Scientist Network for Advancing Policy
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We are early-career scientists mobilizing for large-scale initiatives + building capacity to bridge gaps between science & society.
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September 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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We aren’t abandoning academia. We're asking whether academia, as currently structured, deserves our trust.
Lauren Chambers and I wrote about what it really means to “save” academia for @insidehighered.com 👇
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
@sciforgood.bsky.social @snapcoalition.org
Lauren Chambers and I wrote about what it really means to “save” academia for @insidehighered.com 👇
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
@sciforgood.bsky.social @snapcoalition.org
Grad Students Wonder if Academia Is Worth Saving (opinion)
It’s not just the federal government that’s telling grad students their work doesn’t matter.
www.insidehighered.com
September 1, 2026 at 12:23 PM
We aren’t abandoning academia. We're asking whether academia, as currently structured, deserves our trust.
Lauren Chambers and I wrote about what it really means to “save” academia for @insidehighered.com 👇
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
@sciforgood.bsky.social @snapcoalition.org
Lauren Chambers and I wrote about what it really means to “save” academia for @insidehighered.com 👇
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
@sciforgood.bsky.social @snapcoalition.org
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@emmascales.bsky.social took a dense topic full of emotion and laid out the facts for @snapcoalition.org’s blog, Science Policy in a SNAP!
This was a fun one to help edit :) #sustainableAg #sciencepolicy medium.com/science-poli...
This was a fun one to help edit :) #sustainableAg #sciencepolicy medium.com/science-poli...
The need for farmer-forward sustainable livestock policy, not cheap foreign beef
Consumers' woes are farmers' woes- and our current policies prevent farmers from solving the problem.
medium.com
September 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
@emmascales.bsky.social took a dense topic full of emotion and laid out the facts for @snapcoalition.org’s blog, Science Policy in a SNAP!
This was a fun one to help edit :) #sustainableAg #sciencepolicy medium.com/science-poli...
This was a fun one to help edit :) #sustainableAg #sciencepolicy medium.com/science-poli...
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Are you a scientist who also cares about politics? Help us ask candidates for public office what their positions are on important science policy issues!
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August 25, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Are you a scientist who also cares about politics? Help us ask candidates for public office what their positions are on important science policy issues!
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Come read what your candidates for public office have to say about #science policy issues!
#PA #Pennsylvania #scipol #EarlyCareerResearchers #midterms #midtermelections #elections
Come read what your candidates for public office have to say about #science policy issues!
#PA #Pennsylvania #scipol #EarlyCareerResearchers #midterms #midtermelections #elections
August 25, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Come read what your candidates for public office have to say about #science policy issues!
#PA #Pennsylvania #scipol #EarlyCareerResearchers #midterms #midtermelections #elections
Come read what your candidates for public office have to say about #science policy issues!
#PA #Pennsylvania #scipol #EarlyCareerResearchers #midterms #midtermelections #elections
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Applying to the @hhmi-science.bsky.social gilliam fellows program? Take note!
August 19, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Applying to the @hhmi-science.bsky.social gilliam fellows program? Take note!
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6/7 But scientists can’t change this alone.
Funders and institutions need to make publishing, reviewing, and curating science actually count in grants, hiring, and promotion.
And journals can evolve too: away from being gatekeepers of prestige and toward supporting review, synthesis, and curation.
Funders and institutions need to make publishing, reviewing, and curating science actually count in grants, hiring, and promotion.
And journals can evolve too: away from being gatekeepers of prestige and toward supporting review, synthesis, and curation.
August 19, 2026 at 12:21 AM
6/7 But scientists can’t change this alone.
Funders and institutions need to make publishing, reviewing, and curating science actually count in grants, hiring, and promotion.
And journals can evolve too: away from being gatekeepers of prestige and toward supporting review, synthesis, and curation.
Funders and institutions need to make publishing, reviewing, and curating science actually count in grants, hiring, and promotion.
And journals can evolve too: away from being gatekeepers of prestige and toward supporting review, synthesis, and curation.
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5/7 Curation is key.
Instead of outsourcing judgments of scientific value to journal brands, scientific communities can identify and elevate important work after it’s available for everyone to read and evaluate.
Prestige tells you where something landed.
Curation can tell you why it matters.
Instead of outsourcing judgments of scientific value to journal brands, scientific communities can identify and elevate important work after it’s available for everyone to read and evaluate.
Prestige tells you where something landed.
Curation can tell you why it matters.
August 19, 2026 at 12:21 AM
5/7 Curation is key.
Instead of outsourcing judgments of scientific value to journal brands, scientific communities can identify and elevate important work after it’s available for everyone to read and evaluate.
Prestige tells you where something landed.
Curation can tell you why it matters.
Instead of outsourcing judgments of scientific value to journal brands, scientific communities can identify and elevate important work after it’s available for everyone to read and evaluate.
Prestige tells you where something landed.
Curation can tell you why it matters.
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4/7 Our call to action is simple:
Publish, Review, & Curate
Publish research openly. Groups like @asapbio.bsky.social have helped show what a preprint-first future can look like.
Review it openly and constructively. @prereview.bsky.social is helping build that culture.
Then curate what matters.
Publish, Review, & Curate
Publish research openly. Groups like @asapbio.bsky.social have helped show what a preprint-first future can look like.
Review it openly and constructively. @prereview.bsky.social is helping build that culture.
Then curate what matters.
August 19, 2026 at 12:21 AM
4/7 Our call to action is simple:
Publish, Review, & Curate
Publish research openly. Groups like @asapbio.bsky.social have helped show what a preprint-first future can look like.
Review it openly and constructively. @prereview.bsky.social is helping build that culture.
Then curate what matters.
Publish, Review, & Curate
Publish research openly. Groups like @asapbio.bsky.social have helped show what a preprint-first future can look like.
Review it openly and constructively. @prereview.bsky.social is helping build that culture.
Then curate what matters.
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3/7 Our argument: science doesn’t need another “better” journal.
We need to rethink what journals currently bundle together:
Publishing research.
Evaluating research.
Deciding what deserves attention.
Those don’t have to be the same process.
We need to rethink what journals currently bundle together:
Publishing research.
Evaluating research.
Deciding what deserves attention.
Those don’t have to be the same process.
August 19, 2026 at 12:21 AM
3/7 Our argument: science doesn’t need another “better” journal.
We need to rethink what journals currently bundle together:
Publishing research.
Evaluating research.
Deciding what deserves attention.
Those don’t have to be the same process.
We need to rethink what journals currently bundle together:
Publishing research.
Evaluating research.
Deciding what deserves attention.
Those don’t have to be the same process.
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2/7 We’ve built a system where the logo at the top of a paper can influence hiring, promotion, funding, and how seriously research is taken.
So scientists understandably optimize for prestige.
The problem isn’t individual scientists playing the game. It’s the incentives that created the game.
So scientists understandably optimize for prestige.
The problem isn’t individual scientists playing the game. It’s the incentives that created the game.
August 19, 2026 at 12:21 AM
2/7 We’ve built a system where the logo at the top of a paper can influence hiring, promotion, funding, and how seriously research is taken.
So scientists understandably optimize for prestige.
The problem isn’t individual scientists playing the game. It’s the incentives that created the game.
So scientists understandably optimize for prestige.
The problem isn’t individual scientists playing the game. It’s the incentives that created the game.
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1/7 Prestige sucks.
Not because recognition is bad. But because science has spent decades confusing journal prestige with scientific quality.
And that shapes what gets published, what gets rewarded, and ultimately what science gets done.
Not because recognition is bad. But because science has spent decades confusing journal prestige with scientific quality.
And that shapes what gets published, what gets rewarded, and ultimately what science gets done.
August 19, 2026 at 12:21 AM
1/7 Prestige sucks.
Not because recognition is bad. But because science has spent decades confusing journal prestige with scientific quality.
And that shapes what gets published, what gets rewarded, and ultimately what science gets done.
Not because recognition is bad. But because science has spent decades confusing journal prestige with scientific quality.
And that shapes what gets published, what gets rewarded, and ultimately what science gets done.
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And ofc, @hannaherf.bsky.social and I teamed up via @snapcoalition.org 🤗
August 19, 2026 at 12:27 AM
And ofc, @hannaherf.bsky.social and I teamed up via @snapcoalition.org 🤗
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7/7 If we want scientists to stop chasing journal prestige, we have to stop rewarding them for chasing journal prestige.
Change the incentives, and the culture can follow.
@hannaherf.bsky.social and I make the case in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social:
sciencepolitics.org/2026/08/17/s...
Change the incentives, and the culture can follow.
@hannaherf.bsky.social and I make the case in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social:
sciencepolitics.org/2026/08/17/s...
Science Doesn't Need Better Journals. It Needs Better Incentives. - Science Politics
Journal prestige shapes what science gets done, how fast it moves, and whose work gets seen. Pushing institutions to engage in open science can make the system more equitable.
sciencepolitics.org
August 19, 2026 at 12:21 AM
7/7 If we want scientists to stop chasing journal prestige, we have to stop rewarding them for chasing journal prestige.
Change the incentives, and the culture can follow.
@hannaherf.bsky.social and I make the case in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social:
sciencepolitics.org/2026/08/17/s...
Change the incentives, and the culture can follow.
@hannaherf.bsky.social and I make the case in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social:
sciencepolitics.org/2026/08/17/s...
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The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) is launching a new mini-grant program to support new university-based science policy student organizations as they get off the ground. Applications are due 31 August 2026. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
@snapcoalition.org
@snapcoalition.org
August 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) is launching a new mini-grant program to support new university-based science policy student organizations as they get off the ground. Applications are due 31 August 2026. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
@snapcoalition.org
@snapcoalition.org
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