"In 2019 we notified journals about serious integrity concerns in 172 clinical trials. Over five years later, only 22 have been retracted. The 135 unretracted trials have 1989 citations in systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, and consensus statements" [paraphrased] www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life? Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social) Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...

I was reminded today of the heroic work done by @eikofried.bsky.social and @robinnkok.bsky.social to see what information Elsevier collects on academics and was re-horrified. 🧵 (1/5) eiko-fried.com/welcome-to-h... #academicsky

This @xkcd.com hurts a little

"As fax machines were phased out in the late 2010s, engineers desperately sought new ways to annoy, confuse and enrage users. Microsoft SharePoint turned out to be the ideal replacement" - History of Technology, 3rd ed, 2047.

For all this talk about U-shaped associations, I have found the optimum amount of yoghurt in your beard is 0.

LA YARRRRR

The entire field of psychology from 1967 until 2011, and if we are honest with ourselves most of our current research output.

Generative AI is basically Orwell's "prolefeed" on steroids #showerthoughts

New from The Strain Team: 🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊 Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗). Gross! 😀 1/n #ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky

Happy weekend!

In a recent paper of mine, I suggested that the article processing charges (APCs) that were paid should be shown on the aricle, and it shoud also be stated which author(s) paid the APC. 🧵

This is also a good time to remind people that, according to the best available evidence, LLM-based chatbot therapy is about as effective as unguided self-help and might not even work for symptoms other than depression.

NEW PAPER: Updated SPIRIT-2025 for reporting protocols of randomised trials is now available in the @BMJ.com, @JAMA.com, @thelancet.bsky.social, @PLoS.org, and @natmedicine.bsky.social. —> www.bmj.com/content/389/... #openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky

I'm not distracted, I just have a hyperfocus on everything

#AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter Opening up more journals because we produce too much output that no-one reads or needs

Confuse, bewilder and alarm your Gen Z coworkers by citing Sabrina Carpenter lyrics in your meetings. They: "That meeting was a mess, I have no idea how to follow up" Me: "You're confused and I'm upset but we never talk about it"

Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

The journal that published this AI-generated dross has an impact factor of 6.9 and charges $3450 per paper.

Hear me out. What if we build a border...

Every time I see one of these I want to call out "SCORCHIO!"

20,000 scientists publish at unrealistic rates, study says

Not quite what we wanted the reboot of "Revenge of the Nerds" to look like.

I guess it's time to wheel out this one again

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Me: I was trying to download a paper from APA PsycNet

Whoa. Think of the hundreds of millions - if not literal billions - of tax money that was sunk into these journals.

Digital Health people: International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) 2025 conference astracts now open! Join us in sunny San Diego for all things #digitaheatlh #digitaltheraputics #mHealth #CCBT #HCI #behavioralheatlh isrii.org/isrii-13th-s...

Hello! Yeah Twitter is dead to me since baby Musk took over. I'm back.