We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

📢 Register for the 5th Helsinki Initiative webinar (8 December) on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication with presentations by @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social, @karenstroobants.bsky.social and Andre Brasil! More information and registration: www.helsinki-initiative.org/en/events/5t...

🌍 Have you experienced language barriers at academic conferences, or not at all? We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility. 📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual: forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6...

📣 Special seminar on 'Perspectives on the evaluation of science', with Emanuel Kulczycki, @alesiazuccala557.bsky.social, and Jochen Gläser. 🎧 Make sure to join! 📅 Friday, 31.10.2025 🕐 1:00-3:00 PM (CET) 📌 Online & at CWTS More information 👉 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

🌍💎 Bringing together #OpenAccess policymakers & funders across Africa, Europe, and Latin America is key to supporting #DiamondOA @almasiproject.bsky.social launches The Diamond OA Policy Forum on 29 October 2025, 15:00-16:30 UTC Register here: almasiproject.org/the-diamond-...

"Across databases, delve (+1,500%), underscore (+1,000%), and intricate (+700%) had the largest increases between 2022 and 2024. Growth in LLM-term usage was much higher in STEM fields than in social sciences and arts and humanities" arxiv.org/abs/2509.09596

Research assessment reform is essential to break the cycle of dependence on high-impact commercial journals and related metrics. ➡️ Reclaiming academic ownership of the #ScholarlyCommunication system buff.ly/0C0Wqfn #OpenScience

→ Plaidoyer pour le multilinguisme en sciences 📚 Article à lire : @bowkerl.bsky.social, Mikael Laakso & @jpolonen.bsky.social explorent les risques liés au monolinguisme anglophone sur l’écosystème scientifique. 📌 L'article : id.erudit.org/iderudit/111... 📌 Résumé de l'article : shorturl.at/nKGgo

The July 2025 dump of OpenCitations Index is out! Now featuring 2.21 BILLION citations from 5 data sources. 👉 download.opencitations.net Ever wondered how these sources overlap? This chart shows where citations are shared and where they're unique:

74.4% of the 21,886 WoS-indexed journals involve commercial professional publishers, 29% societies, and 27.8% research organisations as sole/co-publishers. Our paper co-authored with @zehrataskin.bsky.social, Emanuel Kulczycki & @mikaellaakso.bsky.social - now on QSS website: doi.org/10.1162/qss....

Significant differences between European countries in the higher education institution's engagement with #CoARA, #HRS4R @dorassessment.bsky.social. This and other findings in my presentation at the CoARA General Assembly 23 June on CoARA Uptake across European HEIs: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Happy to announce the soft launch of DoLS - the Directory of Learned Societies, an open, growing database of learned societies and their journals worldwide, facilitating visibility, networking, and community-building! Explore #DoLS website: www.tsv.fi/en/services/...

Significant differences between European countries in the higher education institution's engagement with #CoARA, #HRS4R @dorassessment.bsky.social. This and other findings in my presentation at the CoARA General Assembly 23 June on CoARA Uptake across European HEIs: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

This interesting new preprint on SocArXiv shows that "The landscape of academic journals is beyond the oligopoly: it is diverse and often grounded in public, academic-driven initiatives rather than market imperatives." osf.io/preprints/so...

📢 Our new study challenges the prevailing narrative that a few commercial publishers dominate global scholarly publishing! Read the preprint: Beyond the oligopoly: Scholarly journal publishing landscapes in Latin America and Europe. doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Glad to see this report about 'reclaiming academic ownership of scholarly communication system'. I like presentation of diamond OA and publish-review-curate (PRC) as complementary approaches. Important to note that PRC is not only about reclaiming ownership but also about various other issues.

📖 What are the main factors shaping the current academic publishing system? 🚧 What key challenges does the academic community face? 🔍 Are there opportunities for universities to reshape the future of #ScholarlyCommunication? 🔗 New EUA briefing buff.ly/0C0Wqfn #AcademicSky #EduSky

💎 📖 #Diamas project releases #DiamondOA Recommendations and Guidelines for Institutions, Funders, Sponsors, Donors, and Policymakers. ℹ️ buff.ly/bwSeFJL #OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenScience #SciencePolicy @eudch.bsky.social‬

Universities and their communities play an essential role in protecting and promoting academic freedom. 🛡️ 🤲 They must commit to making academic freedom a lived and daily reality. Read EUA's position paper buff.ly/35qwaif #AcademicFreedom

It's great to see that a national research evaluation organization, the Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO), has rated @joss-openjournals.bsky.social as level 1, recognizing its scholarly value Frankie Robertson helped make this happen, with Nordic-RSE, & wrote about it: nordic-rse.org/blog/joss-ju...

@polecopub.bsky.social presenting #Matilda as a new source for Open Citations at #WOOC2025 in Bologna

📢 Webinaari 11.6. klo 10:00-11:30: Yliopistojen, AMKien ja tutkimuslaitosten näkemyksiä tutkimuksen yhteiskunnallisen vaikuttavuuden arvioinnista sekä Alankomaiden, Norjan, Puolan ja UK:n arviointijärjestelmien vertailu. Ilmoittautuminen ja lisätietoa: www.julkaisufoorumi.fi/fi/tapahtuma...

Papers mills and other manipulative practices are major problem in scientific publishing system. Addressing this problem requires in-depth system-level understanding of dynamics leading to these practices. At @cwts.nl we have PhD position to work on this! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

Our paper "Learned societies in the academic landscape: challenges in identifying and categorizing organizations" was published today in Scientometrics: doi.org/10.1007/s111... Thank you Emanuel Kulczycki, @mikaellaakso.bsky.social and @zehrataskin.bsky.social for the great collaboration!

Math journal editors resign to launch open-access title ‘free from pressure or influence’ retractionwatch.com/2025/04/07/m...

PeerJ is now part of a large for-profit commercial publisher. Sad 😶. peerj.com/blog/post/11...

📢 The Draft Programme of the #RESSH2025 conference is published! 46 presentations, 5 posters, and a keynote by Toma Tasovac: "Reshaping Research Assessment: What Research Infrastructures Have Got to Do With It?" Info and registration: vastuullinentiede.fi/en/events/re...

📢Deadline for submissions to #STI2025 has been extended to 14 April 2025. The 29th Annual STI-ENID Conference will take place in Bristol from 3–5 September 2025. Submissions can be made via Oxford Abstracts, accessible through the conference website: www.stienid2025.org

The European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) is now on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/eudc...

I just published a blog post arguing that the reform movements for research assessment and scientific publishing need to better align their agendas. This is crucial for the success of both movements. www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/ass... @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social

📢Registration is now open for the RESSH2025 conference 19-21 May 2025 in Helsinki, Finland! We look forward to 46 presentations, 5 posters, and a keynote by Toma Tasovac: "Reshaping Research Assessment: What Research Infrastructures Have Got to Do With It?": vastuullinentiede.fi/en/events/re...

Yay! You can now follow @coarassessment.bsky.social on Bluesky! 👇🏻

Tutkimuksen yhteiskunnallinen vaikuttavuus ja sen arviointi -raportin julkistamiswebinaari järjestetään tiistaina 8.4. klo 10—11.15. Tapahtuma on maksuton ja se järjestetään etänä (Zoom). Ilmoittautuneet saavat osallistumislinkin sähköpostiin: julkaisufoorumi.fi/fi/tapahtuma...

Linkkarissa minun ja @jpolonen.bsky.social kirjoitus kotimaisten tiedelehtien (ja kirjojen) merkityksestä: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Glad to see increasing interest in advancing objectives of Barcelona Declaration in discussions with publishers! Don't hesitate to reach out if you'd like to contribute to this. Several Barcelona Declaration working groups, one of which co-coordinated by me, are developing initiatives in this area.

Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunta (TSV) hakee toistaiseksi voimassa olevaan työsuhteeseen arvioinnin asiantuntijaa, jonka vastuulla on tieteellisten julkaisukanavien arvioinnin koordinointi ja kehittäminen. Hakuaika päättyy 7.4.2025. Lisätietoja hakuilmoituksessa: www.tsv.fi/fi/uutiset/t...

Impressive to see the progress eLife is making in advancing the publish-review-curate #PRC model!

In celebration of Seachtain na Gaeilge, the National Forum of Ireland (NORF) has translated the Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication into Irish: www.helsinki-initiative.org/ga

Since the 1980s, #journals have increasingly denationalized & anglicized their titles to boost international visibility. This trend aligns with indexing policies of #WoS & #Scopus, favouring English-language journals. Is global reach worth the loss of local identity? doi.org/10.1002/asi.... #JASIST

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

Are you interested in supporting the transition to open research information and in contributing to a highly exciting open science initiative? Consider applying for the role of community manager for the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information! @cwts.nl

Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV) has taken first steps toward implementing its CoARA Action Plan, including public consultation of the Finnish Career Assessment Matrix (FIN-CAM), and updated User Guide for Publication Forum (JUFO) classification: www.tsv.fi/en/news/tsv-...

Antiikki ja me -kirjan arvosteluni Ennen ja nyt -lehdessä 👇 journal.fi/ennenjanyt/a...

I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit organizations to take over the Open Access Tracking Project (#OATP, @oatp#OATP and the open-source software on which it runs. Details in this Google doc: https://bit.ly/TransferOATP Contact me <[email protected]> if you have any questions or […]

“Not being fluent in English is commonly viewed as the same as being inferior as a scientist,” says Tatsuya Amano in a great Nature interview: www.nature.com/articles/d41... This is why CoARA has a WG on Multilingualism and Language Biases in Research Assessment: coara.eu/working-grou...

I decided long ago that I do not share "surprising" invitations to publish in journals but I could no longer resist the temptation because this one is simply ingenious :)

I just signed this statement from Invest in Open Infrastructure (#IOI), and I hope you will too. https://investinopen.org/blog/statement-of-support-for-a-global-research-ecosystem/ #academia #openaccess #openinfrastructure #OpenScience @academicchatter @openscience

Tiesitkö, että Jufo-portaalin haussa voi nykyään tehdä valinnan "Vain maksuton OA (diamond OA)"? Eli voit hakea Jufossa rekisteröityjä lehtiä lisäämällä hakuehtoihin kriteerin timanttimallista. jfp.csc.fi/jufoportaali

Connecting the Dots: The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information – Openness of research information as a prerequisite for research assessment reform graspos.eu/connecting-t... with contributions from @msphelps.bsky.social @vergoulis.bsky.social @jpolonen.bsky.social #GraspOS #CoARA

Connecting the Dots: The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information – Openness of research information as a prerequisite for research assessment reform graspos.eu/connecting-t... @barcelonadori.bsky.social @vergoulis.bsky.social @jpolonen.bsky.social