Why research analytics built on AI needs to show its working
Merely appearing useful – versus being reliable, credible or provable
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Merely appearing useful – versus being reliable, credible or provable
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Why research analytics built on AI needs to show its working - Research Information
Merely appearing useful – versus being reliable, credible or provable – are different things, writes Kate Byrne
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September 24, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Why research analytics built on AI needs to show its working
Merely appearing useful – versus being reliable, credible or provable
www.researchinformation.info/viewpoint/wh...
Merely appearing useful – versus being reliable, credible or provable
www.researchinformation.info/viewpoint/wh...
Invisible trust markers: unconsciously trusted structural cues that get faked or mimicked to borrow legitimacy the content hasn’t earned.
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Invisible Trust Markers
On September 18, a chatbot nearly started a war.
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September 24, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Invisible trust markers: unconsciously trusted structural cues that get faked or mimicked to borrow legitimacy the content hasn’t earned.
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MDPI Taxonomy is a five-level hierarchical taxonomy for classifying scholarly content across scientific domains.
It builds on the OpenAlex hierarchy and extends it with an MDPI Concept layer for finer article classification and topic tagging
huggingface.co/datasets/mdp...
It builds on the OpenAlex hierarchy and extends it with an MDPI Concept layer for finer article classification and topic tagging
huggingface.co/datasets/mdp...
mdpi-di/taxonomy · Datasets at Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
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September 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
MDPI Taxonomy is a five-level hierarchical taxonomy for classifying scholarly content across scientific domains.
It builds on the OpenAlex hierarchy and extends it with an MDPI Concept layer for finer article classification and topic tagging
huggingface.co/datasets/mdp...
It builds on the OpenAlex hierarchy and extends it with an MDPI Concept layer for finer article classification and topic tagging
huggingface.co/datasets/mdp...
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📣If you’re attending #BioTechX 2026, then don’t miss out on these #DigitalScience presentations, delivered by our VP of Open Research, @hahnel.org
🔗 Want to learn more: https://www.digital-science.com/events/biotechx-europe-2026/
#BioTechX2026
🔗 Want to learn more: https://www.digital-science.com/events/biotechx-europe-2026/
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September 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
📣If you’re attending #BioTechX 2026, then don’t miss out on these #DigitalScience presentations, delivered by our VP of Open Research, @hahnel.org
🔗 Want to learn more: https://www.digital-science.com/events/biotechx-europe-2026/
#BioTechX2026
🔗 Want to learn more: https://www.digital-science.com/events/biotechx-europe-2026/
#BioTechX2026
As AI moves from summarizing papers to generating scientific claims, biopharma faces a hard question.
How do you trust an answer with no way to trace it back to the truth?
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How do you trust an answer with no way to trace it back to the truth?
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The next era of AI in drug discovery
Key takeaways and insights from Mark Hahnel’s keynote speech at AI in Drug Discovery hubXchange 2026.
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September 17, 2026 at 1:57 PM
As AI moves from summarizing papers to generating scientific claims, biopharma faces a hard question.
How do you trust an answer with no way to trace it back to the truth?
www.digital-science.com/blog/the-nex...
How do you trust an answer with no way to trace it back to the truth?
www.digital-science.com/blog/the-nex...
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What happens when #AI can accelerate scientific discovery faster than ever?
Our VP for Open Research, Dr Mark Hahnel, joins Aldo de Pape on Pulse (AlphaWire) to talk #OpenResearch, synthetic data, and AI as a force for good.
🎥 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjMzGe0MOJU
@hahnel.org
Our VP for Open Research, Dr Mark Hahnel, joins Aldo de Pape on Pulse (AlphaWire) to talk #OpenResearch, synthetic data, and AI as a force for good.
🎥 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjMzGe0MOJU
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The Future of Science in the Age of AI with Dr. Mark Hahnel
YouTube video by AlphaWire
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September 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
What happens when #AI can accelerate scientific discovery faster than ever?
Our VP for Open Research, Dr Mark Hahnel, joins Aldo de Pape on Pulse (AlphaWire) to talk #OpenResearch, synthetic data, and AI as a force for good.
🎥 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjMzGe0MOJU
@hahnel.org
Our VP for Open Research, Dr Mark Hahnel, joins Aldo de Pape on Pulse (AlphaWire) to talk #OpenResearch, synthetic data, and AI as a force for good.
🎥 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjMzGe0MOJU
@hahnel.org
So easy now to get the answers you want if you have the right data available
Continued growth of open academic data is playing a huge role in allowing AI progress in research
Massive growth in papers linking to all repositories
Made using Dimensions.ai API, Dimensions GBQ and codex...in 5 mins
Continued growth of open academic data is playing a huge role in allowing AI progress in research
Massive growth in papers linking to all repositories
Made using Dimensions.ai API, Dimensions GBQ and codex...in 5 mins
September 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
So easy now to get the answers you want if you have the right data available
Continued growth of open academic data is playing a huge role in allowing AI progress in research
Massive growth in papers linking to all repositories
Made using Dimensions.ai API, Dimensions GBQ and codex...in 5 mins
Continued growth of open academic data is playing a huge role in allowing AI progress in research
Massive growth in papers linking to all repositories
Made using Dimensions.ai API, Dimensions GBQ and codex...in 5 mins
"An open infrastructure is not an open service."
Interesting distinction from Ian Mulvany
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Interesting distinction from Ian Mulvany
blog.mulvany.net/posts/reflec...
Reflections on services and "services" — Ian Mulvany
This blopg post is an important one - “https://blog.openalex.org/after-researchfish-europe-pmc-openalex-on-the-future-of-grant-outcomes-reporting/“ from…
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September 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM
"An open infrastructure is not an open service."
Interesting distinction from Ian Mulvany
blog.mulvany.net/posts/reflec...
Interesting distinction from Ian Mulvany
blog.mulvany.net/posts/reflec...
Reposted by Mark Hahnel
@hahnel.org, VP Open Research at Digital Science, is speaking at the AI in Drug Discovery Xchange in San Francisco, Sept 9.
🔗 Learn more: https://ow.ly/Qsbr50ZwkGJ
🔗 Learn more: https://ow.ly/Qsbr50ZwkGJ
August 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
@hahnel.org, VP Open Research at Digital Science, is speaking at the AI in Drug Discovery Xchange in San Francisco, Sept 9.
🔗 Learn more: https://ow.ly/Qsbr50ZwkGJ
🔗 Learn more: https://ow.ly/Qsbr50ZwkGJ
Didnt expect this to be realised so quickly
Acceleration
Acceleration
September 9, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Didnt expect this to be realised so quickly
Acceleration
Acceleration
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📢 Applications are now open for the 2026 Digital Science #CatalystGrant
💡 Our theme is “Agentic Workflows You Can Trust.”
🌱 Your idea could win a grant of up to £25,000
🔗 See our announcement: https://bit.ly/4xAskwy
💡 Our theme is “Agentic Workflows You Can Trust.”
🌱 Your idea could win a grant of up to £25,000
🔗 See our announcement: https://bit.ly/4xAskwy
September 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
📢 Applications are now open for the 2026 Digital Science #CatalystGrant
💡 Our theme is “Agentic Workflows You Can Trust.”
🌱 Your idea could win a grant of up to £25,000
🔗 See our announcement: https://bit.ly/4xAskwy
💡 Our theme is “Agentic Workflows You Can Trust.”
🌱 Your idea could win a grant of up to £25,000
🔗 See our announcement: https://bit.ly/4xAskwy
“In the short term the thing that the folk at Overleaf should be looking at is can they integrate more meaningful and useful and fast AI integration through an API layer” and indeed Digitial Science has since launched papers.ai.
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Papers AI — one research workspace for Word, LaTeX, data & code
One research workspace for your writing, data, and code. Collaborative Word, LaTeX, and Markdown editing with AI that has your whole project in context. Built by Overleaf.
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August 25, 2026 at 11:47 AM
“In the short term the thing that the folk at Overleaf should be looking at is can they integrate more meaningful and useful and fast AI integration through an API layer” and indeed Digitial Science has since launched papers.ai.
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To be truly valuable, #AI needs to be rooted in structured data. However, linking AI with databases & tools has previously required complex, custom engineering work.
Enter MCPs.
What is an #MCP and how do they benefit research teams?
🔗 https://bit.ly/3SfQlts
@dimensions.ai @altmetric.com
Enter MCPs.
What is an #MCP and how do they benefit research teams?
🔗 https://bit.ly/3SfQlts
@dimensions.ai @altmetric.com
Show your sources: building verifiable, citable AI agents with MCP - Digital Science
Our new Dimensions & Altmetric MCPs ground LLMs in structured data, generating verified, citable results that research teams can trust.
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August 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
To be truly valuable, #AI needs to be rooted in structured data. However, linking AI with databases & tools has previously required complex, custom engineering work.
Enter MCPs.
What is an #MCP and how do they benefit research teams?
🔗 https://bit.ly/3SfQlts
@dimensions.ai @altmetric.com
Enter MCPs.
What is an #MCP and how do they benefit research teams?
🔗 https://bit.ly/3SfQlts
@dimensions.ai @altmetric.com
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#ICYMI
👉 Do we actually need to write research papers at all?
👉 Where should researchers spend their time, and can #AI do the boring work well here?
Those are the questions @hahnel.org raises in his piece for the Open Research Substack.
🔗 https://ow.ly/MJV550ZuWxe
👉 Do we actually need to write research papers at all?
👉 Where should researchers spend their time, and can #AI do the boring work well here?
Those are the questions @hahnel.org raises in his piece for the Open Research Substack.
🔗 https://ow.ly/MJV550ZuWxe
August 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
#ICYMI
👉 Do we actually need to write research papers at all?
👉 Where should researchers spend their time, and can #AI do the boring work well here?
Those are the questions @hahnel.org raises in his piece for the Open Research Substack.
🔗 https://ow.ly/MJV550ZuWxe
👉 Do we actually need to write research papers at all?
👉 Where should researchers spend their time, and can #AI do the boring work well here?
Those are the questions @hahnel.org raises in his piece for the Open Research Substack.
🔗 https://ow.ly/MJV550ZuWxe
Reposted by Mark Hahnel
We're excited to partner with Jisc to expand access to Dimensions Industry Partnerships across UK higher ed.
Helping institutions identify industry partners, strengthen existing relationships & uncover opportunities for commercialization.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4hIeNxY
@jisc.bsky.social @dimensions.ai
Helping institutions identify industry partners, strengthen existing relationships & uncover opportunities for commercialization.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4hIeNxY
@jisc.bsky.social @dimensions.ai
August 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
We're excited to partner with Jisc to expand access to Dimensions Industry Partnerships across UK higher ed.
Helping institutions identify industry partners, strengthen existing relationships & uncover opportunities for commercialization.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4hIeNxY
@jisc.bsky.social @dimensions.ai
Helping institutions identify industry partners, strengthen existing relationships & uncover opportunities for commercialization.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4hIeNxY
@jisc.bsky.social @dimensions.ai
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Today, we’re pleased to share an overview of the partnerships we’re involved in to harness AI for improving research engagement. buff.ly/uR6vPXd
eLife Latest: Exploring AI’s potential for improving research engagement
We have partnered on a number of projects exploring the discoverability and navigation of research by machines and humans alike, laying the groundwork for a new era of AI-driven research…
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August 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Today, we’re pleased to share an overview of the partnerships we’re involved in to harness AI for improving research engagement. buff.ly/uR6vPXd
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There's a difference between using AI and embedding it.
The companies pulling ahead treat AI like a colleague, not a tool. It's woven into how they operate, not bolted on.
You can tell which companies made that shift. They're the ones winning.
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/TuM250ZyqXR
The companies pulling ahead treat AI like a colleague, not a tool. It's woven into how they operate, not bolted on.
You can tell which companies made that shift. They're the ones winning.
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/TuM250ZyqXR
August 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
There's a difference between using AI and embedding it.
The companies pulling ahead treat AI like a colleague, not a tool. It's woven into how they operate, not bolted on.
You can tell which companies made that shift. They're the ones winning.
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/TuM250ZyqXR
The companies pulling ahead treat AI like a colleague, not a tool. It's woven into how they operate, not bolted on.
You can tell which companies made that shift. They're the ones winning.
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/TuM250ZyqXR
I remember the first few days of Figshare, we would get excited when someone made "something" openly available
Its now about 3,000 items/day being made open across Figshare infrastructure
Its now about 3,000 items/day being made open across Figshare infrastructure
August 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I remember the first few days of Figshare, we would get excited when someone made "something" openly available
Its now about 3,000 items/day being made open across Figshare infrastructure
Its now about 3,000 items/day being made open across Figshare infrastructure
Reposted by Mark Hahnel
I really like this visualisation for getting across what we need to be balancing when we talk about AI and dissemination of academic research
Pace of discovery
Credit & IP
Trustworthiness
www.openresearch.wtf/whoever-writ...
Pace of discovery
Credit & IP
Trustworthiness
www.openresearch.wtf/whoever-writ...
August 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I really like this visualisation for getting across what we need to be balancing when we talk about AI and dissemination of academic research
Pace of discovery
Credit & IP
Trustworthiness
www.openresearch.wtf/whoever-writ...
Pace of discovery
Credit & IP
Trustworthiness
www.openresearch.wtf/whoever-writ...
I really like this visualisation for getting across what we need to be balancing when we talk about AI and dissemination of academic research
Pace of discovery
Credit & IP
Trustworthiness
www.openresearch.wtf/whoever-writ...
Pace of discovery
Credit & IP
Trustworthiness
www.openresearch.wtf/whoever-writ...
August 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I really like this visualisation for getting across what we need to be balancing when we talk about AI and dissemination of academic research
Pace of discovery
Credit & IP
Trustworthiness
www.openresearch.wtf/whoever-writ...
Pace of discovery
Credit & IP
Trustworthiness
www.openresearch.wtf/whoever-writ...
August 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Reposted by Mark Hahnel
Complex problems. Massive amounts of data, internal and external. That's the daily reality for knowledge workers in regulated industries.
AI With Integrity makes the case for a trusted, explainable AI layer—one the organization can actually trust.
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/5JtZ50ZwSGy
AI With Integrity makes the case for a trusted, explainable AI layer—one the organization can actually trust.
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/5JtZ50ZwSGy
August 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Complex problems. Massive amounts of data, internal and external. That's the daily reality for knowledge workers in regulated industries.
AI With Integrity makes the case for a trusted, explainable AI layer—one the organization can actually trust.
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/5JtZ50ZwSGy
AI With Integrity makes the case for a trusted, explainable AI layer—one the organization can actually trust.
🎥 Watch: https://ow.ly/5JtZ50ZwSGy
Catalyzing Biomedical Data Innovation: Three Years of the DataWorks! Prize
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Recent winner - sex differences in Acute Kidney Injury - Shows what's possible when high-quality shared data meets creative scientific inquiry
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Recent winner - sex differences in Acute Kidney Injury - Shows what's possible when high-quality shared data meets creative scientific inquiry
www.herox.com/dataworks/ro...
Catalyzing Biomedical Data Innovation: Three Years of the DataWorks! Prize | Data Science at NIH
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August 7, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Catalyzing Biomedical Data Innovation: Three Years of the DataWorks! Prize
datascience.nih.gov/director/dir...
Recent winner - sex differences in Acute Kidney Injury - Shows what's possible when high-quality shared data meets creative scientific inquiry
www.herox.com/dataworks/ro...
datascience.nih.gov/director/dir...
Recent winner - sex differences in Acute Kidney Injury - Shows what's possible when high-quality shared data meets creative scientific inquiry
www.herox.com/dataworks/ro...
If you are doing research - go and try this out
An AI-native workspace that already knows your project?
The new Papers AI from Digital Science keeps your drafts, data & references together, so the AI assistant has full context of your work - instead of starting fresh each time.
👉 Available now: https://ow.ly/whX150Zw2t9
#PapersAI #AcademicSky
The new Papers AI from Digital Science keeps your drafts, data & references together, so the AI assistant has full context of your work - instead of starting fresh each time.
👉 Available now: https://ow.ly/whX150Zw2t9
#PapersAI #AcademicSky
August 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
If you are doing research - go and try this out
