📢 NEWS: China's #AI research dominance is undeniable. A new report from Digital Science CEO Dr Daniel Hook @dwh.bsky.social reveals China’s pre-eminence in AI research volume, citation attention & influence. 🇨🇳 #DeepSeek 🔗 See more: www.digital-science.com/blog/2025/07... Data from @dimensions.ai

Off to #ChemUK to host The Big Debate, midday on Stage 2. I’ll be wringing all the best insights and expertise from a stellar panel of chemistry-related folks from across academia, publishing, funding and industry to ask what we need to do NOW to secure a future where the UK’s chem scene can thrive.

Our @timoreilly.bsky.social argues we’re not witnessing the end of #programming, but the beginning of something far bigger. He draws on past computing revolutions to explore how #AI is reshaping what it means to build software. Check it out on Hugo Bowne-Anderson's podcast: bit.ly/4iL8JSL

Dennis C. Grube opens the first session sparking dialogue on whether wicked problems need wicked solutions. He’s joined by @lauradiazanadon.bsky.social, Shailaja Fennell & Gordon Harold. #BennettInst

We welcome Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo as the first ORCID member in Bolivia! 🇧🇴 They have joined our Regional Latin American and Caribbean consortium led by Consortia. ORCID is now being adopted at institutions in 62 countries around the world!

I'm happy to say that after almost 5 years, our work on comparing peer review with metrics at the institutional level is now finally available from QSS at doi.org/10.1162/qss_.... Here's the previous thread on our preprint: social.cwts.nl/@vtraag/1101...

🌟 Key takeaway 1: It's now easy to access #ORCiD data with Google BigQuery; we can enhance Dimensions data. 🙌 @orcid.org Find out more in this Research Musings post from @helenedraux.bsky.social & @sjcporter.bsky.social - available now on Substack. 🔗 researchmusings.substack.com/p/blooming-r...

We are inclined to think of misinformation as a particularly modern phenomenon but it has been with us through the ages. Join us on Tues 25 Feb as we have a panel of experts guide you through the history of misinformation (online only - in person tix gone) www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...

@digital-science.com's VP of Research Eval and everyone's collective fun uncle @jwastl.bsky.social spoke at @univie.ac.at about the future of AI in research: responsible use of AI, chatbots, and harnessing Skynet to take over earth. OK one of those isn't in the talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZeD...

Discover more about our Advisory Board members - a panel of six experienced leaders in their fields. 🤝👥 The Board is assisting Digital Science to improve engagement and alignment with the communities we support. 🔗 See our Board members' bios here: www.digital-science.com/management-a...

If you're keen to understand whether (and if so, why and how) including Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK industrial strategy and science matters, have a read of evidence-rich, hot-off-the-press 'Understanding the importance of SHAPE to the UK research ecosystem': arxiv.org/abs/2501.16701

Attrition of women continues from academia, despite numbers in biological sciences starting healthy #womeinstem www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This year's STI ENID Conference @stienid2025.bsky.social will be held at the @bristoluni.bsky.social from 3-5 September. The theme is "Reconciliation of research and measurement". The Call for submission is now open! www.stienid2025.org/submissions

It was an amazing and busy year in bringing Forensic Scientometrics to life. If you don’t read anything else, read the #FoSci Paris Declaration — the culmination of this year’s work. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Origami Black Hole xkcd.com/3033

The current international financial architecture is a key reason that the UN SDGs are failing. 2025 must be the year when the rules of global finance are reformed. A landmark conference in Spain in June offers a chance to agree on how to do it #natureeditorial 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Always a great pleasure to work with @cmkeithw.bsky.social on talks like “The Digital Twin Paradox” where covered some of these topics recently!

CALL for Nominations: 2025 Open Scholarship Awards - sponsored by the Canadian Social Knowledge Institute (c-ski.ca) and its partners! Nominations for the 2025 awards are due by January 17 2025 via forms.gle/NdeHTsfbv1Wm...

‘A truly remarkable breakthrough’: Google’s new quantum chip achieves accuracy milestone This nature news story describes the new work from Google Quantum AI and Collaborators just published in Nature 👇🏻 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I never miss a chance to talk with Amy Brand of @mitpress.bsky.social! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/05/a...

Every government needs effective science advisers; not every scientist is a born adviser but schooling and practice can help to bridge the gap, as we argue in this week’s Nature’s editorial @natureportfolio.bsky.social 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What is disruption in science? I am looking for a prospective PhD student to study disruption theoretically, qualitatively and quantitatively at Aarhus University. If you are interested in developing your own project under our open call, in collaboration with me, please get in touch.

Important new paper from my colleagues @sjcporter.bsky.social and @mcintold.bsky.social in Scientific Reports examining network effects that help to detect paper mill activities. A must read for anyone who cares about the integrity of the scholarly record! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations to all the new @orcid.bsky.social board members, and especially to my friend and colleague sjcporter.bsky.social from @digitalsci.bsky.social info.orcid.org/announcing-t...

According to a survey of 365 universities in 66 countries/regions, 41% of institutions see fewer new postgraduate this year compared with last year, and 31% see fewer new undergraduates. Limits on foreign students are harming research. #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Royal Society is looking for an Artist in Residence, an opportunity for a creative individual to produce new work in response to our collections and the scientific research of our community. Express your interest in this funded project by Thursday 12 December: royalsociety.org/about-us/wor...

The APE Award for Innovation in Scholarly Communication is back - nominations are open! 🥇🏆🤩🎉 #APE2025 Proudly supported by Digital Science & the Berlin Institute for Scholarly Publishing. 🔗 Find out more: www.digital-science.com/news/applica... Deadline: 15 December 2024. #scholcomm #scicomm

I was pleased to speak at #chsconf2024 with @dwh.bsky.social on the intersection of #digitaltwins and #genai - in preparing for our work I revisited the excellent National Academies report on digital twins - nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2689...

As ever, a real pleasure to be back at Falling Walls in its new home for Breakthrough Day! @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social

My annual physics paper is out. I am very grateful to my long-term collaborator Carl M Bender for inviting me to work with him. If you want to know more about PT Symmetric Quantum Theory, this primer that takes you through the major concepts and recent developments. doi.org/10.1103/RevM...

Introducing 'The Initial Era': Delving into the trend of using initials instead of full names in journal articles. We uncover how this practice obscured the contributions of women in to research. Work with @sjcporter.bsky.social using Dimensions. Blog: lnkd.in/eBMqsgRT ArXiv: lnkd.in/e4dp6dSS

Just to prove that I’m still “a real” person (ie I still actually do find time to do some research from time to time) here is evidence! arxiv.org/abs/2404.00743

Great evening at the Royal Institution listening to @athenedonald.bsky.social speak on the important topic of why we don’t have parity of numbers between men and women in science. Evidence-based discussion that raised serious questions about how young society pushes children into gender stereotypes.

Falling Walls and in Berlin…what to do before travelling on?

Elaine Chew from King’s College London, being as amazing as always as she explains musical medicine to this years’ Falling Walls

Impressive comments from Bettina Stark-Watzinger in her opening comments at Falling Walls calling for us to take our freedom and attempt the impossible - as innovators, as people who care about climate change and beyond

Great pleasure to be at Falling Walls in Berlin today and interesting to listen to opening comments from Menahem Ben-Sasson, Chancellor of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For people in the Berlin area, (maybe for Falling Walls?), ck out www.digital-science.com/events/futur... I hope to see you there!

And tomorrow 10/30 in London - apologies for the very short notice! This one has an IA focus ahead of the UK Government’s AI Safety Summit www.digital-science.com/events/futur...

The Research on Research Institute is hiring! 4 roles available in our core team @rorinstitute.bsky.social, based at UCL. We’re seeking an Operations Manager; a Research Fellow in Metascience; a Communications & Impact Manager; and an Administrator. More here: researchonresearch.org/rori-is-hiri...

For anyone who enjoys train travel - Ben Elton's documentary on the decline of the British rail system is a damning indictment of privatisation - a timely watch given all the recent HS2-related news www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjP...

Looks like a nice day for some physics…

Hi everyone, it’s a pleasure to meet you and to try out Bluesky 🙏 @dwh.bsky.social. My name is Sarah de Rijcke, and when I post it will probably be to share thoughts and experiences to do with STS, research governance, research culture, leadership, Open Science, and research assessment.

Excited to be taking on the job of Director of Strategy at the Research on Research Institute (though I also remain at Imperial for 50% of my time). t.co/kOhvgj8OXH

Great to be part of the Research on Research Institute and to see Phase 2 go live with a new website and 9 new projects! researchonresearch.org/rori-announc... @jameswilsdon.bsky.social

Understanding AI is going to be critical for all who are involved in creating technologies and tools that might be generally used."The Lone Banana Problem" illustrates these challenges. https://www.digital-science.com/tldr/article/the-lone-banana-problem-or-the-new-programming-speaking-ai/