ResearchEquals
@researchequals.com
Official Bluesky account. Experimental publishing platform for the entire research process. Posts by Chris Hartgerink.
> So I am sending out a warning signal for the second time: If you want ResearchEquals to persist, it will take more support. Concretely, the support will need to come in the next 9 months.
September 1, 2026 at 10:08 AM
> So I am sending out a warning signal for the second time: If you want ResearchEquals to persist, it will take more support. Concretely, the support will need to come in the next 9 months.
Each person who signs up to ResearchEquals gets an email from us, asking them to tell us about their research.
This extra barrier helps us moderate spam and slop before it happens. But it also has become a rewarding pathway to learn about whom we are serving. 😊💌
researchequals.com/signup
This extra barrier helps us moderate spam and slop before it happens. But it also has become a rewarding pathway to learn about whom we are serving. 😊💌
researchequals.com/signup
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Research platform for collaborative science
researchequals.com
August 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Each person who signs up to ResearchEquals gets an email from us, asking them to tell us about their research.
This extra barrier helps us moderate spam and slop before it happens. But it also has become a rewarding pathway to learn about whom we are serving. 😊💌
researchequals.com/signup
This extra barrier helps us moderate spam and slop before it happens. But it also has become a rewarding pathway to learn about whom we are serving. 😊💌
researchequals.com/signup
Thanks @danrdmnn.bsky.social 🙌
We encourage people to check out your "Seven Theses for a Diverse and Inclusive Research Data Ecosystem"
doi.org/10.53962/jw8...
We encourage people to check out your "Seven Theses for a Diverse and Inclusive Research Data Ecosystem"
doi.org/10.53962/jw8...
August 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Thanks @danrdmnn.bsky.social 🙌
We encourage people to check out your "Seven Theses for a Diverse and Inclusive Research Data Ecosystem"
doi.org/10.53962/jw8...
We encourage people to check out your "Seven Theses for a Diverse and Inclusive Research Data Ecosystem"
doi.org/10.53962/jw8...
ResearchEquals is shaped by your input.
Reach us anytime at [email protected] with questions and feedback.
ResearchEquals may not be what you need today, but in the future it could be 😊 All contributions are credited in our release notes
Reach us anytime at [email protected] with questions and feedback.
ResearchEquals may not be what you need today, but in the future it could be 😊 All contributions are credited in our release notes
frontend
An Astro based front-end to interact with the ResearchEquals API.
git.libscie.org
July 31, 2026 at 6:07 AM
ResearchEquals is shaped by your input.
Reach us anytime at [email protected] with questions and feedback.
ResearchEquals may not be what you need today, but in the future it could be 😊 All contributions are credited in our release notes
Reach us anytime at [email protected] with questions and feedback.
ResearchEquals may not be what you need today, but in the future it could be 😊 All contributions are credited in our release notes
Our platform runs for roughly €25/day — and anyone can publish on it for free.
The APC for a single paper could instead keep ResearchEquals online for months:
Nature: €10,000 → ~400 days
Scientific Data: €2,390 → ~96 days
PLOS Biology: $5,500 → ~190 days
DM us if your OA funds need more purpose 😉
The APC for a single paper could instead keep ResearchEquals online for months:
Nature: €10,000 → ~400 days
Scientific Data: €2,390 → ~96 days
PLOS Biology: $5,500 → ~190 days
DM us if your OA funds need more purpose 😉
July 29, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Our platform runs for roughly €25/day — and anyone can publish on it for free.
The APC for a single paper could instead keep ResearchEquals online for months:
Nature: €10,000 → ~400 days
Scientific Data: €2,390 → ~96 days
PLOS Biology: $5,500 → ~190 days
DM us if your OA funds need more purpose 😉
The APC for a single paper could instead keep ResearchEquals online for months:
Nature: €10,000 → ~400 days
Scientific Data: €2,390 → ~96 days
PLOS Biology: $5,500 → ~190 days
DM us if your OA funds need more purpose 😉
Migrated our ATProto account from our self-hosted server to @eurosky.social – easy as eating cake! 🍰
Biggest hurdle was getting the migration code because emails were not set up on our self-hosted instance 😊
Biggest hurdle was getting the migration code because emails were not set up on our self-hosted instance 😊
July 29, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Migrated our ATProto account from our self-hosted server to @eurosky.social – easy as eating cake! 🍰
Biggest hurdle was getting the migration code because emails were not set up on our self-hosted instance 😊
Biggest hurdle was getting the migration code because emails were not set up on our self-hosted instance 😊
Thanks for the love @oberman.bsky.social 💜
With the chance of creative ideas, do keep sending your wildest feature requests! [email protected]
With the chance of creative ideas, do keep sending your wildest feature requests! [email protected]
July 27, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Thanks for the love @oberman.bsky.social 💜
With the chance of creative ideas, do keep sending your wildest feature requests! [email protected]
With the chance of creative ideas, do keep sending your wildest feature requests! [email protected]
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I’ve been loving seeing so many feminist, interdisciplinary and decolonial perspectives in open research, and I’ve got some work in progress in this area which feels exciting 🩷
More of this please and less of the surveillance and “automated” science
More of this please and less of the surveillance and “automated” science
July 24, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I’ve been loving seeing so many feminist, interdisciplinary and decolonial perspectives in open research, and I’ve got some work in progress in this area which feels exciting 🩷
More of this please and less of the surveillance and “automated” science
More of this please and less of the surveillance and “automated” science
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Our Coalition sued Marco Rubio, and the court is agreeing with us.
Today, Judge Boasberg stayed a Trump admin policy to deny revoke the visas of technology researchers, fact-checkers and trust and safety workers.
knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...
Today, Judge Boasberg stayed a Trump admin policy to deny revoke the visas of technology researchers, fact-checkers and trust and safety workers.
knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...
Federal Court Suspends Trump Immigration Policy Targeting Technology Researchers
knightcolumbia.org
July 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Our Coalition sued Marco Rubio, and the court is agreeing with us.
Today, Judge Boasberg stayed a Trump admin policy to deny revoke the visas of technology researchers, fact-checkers and trust and safety workers.
knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...
Today, Judge Boasberg stayed a Trump admin policy to deny revoke the visas of technology researchers, fact-checkers and trust and safety workers.
knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...
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I like my memes the way I like my science: open
July 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I like my memes the way I like my science: open
What some academics think #OpenScience is doing
July 6, 2026 at 11:32 AM
What some academics think #OpenScience is doing
The US Supreme Court is making it even more urgent for institutions to migrate away from US owned infrastructure.
We're not affected as we manage ResearchEquals on European owned + located servers 🇪🇺
Need help migrating? Maybe we can help – DM us!
euobserver.com/224950/eu-un...
We're not affected as we manage ResearchEquals on European owned + located servers 🇪🇺
Need help migrating? Maybe we can help – DM us!
euobserver.com/224950/eu-un...
EU under pressure to withdraw from US data transfer deal
Donald Trump has been granted even more powers after a Supreme Court ruling that undermines the independence of the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces privacy safeguards of a EU-US data…
euobserver.com
July 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The US Supreme Court is making it even more urgent for institutions to migrate away from US owned infrastructure.
We're not affected as we manage ResearchEquals on European owned + located servers 🇪🇺
Need help migrating? Maybe we can help – DM us!
euobserver.com/224950/eu-un...
We're not affected as we manage ResearchEquals on European owned + located servers 🇪🇺
Need help migrating? Maybe we can help – DM us!
euobserver.com/224950/eu-un...
We spent the week hardening our security by encrypting secrets in a forward reliable manner. Easy to manage and keep information secure.
We need your support to make sure the plumbing works - if you have any leads where we can seek financial support, send us a DM!
git.libscie.org/researchequa...
We need your support to make sure the plumbing works - if you have any leads where we can seek financial support, send us a DM!
git.libscie.org/researchequa...
2.5.0 - researchequals/api
No required migration steps Optional: Set an `ENCRYPTION_KEY` environment variable for the service. Please [see the knowledge base for further details on how to rotate the encryption…
git.libscie.org
June 26, 2026 at 1:59 PM
We spent the week hardening our security by encrypting secrets in a forward reliable manner. Easy to manage and keep information secure.
We need your support to make sure the plumbing works - if you have any leads where we can seek financial support, send us a DM!
git.libscie.org/researchequa...
We need your support to make sure the plumbing works - if you have any leads where we can seek financial support, send us a DM!
git.libscie.org/researchequa...
> When usage puts demands on infrastructure without providing corresponding financial support, each new research project that names a repository in its abstract may deepen the sustainability risk.
issues.org/open-data-re...
issues.org/open-data-re...
Who Will Keep Research Data Infrastructure Open and Running? | Real Numbers
The scientific community must consider the longevity of open research infrastructure—why it might fail and how to prevent it.
issues.org
June 22, 2026 at 11:32 AM
> When usage puts demands on infrastructure without providing corresponding financial support, each new research project that names a repository in its abstract may deepen the sustainability risk.
issues.org/open-data-re...
issues.org/open-data-re...
If you've gotten value from ResearchEquals, would you mind leaving us an honest review?
It is super helpful in us moving forward with y'all 💜
senja.io/p/researcheq...
It is super helpful in us moving forward with y'all 💜
senja.io/p/researcheq...
ResearchEquals Testimonial Form
senja.io
June 8, 2026 at 11:37 AM
If you've gotten value from ResearchEquals, would you mind leaving us an honest review?
It is super helpful in us moving forward with y'all 💜
senja.io/p/researcheq...
It is super helpful in us moving forward with y'all 💜
senja.io/p/researcheq...
Yes please - all we need is €100k/year.
Our operating funds are covered until ~end of 2027 and can use some support. Institutional backing is ~€13k/year right now.
Our operating funds are covered until ~end of 2027 and can use some support. Institutional backing is ~€13k/year right now.
What if global #OpenScience cost a fraction of one nation's journal subscriptions? 🤯
SCOSS reveals a stark contrast: €6M feeds 12 vital global #DiamondOA infrastructures, while a single country can spend over €100M on paywalls and APCs.
Read the full story: scoss.org/the-6-vs-100...
SCOSS reveals a stark contrast: €6M feeds 12 vital global #DiamondOA infrastructures, while a single country can spend over €100M on paywalls and APCs.
Read the full story: scoss.org/the-6-vs-100...
The 6 vs. 100 million OA question - SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services
What if the global backbone of Diamond OA cost less than a single country’s journal access and APC bill? For many, it does. Put it into perspective: the combined operating costs of the 12…
scoss.org
June 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Yes please - all we need is €100k/year.
Our operating funds are covered until ~end of 2027 and can use some support. Institutional backing is ~€13k/year right now.
Our operating funds are covered until ~end of 2027 and can use some support. Institutional backing is ~€13k/year right now.
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June 1, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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Efforts to federate research infrastructures should not reinvent the wheel. ResearchEquals seeks to federate with the Fediverse instead.
> By using ActivityPub to federate research publishing, the act of publishing becomes the act of distribution.
doi.org/10.53962/xjp...
> By using ActivityPub to federate research publishing, the act of publishing becomes the act of distribution.
doi.org/10.53962/xjp...
Federating research publishing with ActivityPub
Research platform for collaborative science
doi.org
May 28, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Efforts to federate research infrastructures should not reinvent the wheel. ResearchEquals seeks to federate with the Fediverse instead.
> By using ActivityPub to federate research publishing, the act of publishing becomes the act of distribution.
doi.org/10.53962/xjp...
> By using ActivityPub to federate research publishing, the act of publishing becomes the act of distribution.
doi.org/10.53962/xjp...
Fake references are spreading in the literature. AI models are an important cause.
Our antidote? 🧪 Automated references, generated based on the links in the text. No more manual reference formatting + immediate source retrieval.
Try it out 👇
researchequals.com
Our antidote? 🧪 Automated references, generated based on the links in the text. No more manual reference formatting + immediate source retrieval.
Try it out 👇
researchequals.com
ResearchEquals
Research platform for collaborative science
researchequals.com
May 27, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Fake references are spreading in the literature. AI models are an important cause.
Our antidote? 🧪 Automated references, generated based on the links in the text. No more manual reference formatting + immediate source retrieval.
Try it out 👇
researchequals.com
Our antidote? 🧪 Automated references, generated based on the links in the text. No more manual reference formatting + immediate source retrieval.
Try it out 👇
researchequals.com
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Collabra: Psychology, the official journal of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science, seeks applications for Editor-in-Chief!
The SIPS Publications Committee encourages editors with innovative ideas about how Collabra: Psychology can best accomplish its mission to apply.
The SIPS Publications Committee encourages editors with innovative ideas about how Collabra: Psychology can best accomplish its mission to apply.
May 19, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Collabra: Psychology, the official journal of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science, seeks applications for Editor-in-Chief!
The SIPS Publications Committee encourages editors with innovative ideas about how Collabra: Psychology can best accomplish its mission to apply.
The SIPS Publications Committee encourages editors with innovative ideas about how Collabra: Psychology can best accomplish its mission to apply.
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Writing isn’t about making yourself into a machine that produces text in the most efficient way.
It involves fermenting ideas, taking diversions, letting things evolve, going for a walk and drinking tea.
Maybe I can learn to enjoy & inhabit this process more by thinking about what it’s not.
2/2
It involves fermenting ideas, taking diversions, letting things evolve, going for a walk and drinking tea.
Maybe I can learn to enjoy & inhabit this process more by thinking about what it’s not.
2/2
May 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Writing isn’t about making yourself into a machine that produces text in the most efficient way.
It involves fermenting ideas, taking diversions, letting things evolve, going for a walk and drinking tea.
Maybe I can learn to enjoy & inhabit this process more by thinking about what it’s not.
2/2
It involves fermenting ideas, taking diversions, letting things evolve, going for a walk and drinking tea.
Maybe I can learn to enjoy & inhabit this process more by thinking about what it’s not.
2/2
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In the early stages of writing something at the moment, and the whole AI/academic writing thing is helping me to reflect on the process in ways that are more self-compassionate. 1/2
May 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
In the early stages of writing something at the moment, and the whole AI/academic writing thing is helping me to reflect on the process in ways that are more self-compassionate. 1/2
We are making ResearchEquals safe by design – we now require manual approval of new accounts and can quarantine accounts upon suspicious activity.
This is about actively caring for the space we seek to create, not gatekeeping.
All genuine research practice remains welcome.
This is about actively caring for the space we seek to create, not gatekeeping.
All genuine research practice remains welcome.
May 14, 2026 at 12:47 PM
We are making ResearchEquals safe by design – we now require manual approval of new accounts and can quarantine accounts upon suspicious activity.
This is about actively caring for the space we seek to create, not gatekeeping.
All genuine research practice remains welcome.
This is about actively caring for the space we seek to create, not gatekeeping.
All genuine research practice remains welcome.