That those papers have no review is generally a myth, esp. in journals with internal oversight. Would be curious to know which one rubbed you the wrong way, though #OverlyCuriousEditor
June 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
That those papers have no review is generally a myth, esp. in journals with internal oversight. Would be curious to know which one rubbed you the wrong way, though #OverlyCuriousEditor
Editor Cat-mondo has been reading about the unearthed report from IHU investigation and pondering what it means for oh-so-many people and papers #OverlyCuriousEditor #ScientificPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchEthics 1/
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Unearthed university investigation found research ethics failings at French medical institute
Studies conducted by Didier Raoult and colleagues flouted French and international ethical standards, report concludes
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November 25, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Editor Cat-mondo has been reading about the unearthed report from IHU investigation and pondering what it means for oh-so-many people and papers #OverlyCuriousEditor #ScientificPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchEthics 1/
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So, if the point of alternative metrics is alternative engagement measurement, how useful is it that @PlumAnalytics is better at collecting @mendeley_com usage? #overlycuriouseditor https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-018-2838-z
Reliability and accuracy of altmetric providers: a compar...
The aim of this study is to measure differences between t...
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November 17, 2024 at 10:28 AM
So, if the point of alternative metrics is alternative engagement measurement, how useful is it that @PlumAnalytics is better at collecting @mendeley_com usage? #overlycuriouseditor https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-018-2838-z
A bit sad to not have heard any news from @NatureTractors for a while. Is it harvest season or something? #overlycuriouseditor
November 17, 2024 at 10:28 AM
A bit sad to not have heard any news from @NatureTractors for a while. Is it harvest season or something? #overlycuriouseditor
Don't quite understand where the idea that choosy journals are reputable comes from #overlycuriouseditor <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/open-access-editors-resign-after-alleged-pressure-publish-mediocre-papers" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/open-access-editors-resign-after-alleged-pressure-publish-mediocre-papers
November 17, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Don't quite understand where the idea that choosy journals are reputable comes from #overlycuriouseditor <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/open-access-editors-resign-after-alleged-pressure-publish-mediocre-papers" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/open-access-editors-resign-after-alleged-pressure-publish-mediocre-papers
Has ganging up on an editor on Twitter ever helped solve anything? I mean in the absence of any other attempts at interaction with the journal... #OverlyCuriousEditor
November 17, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Has ganging up on an editor on Twitter ever helped solve anything? I mean in the absence of any other attempts at interaction with the journal... #OverlyCuriousEditor
Let's fight one bad metric with another only mildly less bad? #OverlyCuriousEditor Also, based on Scopus data. What could go wrong? https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384
A standardized citation metrics author database annotated...
Citation metrics are widely used and misused. This Commun...
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November 17, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Let's fight one bad metric with another only mildly less bad? #OverlyCuriousEditor Also, based on Scopus data. What could go wrong? https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384
Make of this what you want: second big CEO departure this month... #OverlyCuriousEditor https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/09/23/annette-thomas-leaves-clarivate/ via @rschon
Breaking News: Annette Thomas Leaves Clarivate - The Scho...
Following Clarivate's public listing and a high level reo...
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November 17, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Make of this what you want: second big CEO departure this month... #OverlyCuriousEditor https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/09/23/annette-thomas-leaves-clarivate/ via @rschon
So is Pottery Barn rule really so new @chrisdc77? I always assumed this is a thing that exists (just incredibly poorly implemented)... #OverlyCuriousEditor Btw, finished the book: I hope next edition comes with new examples (e.g. Wansink for HARKing).
November 17, 2024 at 5:02 AM
So is Pottery Barn rule really so new @chrisdc77? I always assumed this is a thing that exists (just incredibly poorly implemented)... #OverlyCuriousEditor Btw, finished the book: I hope next edition comes with new examples (e.g. Wansink for HARKing).
Gilead says manuscript in review. Since most publishers require preprinting & code and data release as part of PHEIC response, why is this one not out, @GileadSciences? What are you hiding? And what is the journal hiding? #OverlyCuriousEditor...
November 17, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Gilead says manuscript in review. Since most publishers require preprinting & code and data release as part of PHEIC response, why is this one not out, @GileadSciences? What are you hiding? And what is the journal hiding? #OverlyCuriousEditor...
I would love for someone to test the differences in risk aversion between professional and academic editors #OverlyCuriousEditor
November 17, 2024 at 4:37 AM
I would love for someone to test the differences in risk aversion between professional and academic editors #OverlyCuriousEditor
What's up with institutions asking for certificates confirming publication? Is like someone doesn't know how to use internet. I want to believe there is some rationale, and would love to hear what it is #OverlyCuriousEditor
November 17, 2024 at 4:11 AM
What's up with institutions asking for certificates confirming publication? Is like someone doesn't know how to use internet. I want to believe there is some rationale, and would love to hear what it is #OverlyCuriousEditor
Is metascience the science of science or the science of research? #AskingForAFriend #OverlyCuriousEditor
November 17, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Is metascience the science of science or the science of research? #AskingForAFriend #OverlyCuriousEditor
That has to happen, no?
Tell me you're an editor without telling me you're an editor.
#OverlyCuriousEditor
Tell me you're an editor without telling me you're an editor.
#OverlyCuriousEditor
November 17, 2024 at 3:22 AM
That has to happen, no?
Tell me you're an editor without telling me you're an editor.
#OverlyCuriousEditor
Tell me you're an editor without telling me you're an editor.
#OverlyCuriousEditor
Interesting case from the latest @C0PE forum, which sounds awfully like Eysenck until you get to the resolution (which is that nobody so far did anything): #OverlyCuriousEditor https://publicationethics.org/case/appropriate-scope-review-retractions
Appropriate scope of review for retractions
An institutional review recommended retraction of certain...
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November 17, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Interesting case from the latest @C0PE forum, which sounds awfully like Eysenck until you get to the resolution (which is that nobody so far did anything): #OverlyCuriousEditor https://publicationethics.org/case/appropriate-scope-review-retractions
And what would be your testimonials? Please share! #OverlyCuriousEditor 10/10
November 16, 2024 at 9:06 PM
And what would be your testimonials? Please share! #OverlyCuriousEditor 10/10
Has anyone done "we're cancelling each other's publishing takes today" yet? That one would be a doozie #OverlyCuriousEditor
November 16, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Has anyone done "we're cancelling each other's publishing takes today" yet? That one would be a doozie #OverlyCuriousEditor
And so cat can't help but ponder: what is the actual point? #OverlyCuriousEditor Beall's list felt a massive overstated dead-end, and you'd have to be either blind not to see it, or purposely feigning ignorance. And I just can't figure out which one is it. 7/7
November 16, 2024 at 6:10 PM
And so cat can't help but ponder: what is the actual point? #OverlyCuriousEditor Beall's list felt a massive overstated dead-end, and you'd have to be either blind not to see it, or purposely feigning ignorance. And I just can't figure out which one is it. 7/7
Cat is wondering what was the longest #ScientificDebate conducted via a scholarly #journal, thru letters to editor or a similar mechanism.
Any ideas? #OverlyCuriousEditor
Any ideas? #OverlyCuriousEditor
November 16, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Cat is wondering what was the longest #ScientificDebate conducted via a scholarly #journal, thru letters to editor or a similar mechanism.
Any ideas? #OverlyCuriousEditor
Any ideas? #OverlyCuriousEditor
So I would be interested to know - given how many people have tried this already - whether the other side of a twin pair always report the same twin back (as you would expect from, you know, twins) #OverlyCuriousEditor I also found that there is another tool from it seems... 1/
This must be a scam of the century: I bet every other of @OdedRechavi's followers is his twitter twin... (What does it even mean? #OverlyConfusedEditor)
November 16, 2024 at 4:14 PM
So I would be interested to know - given how many people have tried this already - whether the other side of a twin pair always report the same twin back (as you would expect from, you know, twins) #OverlyCuriousEditor I also found that there is another tool from it seems... 1/
A study on 145 scholarly journals finds the is less gender bias in review than we thought. Interesting, esp. it echoes recent results of double anonymous pilot in one ecology journal, which found something quite similar #OverlyCuriousEditor ...
November 16, 2024 at 3:36 PM
A study on 145 scholarly journals finds the is less gender bias in review than we thought. Interesting, esp. it echoes recent results of double anonymous pilot in one ecology journal, which found something quite similar #OverlyCuriousEditor ...
If I accidentally found myself in the vicinity of #EASP2023, can someone sneak me in for a lecture or two? #OverlyCuriousEditor
November 16, 2024 at 12:51 PM
If I accidentally found myself in the vicinity of #EASP2023, can someone sneak me in for a lecture or two? #OverlyCuriousEditor
A hypothetical question, with I suspect no easy answer: if a journal shuts down, who is responsible for correction of errors uncovered after it shut down, and how does it happen (I mean, mechanistically)? #OverlyCuriousEditor
November 16, 2024 at 11:28 AM
A hypothetical question, with I suspect no easy answer: if a journal shuts down, who is responsible for correction of errors uncovered after it shut down, and how does it happen (I mean, mechanistically)? #OverlyCuriousEditor
Please can someone tell me what are the chimneys and gas tanks on the roof of the new LMB building in Cambridge, UK? #OverlyCuriousEditor #AcademicSky
September 8, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Please can someone tell me what are the chimneys and gas tanks on the roof of the new LMB building in Cambridge, UK? #OverlyCuriousEditor #AcademicSky
Are you planning to unseat Lowry as the most cited paper ever? #OverlyCuriousEditor
April 30, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Are you planning to unseat Lowry as the most cited paper ever? #OverlyCuriousEditor