@willemhalffman.bsky.social
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New paper alert! 👏 @maud--b.bsky.social and @willemhalffman.bsky.social used the #Opioid #Archive to explore the ghostwriting process of medical papers. Check out “Imaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper” in Social Studies of Science. doi.org/10.1177/0306...
Imaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper - Maud Bernisson, Willem Halffman, 2026
Ghostwritten medical papers are a cornerstone of pharmaceutical marketing. We trace how one manuscript written under the instructions and supervision of opioid ...
doi.org
September 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
New paper alert! 👏 @maud--b.bsky.social and @willemhalffman.bsky.social used the #Opioid #Archive to explore the ghostwriting process of medical papers. Check out “Imaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper” in Social Studies of Science. doi.org/10.1177/0306...
Sturen op onderwerpen aan een brede universiteit vind ik niet zo handig. En wel hierom:
www.voxweb.nl/columns/colu...
www.voxweb.nl/columns/colu...
Column Willem Halffman: 'Moet de Radboud Universiteit een wilde tuin zijn of een aangeharkt park?' - Vox magazine
Excellereren op vijf themagebieden, moet je dat eigenlijk wel willen als universiteit, vraagt columnist Willem Halffman zich af. 'Wat nu een klein plantje is, kan over vijf jaar een belangrijke maatsc...
www.voxweb.nl
June 4, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Sturen op onderwerpen aan een brede universiteit vind ik niet zo handig. En wel hierom:
www.voxweb.nl/columns/colu...
www.voxweb.nl/columns/colu...
Paper out: "PubPeer is ok, but..."
Many scientists agree that post-publication commenting is a good idea, but there are also worries. Our preprint explores responses from scientists who have written or cited papers with comments on PubPeer.
osf.io/nh3eg_v1
Part of ERC project #NanoBubbles.
Many scientists agree that post-publication commenting is a good idea, but there are also worries. Our preprint explores responses from scientists who have written or cited papers with comments on PubPeer.
osf.io/nh3eg_v1
Part of ERC project #NanoBubbles.
OSF
osf.io
May 29, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Paper out: "PubPeer is ok, but..."
Many scientists agree that post-publication commenting is a good idea, but there are also worries. Our preprint explores responses from scientists who have written or cited papers with comments on PubPeer.
osf.io/nh3eg_v1
Part of ERC project #NanoBubbles.
Many scientists agree that post-publication commenting is a good idea, but there are also worries. Our preprint explores responses from scientists who have written or cited papers with comments on PubPeer.
osf.io/nh3eg_v1
Part of ERC project #NanoBubbles.
Yay! Your post is out on the LSE Impact blog.
@isis-radboud.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
@isis-radboud.bsky.social
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Is the scientific literature a database or a library? - LSE Impact
How do two conflicting visions of the scientific literature as either a library or a database shape attitudes shape key issues in scholarly communication?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 21, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Yay! Your post is out on the LSE Impact blog.
@isis-radboud.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
@isis-radboud.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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📰 David Adam reports for Nature News on our Replication Initiative
"A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells."
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells."
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
Nanoscience is latest discipline to embrace large-scale replication efforts
A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells.
www.nature.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:34 PM
📰 David Adam reports for Nature News on our Replication Initiative
"A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells."
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
"A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells."
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
Wellicht worden de bezuinigingen op onderwijs en wetenschap teruggedraaid, maar het draagvlak voor deze budgettaire aanval is nog niet weg. Column voor @voxweb.bsky.social .
De aanslag op de universiteiten steunde op een draagvlak dat nog steeds aanwezig is - Vox magazine
Waarom, vraagt columnist Willen Halffman zich af, moest er zo nodig bezuinigd worden op de universiteiten? 'Daar ligt nu onze grote uitdaging: hoe maken we van onze universiteiten instellingen die op ...
www.voxweb.nl
February 10, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Wellicht worden de bezuinigingen op onderwijs en wetenschap teruggedraaid, maar het draagvlak voor deze budgettaire aanval is nog niet weg. Column voor @voxweb.bsky.social .
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Upcoming: RROSA symposium #4 with a double lecture by @jabyrnesci.bsky.social & @willemhalffman.bsky.social
Monday, 2 March 2026, 10.30-12.00
Radboud University
Room HG00.616 (Huygens building, ground floor, wing 6)
No registration needed.
halffman.org/rrosa-symp4/
#STS #philsci #metascience
Monday, 2 March 2026, 10.30-12.00
Radboud University
Room HG00.616 (Huygens building, ground floor, wing 6)
No registration needed.
halffman.org/rrosa-symp4/
#STS #philsci #metascience
RROSA Symposia no. 4: guest lecture Jennifer Byrne
Programme Monday 2 March 2026, 10.30-12.00 HG00.616(Huygens building, ground floor, wing 6)Access free, no registration needed. Jennifer Byrne (U.Sydney) “Wrongly identified reagents in resea…
halffman.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Upcoming: RROSA symposium #4 with a double lecture by @jabyrnesci.bsky.social & @willemhalffman.bsky.social
Monday, 2 March 2026, 10.30-12.00
Radboud University
Room HG00.616 (Huygens building, ground floor, wing 6)
No registration needed.
halffman.org/rrosa-symp4/
#STS #philsci #metascience
Monday, 2 March 2026, 10.30-12.00
Radboud University
Room HG00.616 (Huygens building, ground floor, wing 6)
No registration needed.
halffman.org/rrosa-symp4/
#STS #philsci #metascience
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📣 Submit to our track 'Making Science Better?' at the STS NL Conference which will take place in Twente from April 15 to 17, 2026! More details in the link below.
🔗 www.utwente.nl/en/bms/sts-n...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
📣 Submit to our track 'Making Science Better?' at the STS NL Conference which will take place in Twente from April 15 to 17, 2026! More details in the link below.
🔗 www.utwente.nl/en/bms/sts-n...
🔗 www.utwente.nl/en/bms/sts-n...
One imaginary sees the scientific literature as a gigantic library, with texts to be read. Another sees it as a database, with facts to be mined. Our analysis clarifies contrasting expectations informing current publishing innovations, and their epistemic and political risks.
doi.org/10.1007/s110...
doi.org/10.1007/s110...
The Library and the Database: Contrasting Expectations in Two Imaginaries for the Research Literature - Minerva
Two competing imaginaries inform the current wave of innovations in research publishing: one that perceives ‘the literature’ as a library of research accounts, and one that sees it as a gigantic datab...
doi.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
One imaginary sees the scientific literature as a gigantic library, with texts to be read. Another sees it as a database, with facts to be mined. Our analysis clarifies contrasting expectations informing current publishing innovations, and their epistemic and political risks.
doi.org/10.1007/s110...
doi.org/10.1007/s110...
Do journalists correct the news if their scientific source articles get retracted? Barely, although quality media do it a little more.
Valinciute, Auste, and Willem Halffman. ‘Do Journalists Update Retracted Science News?’ Journalism Practice, Routledge, 2025, 1–23. doi.org/10.1080/1751....
Valinciute, Auste, and Willem Halffman. ‘Do Journalists Update Retracted Science News?’ Journalism Practice, Routledge, 2025, 1–23. doi.org/10.1080/1751....
Do Journalists Update Retracted Science News?
In recent years, retractions of scientific papers have been rising. Most retractions invalidate scientific claims and should not be used as sources of information. Retractions may directly affect k...
doi.org
October 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Do journalists correct the news if their scientific source articles get retracted? Barely, although quality media do it a little more.
Valinciute, Auste, and Willem Halffman. ‘Do Journalists Update Retracted Science News?’ Journalism Practice, Routledge, 2025, 1–23. doi.org/10.1080/1751....
Valinciute, Auste, and Willem Halffman. ‘Do Journalists Update Retracted Science News?’ Journalism Practice, Routledge, 2025, 1–23. doi.org/10.1080/1751....
Announcing Colloquium: Problematic Science. With presentations by @elisabethbik.bsky.social and @stanvanpelt.bsky.social. RU, 14 oct.
September 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Announcing Colloquium: Problematic Science. With presentations by @elisabethbik.bsky.social and @stanvanpelt.bsky.social. RU, 14 oct.