If only there were a way for AI to check if a citation was hallucinated. Or to vet the provenance of a putative scholarly publication. If only there were some sort of infrastructure to support this: asimovaddendum.substack.com/p/the-collab...

At the May 19th ROR Community Call, we'll hear about the ROR-based Flemish Organization Registry and about @crossref.bsky.social's plan to implement automatic matching of funder names to ROR IDs. Join us! ror.org/events/#ror-...

Quite a pretty new council picture here in #Haringey!

Metadata as infrastructure Curation as design requirements not afterthoughts Reference materials as validation and benchmarking requirements This has to be the way moving forward

New joint guide from @crossref.bsky.social and @datacite.org, with practical information about the different #metadata elements supported by each to help consider the integrity of the scholarly record: doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... The upshot: richer metadata can help assess #researchintegrity.

Fans of BBC TV show #TheDetectorists might like to bid on this unique screenprint signed by my lovely neighbour #MackenzieCrook. Full proceeds go to my local primary school in London, and I will try to get it to whoever wins (bidding ends midnight tonight UK) www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta....

In case you missed it when I posted it a few weeks ago: I updated the "From Science to SciComm" guide for 2026. It's aimed at PhD students/postdocs who want to transition to #scicomm payhip.com/b/zSQ0

📢Renewed partnership: DOAJ and Crossref focus on equitable scholarly metadata and global support @crossref.bsky.social @ginsta.bsky.social @joannaball.bsky.social #DOAJ #OpenAccess #Crossref #metadata #LMIC See details blog.doaj.org/2026/03/12/r...

Good news if true (and also rather a humiliating climbdown from a government that did not just have its thumb on the scales in its consultation but rather its entire body). www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...

This is a very good interview

We are seeking two 🆂🅾🅵🆃🆆🅰🆁🅴 🅳🅴🆅🅴🅻🅾🅿🅴🆁🆂 at @crossref.bsky.social to work on our REST API and contributing to the Research Nexus, as well as our front-end tools for depositing and retrieving metadata, including community co-development projects. Please share! www.crossref.org/jobs/ #jobs #softwarejobs

Join the Barcelona Declaration webinar: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈 𝐯𝟐 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 📅 2 March 2026 · 🕒 14:00–15:15 UTC · 🌐 Online, open to all With @crossref.bsky.social, @datacite.org, @doaj.bsky.social & @europepmc.org 👉 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Where's the Data? Who is affiliated with which organization? 141M organization assertions in Crossref. 95M now have ROR IDs thanks to matching––1M were deposited by members. 🔗 Dataset: doi.org/10.13003/ich... 🔗 Blog: doi.org/10.64000/sy4... #LoveData26 #WheresTheData

Explore real-world use cases and learn how relationship #metadata helps preserve the scholarly record. Join us for a webinar on 24 February 2026. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/9817700446700/WN_TumI3wI1Q4WmghlOfMverA#metadata #research #funders #librarians #community

How does matching actually work? Our matching blog series for your reading pleasure: ❤️ https://doi.org/10.13003/aewi1cai ❤️ https://doi.org/10.13003/zie7reeg ❤️ https://doi.org/10.13003/pied3tho ❤️ https://doi.org/10.13003/ief7aibi ❤️ https://doi.org/10.13003/axeer1ee #LoveData26

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 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

Happy 3rd day of #DOASummit2026! Did you catch @crossref.bsky.social presentation on #metadata for #DiamondOA? Recording (1:52:00) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zjJ... PKP + Crossref Partnership for more rich, inclusive metadata in #OpenJournalSystems + #OpenMonographPress: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/22/c...

Innovation in scientific publishing and its implications for Crossref DOI registration practices - MetaROR’s approach doi.org/10.64000/vfe... Together with @andre-brasil.bsky.social I just published this blog post about @crossref.bsky.social DOI registration practices for @metaror.bsky.social.

We just tipped over 24,000 active organisational members and also reached 165 countries with the addition of the *University of Nouakchott*, bringing representation and governance from *Mauritania* for the first time! A big welcome to them 🇲🇷 🤩

In two weeks, I will be giving a talk at the @aaas.org meeting in Phoenix, AZ, in the session 'Curators on the Front Lines of the Information Wars', organized by @senseaboutsci.bsky.social With Michael Meth and @rpocisv.bsky.social aaas.confex.com/aaas/2026/me... I hope to see you in Phoenix!

Amazing points from @operaseu.bsky.social here operas.hypotheses.org/9636

Nooooooo! No thanks. Nope. techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/o...

Join us tomorrow to learn about Crossref's Grant Linking System/Grant DOIs and hear how the open grant metadata created by our funder members is being put to good use in Dimensions and Altmetric.

🌍 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. ⬇️

Sure, but in the UK the PACE Act and GDPR means the Police have to go through legal channels to request footage. What I'm saying is that can easily change, especially if your Goverment/Agencies do not respect laws. Probably best to just not have the tech at all.

Yep, it’s happening. As predicted.

All done with the tacit approval of the @royalsociety.org, an organisation that has sadly lost its way and yet still claims to speak for the scientific community. It doesn't speak for me.

Corrections, biases, and humility in science: Tuan V. Nguyen escaped Vietnam in 1981 as part of the mass “boat people” exodus of refugees, taking to dangerous waters just a few months after his older brother tried the same and disappeared. Today, he's a professor and bone researcher in Australia.

Investing €35M in Open Science Infrastructure: Insights from Open Science Netherlands https://www-openaire-eu.translate.goog/investing-35m-in-open-science-infrastructure-insights-from-open-science-netherlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US

Cheating cases persist at prestige schools, but fears of reputational damage go unaddressed: Cheating cases persist at prestige schools, but fears of reputational damage go unaddressed www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/s...

1983. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBA...

A fantastic example for other countries and regions

So happy to see that 'Democratising spy watching' is now out there for all to read! #OpenAccess It looks at cases where the public fought back against digital surveillance ✊ This was the last book I worked on with SUP so I feel quite emotionally attached to it! 👉 books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/...

‘Science journals retract 500 papers a month. This is why it matters. A small team of volunteers is tracking thousands of falsified studies, including cases of bribery, fraud and plagiarism’ Ivan Oransky @retractionwatch.com, @alicedreger.bsky.social @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

Have you met the Wikipede? In another universe, maybe it has been Wikipedia's logo for over two decades. Community members submitted many designs, proposed changes, and debated them openly 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

Here's how the Earth article looked in 2001 when Wikipedia was a month old, long before Wikipedians realized their fledgling online encyclopedia would be read and edited by astronauts in space someday

#SpecialIssues have fueled the growth of some of the largest #OpenAccess publishers. Does a journal that allows a #GuestEditor to both plan a special issue and write many articles in it have a conflict of interest? #scicomm #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Hello! We're a new consultancy specialising in #OpenResearch and #ScholComms -- a collaboration between Josh Brown & @alicemeadows.bsky.social (both formerly of @morebrains.coop). Learn more at ore.consulting or contact us here if you'd like to chat!

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

A Path Forward for PubPub by Knowledge Futures www.knowledgefutures.org/updates/2026...

Come and hear how our Grant Linking System supports tools like Dimensions and Altmetric to help funders assess the reach and return on their investments. Register to join Manisha Bolina of Digital Science and Ginny Hendricks of Crossref on 22nd January www.digital-science.com/using-crossr...

Great work, team!! It's always both productive and fun to work on Barcelona Declaration activities 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Proud to be a part of the Barcelona Declaration as part of our open metadata commitments! Congrats to the BD team on a productive 2025 🎉👏🏼

Top work, lads

Kudos to the @acm.org : "Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made open access." dl.acm.org/openaccess #CS #ComputerScience #OpenAccess #ScholComm

2025: an annus horribilis for health in the USA - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

So. What are best strategies for us as researchers? How do we divert this sewage, what infrastructural elements help drain it out of the system? What are best—and by that I mean efficient, least effortful—practices whenever we encounter this kind of crap? We need public education in info hygiene.