I wrote a blog about scientific publishing for @edinunineuro.bsky.social ... blogs.ed.ac.uk/edneuro/2026... ... based on my @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social talk last year

At base, AI can only tell you what is already knowable.

Gret talk by Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social at the reproducibiliTea Basel by @swissrn.bsky.social a case study on scientific rigor. Many thanks Berna -it was very illuminating. 👏

Apply for up to £100k through the My Name's Doddie 2026 Catalyst Awards to support bold early stage MND research with potential to advance translation. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/mnd-...

'Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.' (Toynbee)

We have a further exciting PhD opportunity in the lab investigating the impact of systemic infection on the recovering brain after stroke and its link to small vessel disease and cognitive decline. Details in the link below www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🚨 Our team has just published a Registered Report in BMC Medicine, one of the very few medical journals that offers this format (if we want better science, we should not follow journal impact factors, we should support journals with the best policies).

Many thanks to everyone who has reached out publicly or privately in support of this work, especially those working in this field. Truly.

There is so much to be disappointed about in this story--from the institutional response to Miles Hewstone himself. We still have a lot of work to do to make academic environments inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive, and where harassers are held accountable.

Must be something in the Forth Valley water - knocking it out of the park at #healthawards25

Highly recommend this opportunity! I was on the steering committee about 5-6 years ago and it was incredibly rewarding! (P.S. where did the years go?? 😵‍💫)

Abstract submission and travel grant application for the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity are open. Please consider to submit an abstract and to reshare this message. lnkd.in/eJ9hmaRs

NEW on Wonkhe: As universities rely increasingly on international fees, Daniel Sokol asks whether financial pressure is blinding institutions to a growing trade in deception buff.ly/YVffQG5

Hello. The MEP is hiring an intern (a paid one, not an 'ooh ooh think of the experience' one) retractionwatch.com/job-opportun... Feel free to direct this to anyone interested. I think it will fill quickly so pitter patter.

"Who controls the scientific literature?" New guest blog post by @fionahutton.bsky.social, Damian Pattison and @drpeterrodgers.bsky.social explores the @elife.bsky.social model and the challenges of driving change in scientific publishing. Read it here 👉 sfdora.org/2025/07/30/s...

Want to be part of the change to improve #research culture and practice? Join the Responsible Research in Action Unconference 2025 in Berlin, Sept 22-24 ⬇️ #ResponsibleResearch #ResponsibleResearchInAction #ResponsibleResearchPractice #RRiA

Do you want to go to a metascience conference where AI will not solve all problems, you can ask critical questions, and El$evier is not invited? Sign up for the mailing list for the 8th Perspectives on Scientific Error conference in 2026 in Leiden! perspectivesonscientificerror2026.wordpress.com

The PRC program is now online! Scientific Retractions and #Democracy Index Scores Across 167 countries from ‪@choxos.bsky.social ‪@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social is part of the #ResearchMisconduct and #ScientificIntegrity session Register at peerreviewcongress.org#Democracy#ResearchMisconduct#ScientificIntegritybmj.com @jama.com

Meet The Peer Review Congress Plenary Speakers! ‪@maclomaclee.bsky.social of ‪@edinunineuro.bsky.social‬ and @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social‬ presents the Douglas G Altman Lecture September 4 Does the Journal Article Have a Future? Register at peerreviewcongress.org! @jama.com @bmj.com

Laura Boeira is at the #ESIC Cape Town Consensus Meeting on transforming #EvidenceSynthesis to improve lives. She gives an overview of Day 2 in a short video available at: evidencesynthesis.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/... @wellcometrust.bsky.social

A brief guide to statistical analysis of grouped data in preclinical research rdcu.be/er3HG

Join Dr Arpan Mehta's lab at MRC PPU, Dundee, for a 12-month postdoc using CRISPR screens to explore ALS in iPSC-derived motor neurons. Closing date: 18th July www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...

An open letter highlighting the co-optation of open science language in the latest Executive Order to justify policies that are, in fact, antithetical to open science principles. Read and consider signing with your support. www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...

ICASR and DESTINY are holding a meeting in July! If you're interested in automation in evidence synthesis then do take a look - in person and online options available :) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

@jclinepi.bsky.social kindly invited me to express my thoughts on handling #ConflictsOfInterest of authors of scholarly publications. bit.ly/431UYIQ @nrin-integrity.bsky.social @opensciencenl.bsky.social @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social @davidit.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social

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Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

My editorial on how journals can earn trust. We often use journal names as proxies for quality. This is bad bc it’s not valid. But it could be. Editors could make journal name a valid signal. And we could place value on journals that show us how they do that. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I'm not sure we needed a statistical test here folks.

Come learn how the @ukrepro.bsky.social evolved into a national network promoting open and reproducible research across 80+ institutions. Open to all researchers, support staff, and anyone interested in improving research culture! #UKRN #RFRR #Reproducibility #OpenScience #ResearchCulture

Things that we cover: - How the concept of open science is not new - Whether the benefits of open science outweigh the extra time taken to implement these practices - The responsible development of open science practices in psychology - Data sharing considerations - Plus more!

I am so excited that this is now out. An absolutely **mammoth** amount of work, please give this thread a read ⬇️💪💪

A few thoughts on what actual leadership looks like (ICYMI) statsepi.substack.com/p/some-thoug...

The Stage 3 #ESIC reports - thinking about a range of potential approaches - are now available for consultation at evidencesynthesis.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/...

How likely are Americans to buy “Made in the USA” and pay more for it? Company offered a U.S.-made version of their flagship product at 85% more than the Chinese-made one. 25,650 customers could vote with their wallets. How many bought American? buff.ly/JMYl1qg

Our cover this week.

In a creative use of multiverse analysis to estimate replication success, Amaral and colleagues observe a median replication rate of 26%. Congratulations to Olavo, Clarissa, Kleber, and the entire team. This remarkable work speaks clearly to the Brazilian community's commitment to research quality.

Here is the original one onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... And a newer version besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... There is a test function to do "confidence distributions" in the latest version github.com/daniel1noble...

I think integrity in general is in short supply over there …

This is good…

There is plenty of scope for reducing bureaucracy for the benefit of research, @stuartbuck.bsky.social argues. However, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are going about this completely the wrong way. buff.ly/aLkxKhC

Bluesky is the place for science.

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Yet another piece on NIH and indirect costs: open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...

OSIRIS (Open Science to Improve Reproducibility in Science) is currently conducting several interventional studies on Open Science practices. We invite interested colleagues to register and join a group that may take part in these studies. More info and registration 👇

... all those resources expended on People, and Money (local reference there)

🎓Higher Education News🎓 “Academics have accused the University of Edinburgh of using UK higher education’s financial crisis as a smokescreen for ‘incredibly arbitrary’ job cuts,” reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social. @timeshighered.bsky.social #academicsky #edusky #jobcuts

Never ever would I let myself get distracted from a crucial training by making silly memes.

US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks. https://go.nature.com/4kd1vIu

🧠 Exciting opportunity to join us beautiful Edinburgh to do ground-breaking mental health research! Details below 👇