attending, please be sure to check in with @heatherstaines.bsky.social. #OA #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing

Why would anyone want to be a scientist? We ❤️ this thoughtful piece from @biologists.bsky.social ... a powerful reminder of why scientists and their work matters. #Science #Researchers #Passion #Innovation #Progress journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

US policy shifts → OA ripple effects. Check in with @heatherstaines.bsky.social at #OASPA2025 to explore insights from Delta Think’s Author/Researcher survey. #OpenAccess #OAPolicy #ScholComm #DeltaThinkData #AcademicPublishing #Scholarship www.deltathink.com/delta-thinks...

The @arl.org has submitted comments on NIH's proposal to limit allowable publication costs. ARL argues that capping APCs risks shifting costs back onto libraries without addressing systemic issues in scholarly communication. #ScholComm #Research #Funding #Policy www.arl.org/wp-content/u...

🥳 Celebrating #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025: RETHINKING PEER REVIEW IN THE AI ERA Check out all of the events and activities and get involved at peerreviewweek.net #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing #PeerReview

At UCLA, researchers recently staged a “science fair” to showcase projects halted by the suspension of more than $584 million in federal grants. Funding disruptions don’t pause science — they dismantle it. #Research #Funding #Policy #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing laist.com/news/educati...

🚨 Proof that humans have not cornered the market on stupidity. #AI #Innovation #Oops #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing aidarwinawards.org/index.html

Seen at #ALPSP2025 ... ➡️ @elainestott.bsky.social hanging out with @heatherstaines.bsky.social ➡️ @kellyhenwood.bsky.social, Jitske De Vries, Tina Harseim, and @charlierapple.bsky.social discussing strategies for social media/digital engagement in #ScholComm, orchestrated by DT's Diane Harnish

🛎️ Live from Manchester! @heatherstaines.bsky.social Staines, Wayne Sime, and Innovation Award Finalist Rebecca Taylor Green kick off #ALPSP2025. #ScholComm #Community #AcademicPublishing

How much will U.S. funding decisions ripple across the global research and publishing ecosystem? @heatherstaines.bsky.social and Dan Pollock dig into the impact of NSF funding cuts on #ScholComm. www.deltathink.com/news-views-h... #Science #Funding #Policy #AcademicPublishing #DeltaThinkData

@aip-publishing.bsky.social's Physics Today recently spotlighted a new crowdsourced database that maps U.S. science grant funding. #Science #Research #Funding #Policy pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

#Beautiful #Science #Passion #Vocation

It turns out leeches aren’t just for medieval medicine. They’re still in use today — and yes, it’s evidence-based. 🪱➡️🩺 It may sound a little icky, but science says leeches still get the job done. www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025... #Gross #FridayFun #Science #ScholComm

Less paperwork, more science? New @nationalacademies.org report pushes to streamline U.S. research regs — changes that could reshape publisher workflows too. nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2923... #ScholComm #ResearchPolicy #AcademicPublishing

Technology shifts. Funding cycles change. User expectations evolve. Yet libraries remain — adapting to changing needs while maintaining their role in preserving and providing access to knowledge. @jstordaily.bsky.social daily.jstor.org/how-librarie... #Libraries #Knowledge #ScholComm #Community

🚨 New funding opportunity from @acs.org: a $2.5M Graduate Student Success Grant program to support grad students facing research disruptions from lost federal funding. www.acs.org/pressroom/ne... #ResearchFunding #AcademicTwitter #PhDLife #STEM

‪@dylanruediger.bsky.social‬ and @ithakasr.bsky.social check in with the steering committee of the Data Rescue Project on their work to preserve at-risk public data. #Scholarship #Data #Access #Preservation sr.ithaka.org/blog/preserv...

RIP to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. www.bulwer-lytton.com #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing #FridayFun #Writing #Editing

How did we get here? From fire to fiber optics — explore the interactive map of how technology evolved. www.historicaltechtree.com #Science #Tech #Innovation #Progress #FridayFun

ICYMI: @annalsofim.bsky.social has declined a request from U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study on vaccine safety. www.reuters.com/business/hea... #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchEthics #Science #Data

✈️ Heading to #OASPA2025 in Leuven? @heatherstaines.bsky.social will be presenting on how recent US policy changes are shaping the future of Open Access. Read more about our analysis and be sure to check in with Heather next month! #Scholarship #OA #Funding www.deltathink.com/news-views-h...

📢 A recent paper in @pnas.org uses bibliometric data to provide a comprehensive view of how coordinated efforts and bad actors are impacting the integrity of the scholarly record. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #ResearchIntegrity #PublishingEthics #Data #ScholComm

☀️It's still summer, but believe it or not, @alpsp.bsky.social's Annual Conference and Awards is taking place in just over a month. @heatherstaines.bsky.social is attending (and there just might be a musical on the program🎶). Please reach out to schedule a check in. #ScholComm #Community

➡️ India’s Department of Science and Technology introduces a national policy to address research misconduct, including clear guidelines for retractions and corrections. www.nature.com/articles/d44... #ResearchIntegrity #Trust #Retractions #ScholComm #OpenScience #Policy #India

🧠 Substack’s AI Report shows a near-even split: 43% of writers use AI, 57% don’t. A snapshot of a system in flux—and one that echoes what we’re seeing across content and knowledge production. Some lean in. Others hold back. on.substack.com/p/the-substa... #AI #Publishing #ScholComm #DeltaThink

📣 COMING THIS FALL TO A KEYBOARD NEAR YOU! This summer on National Emoji Day (June 16, in case you were wondering) the @unicode released the list of the new emojis coming this fall as part of Unicode 17.0. Click to see if your favorite is on the list! blog.unicode.org/2025/07/say-...

💰Amazon will pay @nytimes.com at least $20M/year in an AI licensing deal, nearly 1% of 2024 revenue. This just in: high-quality, structured content is a strategic AI asset. #ScholComm rethinking how your content is valued and used? Let’s talk. [email protected] www.wsj.com/business/med...

The NSF funds only a fraction of the world’s scholarly publications—but proposed 2025 budget cuts could have an outsized effect on U.S.-based research. Analysis from Dan Pollock and @heatherstaines.bsky.social ... #Research #Funding #ScholComm www.deltathink.com/news-views-w...