The panellists at the Festival were all excellent. If you missed it, I'd recommend catching the recordings. I found 'Open Research, Gender, and Ethics' and 'AI and Publishing: Unintended Consequences, Unexpected Disruptions' especially interesting. #IOEIDL
It's been a few months now, but this is a reminder that all of the write-ups and recordings from this year's London Open Science and Scholarship Festival are listed on the Open@UCL blog.
Find the blog post here: buff.ly/FXqXZzO
#LDNOpenFest26 #OpenScience #OpenResearch
Find the blog post here: buff.ly/FXqXZzO
#LDNOpenFest26 #OpenScience #OpenResearch
July 30, 2026 at 9:49 AM
The panellists at the Festival were all excellent. If you missed it, I'd recommend catching the recordings. I found 'Open Research, Gender, and Ethics' and 'AI and Publishing: Unintended Consequences, Unexpected Disruptions' especially interesting. #IOEIDL
The prey aren't just early-career researchers. Nobody is immune. Professors, and yes, librarians too. 😬 link.springer.com/article/10.1... HT @retractionwatch.com #PredatoryJournals #ScholarlyComms #IOEIDL
Who Becomes the Prey of Predatory Journals: A Glance at the Tip of the Iceberg - Journal of Academic Ethics
The study investigates authorship patterns, geographic distribution, and educational qualifications of contributors to predatory journals in India, with a focus on understanding the ethical and academ...
link.springer.com
May 19, 2026 at 11:19 AM
The prey aren't just early-career researchers. Nobody is immune. Professors, and yes, librarians too. 😬 link.springer.com/article/10.1... HT @retractionwatch.com #PredatoryJournals #ScholarlyComms #IOEIDL
In our workshop this morning on research quality and metrics @huwmorris.bsky.social & I used Inglis et al. (2024) and de los Ríos & Patel (2023). Both brilliant papers, and ones I’ll definitely use in my #IOEIDL sessions. #CitationPolitics #ResearchQuality #Positionality #Relationality
April 16, 2026 at 3:07 PM
In our workshop this morning on research quality and metrics @huwmorris.bsky.social & I used Inglis et al. (2024) and de los Ríos & Patel (2023). Both brilliant papers, and ones I’ll definitely use in my #IOEIDL sessions. #CitationPolitics #ResearchQuality #Positionality #Relationality
Doctoral candidate & music educator Cate Lytle, inspired by @tarabrabazon.bsky.social’s vlog on citation politics, was commended for reflecting on this issue & using the work of marginalised scholars.Read her post here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cde/2026/02/... #CitationPolitics #DecolonisingResearch #IOEIDL
Challenging the Canon: Citation Politics as a Tool for Epistemic Justice | UCL Centre for Doctoral Education
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blogs.ucl.ac.uk
March 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Doctoral candidate & music educator Cate Lytle, inspired by @tarabrabazon.bsky.social’s vlog on citation politics, was commended for reflecting on this issue & using the work of marginalised scholars.Read her post here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cde/2026/02/... #CitationPolitics #DecolonisingResearch #IOEIDL
Couldn't agree more! Transparency about our #positionality is key to research integrity. Historically, claims of objectivity, particularly in quantitative research, have too often obscured the researcher’s role in legitimising particular perspectives. wonkhe.com/blogs/positi... #IOEIDL
Positionality statements are relevant for all research
Madeleine Pownall and Sebastian Cordoba make the case for reflexivity and positionality statements as important in all kinds of research Madeleine Pownall and Sebastian Cordoba make the case for refle...
wonkhe.com
February 27, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Couldn't agree more! Transparency about our #positionality is key to research integrity. Historically, claims of objectivity, particularly in quantitative research, have too often obscured the researcher’s role in legitimising particular perspectives. wonkhe.com/blogs/positi... #IOEIDL
Here you go - exactly what we've been discusing in my sessions with doctoral researchers: retractionwatch.com/2025/12/17/b... #IOEIDL #CitationPolitics #AcademicTribes
‘Elite cohort’ of biz school scholars and editors scratch each others’ backs, study finds
Image: Mohamed Hassan/Pixabay Academics who publish frequently in two top business journals often have prior working relationships with the editors who handle their papers, according to a new analy…
retractionwatch.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Here you go - exactly what we've been discusing in my sessions with doctoral researchers: retractionwatch.com/2025/12/17/b... #IOEIDL #CitationPolitics #AcademicTribes
Looking for some festive fun? Check out the advent calendars from @ioelibrary.bsky.social and @uclopenscience.bsky.social. They’re both full of gems! #IOEIDL
christmas decorations hanging on a string with numbers 1 through 24
Alt: christmas decorations hanging on a string with numbers 1 through 24
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Looking for some festive fun? Check out the advent calendars from @ioelibrary.bsky.social and @uclopenscience.bsky.social. They’re both full of gems! #IOEIDL
#CRediT rightly recognised human contributions, but we also need recognition for resources, esp. historical collections. Acknowledging them and their institutions can raise their profile, encourage further research, and attract funding. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #specialcollections #IOEIDL
A ten-year drive to credit authors for their work — and why there’s still more to do
Information about the roles of each author of a paper can help to build trust, integrity and responsible research assessment. Coordinated efforts are needed to consolidate progress.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#CRediT rightly recognised human contributions, but we also need recognition for resources, esp. historical collections. Acknowledging them and their institutions can raise their profile, encourage further research, and attract funding. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #specialcollections #IOEIDL
ANZ #librarians are urging academics to withdraw their free labour from Elsevier. If we all stepped back … how long before the system cracks? #Paywall #IOEIDL
🔗 researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/librarians-versus-the-world/
🔗 researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/librarians-versus-the-world/
Librarians versus the world
Photo of London’s National Art Library by Sebastien LE DEROUT on Unsplash Here at the Research Whisperer, we love librarians. They are smart, dedicated people who want to help you with your researc…
researchwhisperer.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
ANZ #librarians are urging academics to withdraw their free labour from Elsevier. If we all stepped back … how long before the system cracks? #Paywall #IOEIDL
🔗 researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/librarians-versus-the-world/
🔗 researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/librarians-versus-the-world/
If libraries and archives fall, so do the disciplines that rely on them. Treating some disciplines as optional weakens the entire research ecosystem. #AcademicTribes #IOEIDL
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If libraries and archives fall, so do the disciplines that rely on them. Treating some disciplines as optional weakens the entire research ecosystem. #AcademicTribes #IOEIDL
Publishing isn’t 'delight'; it’s relief, exhaustion, and it's when imposter syndrome kicks in. A celebratory post hides the mental and emotional labour that goes into publishing. Why do we keep pretending? @patthomson.bsky.social patthomson.net/2025/08/21/i... #AcademicWriting #Publishing #IOEIDL
I’ve just been published and I feel…
When Dr. Sarah’s first peer-reviewed article appeared in the Journal of Sustainability and Urban Policy, her social media announcements said: “Delighted to share my latest research on ur…
patthomson.net
August 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Publishing isn’t 'delight'; it’s relief, exhaustion, and it's when imposter syndrome kicks in. A celebratory post hides the mental and emotional labour that goes into publishing. Why do we keep pretending? @patthomson.bsky.social patthomson.net/2025/08/21/i... #AcademicWriting #Publishing #IOEIDL
“GPT-5 ... feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. AI produces an inordinate amount of inaccurate and garbled information. It's creative application vests entirely with humans! theconversation.com/gpt-5-has-ai... #IOEIDL
GPT-5: has AI just plateaued?
GPT-5’s focus on routing queries to the best model could be an admission that LLMs can’t get much smarter.
theconversation.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
“GPT-5 ... feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. AI produces an inordinate amount of inaccurate and garbled information. It's creative application vests entirely with humans! theconversation.com/gpt-5-has-ai... #IOEIDL
Want to publish in a top education journal? Join the editors of the 'Cambridge Journal of Education' & 'Education 3-13' on 22/05/25 at 13:00 for tips and insights - part of @ioe.bsky.social's 3rd series of 'Sit with the Editor'. See: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2... #ECR #PublishingResearch #IOEIDL
Sit with the Editor: Cambridge Journal of Education and Education 3-13
Hear insights for getting research published from the editors of the Cambridge Journal of Education and Education 3-13.
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Want to publish in a top education journal? Join the editors of the 'Cambridge Journal of Education' & 'Education 3-13' on 22/05/25 at 13:00 for tips and insights - part of @ioe.bsky.social's 3rd series of 'Sit with the Editor'. See: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2... #ECR #PublishingResearch #IOEIDL
Couldn’t agree more! ‘… an overemphasis on productivity undermines the human relationships vital for intellectual growth, advocating for mentorship, collaboration, and a more inclusive, supportive academic culture’. #ECRs #IOEIDL blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Couldn’t agree more! ‘… an overemphasis on productivity undermines the human relationships vital for intellectual growth, advocating for mentorship, collaboration, and a more inclusive, supportive academic culture’. #ECRs #IOEIDL blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Information Literacy means examining not just what research claims, but who produces it, where it's published and how it's framed. References to groups imply neutrality and colour-blindness, but they can surreptitiously legitimise race science. #IOEIDL #InfoLit #PsychHist #HistEd
Happy to share that "Race Science in Mainstream Psychology, 1960-2010" with @rhacodactylus.bsky.social is now forthcoming at Quantitative Science Studies. osf.io/preprints/ps...
#philsci #philsky #sts #css
#philsci #philsky #sts #css
April 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Information Literacy means examining not just what research claims, but who produces it, where it's published and how it's framed. References to groups imply neutrality and colour-blindness, but they can surreptitiously legitimise race science. #IOEIDL #InfoLit #PsychHist #HistEd
Another week, another Pecksniff column: the mainstream media’s mix of incompetence and arrogance in deciding what we should read, what we should know — and what’s front-page news — isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe... #IOEIDL
Pecksniff: And the winner is… Ed Davey (or should be)
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Another week, another Pecksniff column: the mainstream media’s mix of incompetence and arrogance in deciding what we should read, what we should know — and what’s front-page news — isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe... #IOEIDL
Retracted articles keep influencing scholarship. And yes, even “Get me off your fucking mailing list” will be cited many times over. Citation ≠ credibility. #PredatoryPublishing is real. #RetractedPapers #InformationLiteracy #AcademicPublishing #IOEIDL bit.ly/3YyISFw & bit.ly/42yD2oS
Predatory journals even worse since “Get Me Off Your F*ck*ng Mailing List” was accepted for publication
The 2005 paper repeats the phrase “Get me off your fucking mailing list” for ten pages. The authors are still on the mailing list.
boingboing.net
April 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Retracted articles keep influencing scholarship. And yes, even “Get me off your fucking mailing list” will be cited many times over. Citation ≠ credibility. #PredatoryPublishing is real. #RetractedPapers #InformationLiteracy #AcademicPublishing #IOEIDL bit.ly/3YyISFw & bit.ly/42yD2oS
“Being restricted to English means being limited in what literature, resources, knowledge and opportunities one can access, which directly or indirectly impacts on what kind of research is possible …”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c... #IOEIDL
UK academia’s lack of language skills ‘imperils research integrity’ - Research Professional News
British Academy report calls for more recognition of linguistic ability, including in Research Excellence Framework
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“Being restricted to English means being limited in what literature, resources, knowledge and opportunities one can access, which directly or indirectly impacts on what kind of research is possible …”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c... #IOEIDL
Universities need to make paper mill awareness a standard part of PhD training and staff education. More in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... #InfoLit #PredatoryPublishing #ResearchDissemination #ResearchIntegrity #IOEIDL
‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research
A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct.
www.nature.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Universities need to make paper mill awareness a standard part of PhD training and staff education. More in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... #InfoLit #PredatoryPublishing #ResearchDissemination #ResearchIntegrity #IOEIDL
'Meanwhile, in the UK, Research Professional News has reported that the universities of Sheffield, Surrey and York have opted out of the sector-wide “big deal” with Elsevier, amid a bleak outlook on university finances and concerns over slow progress to fully open access publishing'. #IOEIDL
Scientific publisher Elsevier made a £1 billion profit last year
"driven by volume growth, with article submissions growing very strongly across the portfolio, particularly in pay-to-publish"
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
"driven by volume growth, with article submissions growing very strongly across the portfolio, particularly in pay-to-publish"
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
Elsevier parent company reports 10% rise in profit, to £3.2bn - Research Professional News
Scientific arm of Relx reports adjusted operating profit of £1.17 billion in 2024
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
'Meanwhile, in the UK, Research Professional News has reported that the universities of Sheffield, Surrey and York have opted out of the sector-wide “big deal” with Elsevier, amid a bleak outlook on university finances and concerns over slow progress to fully open access publishing'. #IOEIDL
Open research…yes; Open evidence…no? "However, openly sharing the research evidence ... might not always be possible as there could be ethical, legal or commercial reasons prohibiting you .... #InternationalLoveDataWeek @uclopenscience.bsky.social We just discussed #opendata and #datasources #IOEIDL
February 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Open research…yes; Open evidence…no? "However, openly sharing the research evidence ... might not always be possible as there could be ethical, legal or commercial reasons prohibiting you .... #InternationalLoveDataWeek @uclopenscience.bsky.social We just discussed #opendata and #datasources #IOEIDL
BlueSky is one year old today. 🎉 In this thread, @altmetric.com compares its growth in disseminating academic research to Twitter's, where misinformation continues to spread. #BlueSky #SocialMedia #AcademicSky #IOEIDL
February 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
BlueSky is one year old today. 🎉 In this thread, @altmetric.com compares its growth in disseminating academic research to Twitter's, where misinformation continues to spread. #BlueSky #SocialMedia #AcademicSky #IOEIDL