#Heliyon
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main challenge of climate change is limiting growth of technomass
September 22, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Elsevier’s extensive, 18 month long review of an OA journal to re-establish its integrity toward re-evaluation by Web of Science. Relevant for all Journals: www.elsevier.com/connect/less...
Lessons from a large-scale audit: strengthening trust through rigour, transparency and collaboration
Behind the scenes of the Heliyon review extensive review undertaken to support re-evaluation by Web of Science
www.elsevier.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
New review explores vit D research in neurodegen. condition, including #Parkinsons; "Currently, there is a limited number of high-quality, large-scale clinical trials investigating the impact of vit D on specific mental health or neurological outcomes"
www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
September 14, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I think Heliyon has the right strategy. This is one of Gökhan Zengin's papers -- just the 3rd I checked on pubpeer.
pubpeer.com/publications...
September 7, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Agricultural land use change and intensification in Spain: Drivers and trends (2004-2023) - Arbonès , G., De Stefano , L. @garrido1964 , @Heliyon, 12, 13. e45223. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.he...
Redirecting
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September 1, 2026 at 5:14 PM
New paper out!
We compare mechanochemical vs maceration extraction of nicotine from tobacco leaves. The first route achieves a higher yield (1.91 wt%) and, despite higher electricity use, shows ~7% lower life‑cycle impacts and ~2% better economics at lab scale.
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Comparative environmental and economic assessment of nicotine extraction from tobacco leaves: Mechanochemical vs maceration processes at laboratory scale
Tobacco plants are grown worldwide by thousands of families who are financially dependent on the crop for cigarette production. The stricter tobacco laws force these producers to find alternatives to ...
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August 30, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Some of the people with the smallest carbon footprints have never heard the word "low-carbon". Some of the best-informed do the least.

New paper by Yan Wu, with Thomas Krafft and me, on China's low-carbon city transition.

pimmartens.com/2026/08/29/h...
How Far Is It From Low-Carbon Awareness To a Low-Carbon Life?
Awareness of climate change in China is rising. Living low-carbon is another matter. In a new paper in Heliyon, Yan Wu, Thomas Krafft and I look at the distance between the two. The study draws on …
pimmartens.com
August 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
📚 Synthetic enhancers including TFREs improve transgene expression in CHO cells.
Heliyon(2024)
#Biotechnology #Science
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38468921/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 25, 2026 at 12:58 AM
The rate of anosmia and ageusia did seem to decline post-omicron (BA.1 and BA.2, so early 2022). This study found ~40% prevalence falling to ~10% for example
August 23, 2026 at 5:08 PM
New #article from Sinem Tapki et al: Mandates without means: Expert perspectives on heritage-sensitive resilience in the İznik case
TL;DR: heritage functions emerges as a form of resilience infrastructure linked to social cohesion and collective identity
www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
August 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
After being put on hold, Heliyon returns to Web of Science and will receive a new impact factor and updated metrics in the October Journal Citation Reports update.

The journal’s internal audit led to over 1,000 retractions, expressions of concern, & corrections.
retractionwatch.com/2026/08/07/c...
Clarivate removes hold on mega-journal Heliyon after internal audit, 650+ retractions
Clarivate has lifted its hold on Heliyon after the journal’s internal audit led to over 1,000 retractions, expressions of concern and corrections. As a result, the journal will receive an impact fa…
retractionwatch.com
August 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Clarivate removes hold on mega-journal Heliyon after internal audit, 650+ retractions

This article focuses heavily on the impact factor as the sole metric for journal credibility, yet it overlooks the role of institutional trust and the potential for corrective action within the scientific comm…
arc-codex.com
August 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
It's funny that Elsevier can simply retract *650* papers because of "compromised peer review, authorship irregularities, tortured phrases and citation manipulation" and then Clarivate are satisfied and hand out an impact factor.
Clarivate removes hold on mega-journal Heliyon after internal audit, 650+ retractions
Clarivate has lifted its hold on Heliyon after the journal’s internal audit led to over 1,000 retractions, expressions of concern and corrections. As a result, the journal will receive an impact fa…
retractionwatch.com
August 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Clarivate has lifted its hold on Elsevier's journal Heliyon after the journal’s internal audit led to over 1,000 retractions, expressions of concern and corrections.
Clarivate removes hold on mega-journal Heliyon after internal audit, 650+ retractions
Clarivate has lifted its hold on Heliyon after the journal’s internal audit led to over 1,000 retractions, expressions of concern and corrections. As a result, the journal will receive an impact fa…
retractionwatch.com
August 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM
2019 case control study psychiatric inpatients found that people w/ TD were significantly more likely to have cardiometabolic conditions -

including obesity, hypertension, & diabetes -

& faced 1.5-fold ⬆️ risk of comorbid substance abuse.

I quit Risperdal in '19.

www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
Analysis of risk factors and outcomes in psychiatric inpatients with tardive dyskinesia: A nationwide case-control study
To analyze comorbidities and outcomes in patients with tardive dyskinesia (TD) during psychiatric inpatient management.
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August 3, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Name an academic journal whose title could also be a great band name.

I’ll start: Heliyon
July 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM
UCT study finds banned toxic chemicals in some children’s products: A recent study by the University of Cape Town, published in the journal Heliyon, has revealed that various children's products sold in South Africa contain traces of banned toxic chemicals. Researche… https://ranked.news/1103338?u=b
July 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Springer Nature sells Scientific American. Was this “motivated by [their] fear report[ing] would lead to repercussions from the administration” or because “consumer media margins are low [relative to] the journals business”? newsletter.journalology.com/p/journalolo...
Journalology #150: Consumer media
China and India are on the menu; the distinction between preprints and the version of record are starting to blur; impact factors are out and Heliyon is back in; Scientific American has a new home.
newsletter.journalology.com
June 24, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Comparing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease indices in predicting the prevalence and incidence of metabolic syndrome in middle-aged adults
http://dlvr.it/TT2zqS

Jeong-Hun Shin (Hanyang University) & colleagues
@cp-heliyon.bsky.social
#ENDO2026
June 15, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Effect of different resistance increments during warm-up on the snatch performance of male weightlifters. Heliyon. 2024 Jul 19;10(14):e34827.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39149053/
Effect of different resistance increments during warm-up on the snatch performance of male weightlifters - PubMed
This study investigated the effect of different resistance increments during warm-up on snatch performance of male weightlifters. Nine male college weightlifters were recruited. The 3 warm-up protocol...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
June 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Heliyon dergisinde yayınlanan çalışma, şiddetli rüzgar, artan yağış ve hızla değişen hava koşullarıyla karakterize edilen çalkantılı hava koşulları ile inme ve beyin kanaması gibi nörolojik hastalıkların artışı arasında bir bağlantı olduğunu ortaya koydu.
May 25, 2026 at 9:41 AM
🧵7/8 Can bees learn odor sequences?

In Odor sequence learning in honeybees (Bortot & Vallortigara, Heliyon, 2025), bees were tested with olfactory conditioning to see how they extract and generalize temporal patterns.

🔗https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(25)02406-5

#worldbeeday
May 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM