TIL the German life science portal Livivo indexes preprints www.livivo.de/app/misc/hel...

What about feedback/comments? Authors clearly want and are getting feedback on articles, but it’s mostly private, via email. Cultural change is needed for this to move to the public comment section, and it will always be distributed (social media, etc.) 4/n

So happy our paper is finally out!!! thank you everyone in the #ScreenIT group. This effort involved at least 12 people curating 1500 papers for various criteria. Thank you all for pulling it off. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

It was a very cool experiment! The author-centric perspective makes a lot of sense. An important next step is to benchmark multiple AI review platforms. Maybe this can also pave the way for benchmarking human peer review across journals and defining "quality features" of the peer review process.

Started this project years ago, but now everything is deposited on @addgene.bsky.social and a short @protocolsio.bsky.social is online. Try it out to make your own (cheap) homemade nuclease/Benzonase! dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.261ged7xov47/v2 Thank you @jcoker10.bsky.social and Michael Lim!

@wytamma.bsky.social 's WASM tools have transformed my experience of teaching Python to first year undergraduate biologists this year. Since last year, I've been teaching ~400 undergrads how to code (functions, lists, dictionaries, loops) over (one hour intro lecture +) two 2-hour practicals. 1/n

Evidence synthesis friends - you'll be wanting to take a look at this - big improvements to search at OpenAlex: blog.openalex.org/openalex-api... Meta-research folks will want to check out the (fair,transparent) pricing for API use.

AI represents a big business opportunity for large commercial publishers. Elsevier launched its own tool this week: www.researchinformation.info/news/elsevie... How should researchers be thinking about these developments?

I'm the moderator who flagged the submission Philip is talking about here. The goal is a conversation about balance of "AI" and human work in papers. I think I may write a post about my own opinions, but we social scientists need to have a broader conversation about this. In particular, 1/2

From @philipncohen.com, a case for discussing our policy on AI-generated research.

We invited @katiecorker.bsky.social from @asapbio.bsky.social to share how they are leveraging PREreview to foster community-driven preprint review in our latest Community Features blog post. 👉 Read it and join us for a call about peer review as a team effort on March 5! bit.ly/ASAPbio-crow...

Software drives science, but it’s often invisible 😩 Well not if the SoFAIR project has anything to do with it! SoFAIR uncovered hidden software mentions in Europe PMC, making them searchable, traceable, and reusable first-class bibliographic entries! Read more: blog.europepmc.org/2026/02/sofa...

Since 2020, TOP Factor has helped researchers understand how journals support open practices. On March 16, 2026, COS will be sunsetting the tool. Read more about what prompted the decision, what we've learned, and the future of open and transparent policymaking: www.cos.io/blog/sunsett...

This is of course a #preprint! We'd love to hear comments, questions or remarks — as long as they're constructive! 😊 Help us improve the work.

🎉 The full TIER2 Reproducibility Training Course is now available on the project’s Open Science Framework (OSF) page! 🔎 Explore it here: osf.io/pwygq/overview

We're recruiting for the board of directors of @neuromatch.bsky.social! Come and join us, and please pass on the advert to anyone you think would be interested and have the right sort of experience for this role.

PREreview joins #LoveData26 celebration with a strong commitment to encouraging open peer review of diverse research outputs, including datasets. 📊 Try out our modular review workflow for datasets here: prereview.org/review-a-dat... Learn more: bit.ly/dataset-work... @lovedataweek.bsky.social

V useful piece dispelling myths about NIH policy on open access upstream.force11.org/cost-of-conf...

Over the coming days, three independent teams (@sharectd.bsky.social PhD students + clinical & statistical experts) will each conduct their own IPD meta-analysis to answer the same research question. 👉 Can esketamine reduce suicidality?

Recognising and rewarding of open science in HR-policy www.openscience.nl/en/recognisi... This post discusses efforts Dutch institutions are making to strengthen the way they recognize and reward open science. I like the 'Room for every PhD Candidate' initiative at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social.

I am really trying to figure out what to do with this system. I have been committed to considering ways to improve the peer review process (Go @psych.peercommunityin.org !) and consider long-term strategies, while also trying to manage things in real time and keep the system functional.

Been on multiple search committees For me (personally so YMMV)…I basically dismiss everything that’s labeled *submitted* unless there’s a preprint I can read

If you want to apply the FAST Principles in practice, you can join a Crowd of researchers who collaboratively review preprints in Cell Biology and Meta-research! Learn more and join the Crowd Preprint Review! buff.ly/Ri8ZBQR

Elevate Preprint Feedback with FAST Principles! ✨Focused: Tackle the science, not the person. ✅Appropriate: Keep it respectful and bias-free. 🎯Specific: Provide actionable insights. 🌐Transparent: Be open about your role. asapbio.org/focus-areas/...

Australia: NHMRC, MRFF adopt open science policy (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

Scientific publishing is still organized around bundles built for print. We use music’s shift from albums to streaming to argue why access and unbundling aren’t enough. Shared standards are the missing layer for reusable, trustworthy science. articles.continuousfoundation.org/articles/how...

After last year's successful refresh of the BES Reproducible Code guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...), this year we're going to refresh the Data Management guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...). Exciting! See below for how to get involved...

📅 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!

Still snowy ❄️

"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 just posted some helpful tips on searching for preprints on psyarxiv: blog.psyarxiv.com/2026/01/27/h... Truncation and fuzzy matching should be especially helpful for lit reviews. Keep posting your preprints to psyarxiv ❤️

📚 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...

We go around the room with 5 questions. 1) What did you like about the paper? 2) What did you learn? 3) What would you like to understand better? 4) What would you like to see to improve the paper? 5) What ideas did this spark for your research?

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. 🧪

10/🧵 If you’re interested in: - using RegCheck, - stress-testing it, - identifying bugs, - or formally evaluating its performance, I’m very happy to talk. App: regcheck.app Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2601.13330 Code: github.com/JamieCummins...

7/🧵 All of this and more is detailed in our new preprint, also available today. You can read all about RegCheck here, including our ongoing work to comprehensively evaluate its performance. w/ @bethclarke.bsky.social @ianhussey.mmmdata.io and @malte.the100.ci arxiv.org/abs/2601.13330

6/🧵 I have also added integration with the ClinicalTrials.gov API. You can now provide a ClinicalTrials.gov identifier and RegCheck will automatically retrieve the registration.

Here ya go!

Looking for data that the government is pulling down? We may have it backed up for you. Check our portal: portal.datarescueproject.org Know of data being taken down or worried about a data source? Let us know: baserow.datarescueproject.org/form/r7V1c44...

It's snowy here today!

👀In a few weeks' time we'll be launching our NEW catalogue of open research practices in the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences - ~30 open research practices across AHSS disciplines that we've documented so far, with detailed descriptions, examples and resources.

After a period of inactivity, we are reactivating this account as a primary channel for connecting with the research community. We'll be sharing new outputs, our latest guidance, and commentary on all things research integrity. Give us a follow and join the conversation💬

Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data! https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/

Funders - ever wondered what it might look like to implement the TOP guidelines? Here, COS shows how they've done so with the updated (2025) guidelines in their own work as a pass-through funder. Take aways? TOP is a modular, customizable framework that can be tweaked for a variety of settings.

Crossref Grant IDs can now be included across all record types, helping create clearer, more reliable links between funding and research outputs. https://doi.org/10.64000/x7d4h-x3r11

New paper – and my first ✨Registered Report✨: Do hormonal contraceptives affect women’s sexuality? We studied both average effects and individual differences in effects using longitudinal data: doi.org/10.1177/2700...

If you want to check out the full story: doi.org/10.1177/2700... And if you want the extended director’s cut: osf.io/u8ntf/overview Stay tuned, as we did the same analyses for effects of hormonal contraceptive use on well-being (with very different results!): rr.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...

Open ≠ unprotected #OpenScience removes paywalls, not your rights. Copyright stays with you, and #CreativeCommons licenses help you decide how your work is reused. 🔗Learn more in our resource: shorturl.at/eEySw #FORM4Open #OpenAccess

Nominate someone for the 2026 edition of The Sarah Jones Award for exceptional contribution to fostering collaboration in #OpenScience! #OpenResearch Open to all, though a demonstration of contribution within the RDA @researchdataall.bsky.social community is of great importance.