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Academic MisconductAIDataFraudIncentivesSciences socialesAnglais
Publié in Rene Bekkers
Auteur Rene Bekkers

What could meta research learn from criminology for the prevention of research integrity violations? What insights does criminology provide in causes and prevention of research integrity violations? In a seminar (slides here) at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), I discussed with researchers in criminology how theories and findings from the field may be applied in the field of meta research.

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Publié in rOpenSci - open tools for open science
Auteurs Steffi LaZerte, Yanina Bellini Saibene, Yi-Chin Sunny Tseng, Pascal Burkhard, Yaoxiang Li, Hugo Gruson

This week we had a wonderful community call, From Novice to Contributor: Making and Supporting First-Time Contributions to FOSS, where Sunny Tseng, Pascal Burkhard, and Yaoxiang Li shared with us their experiences with, and advice for, first time contributors, with the excellent moderation of Hugo Gruson.This was a perfect start to our special series of activities to support first time contributors to Open Source Software.

MetadataProductInformatique et sciences de l'informationAnglais
Publié in DataCite Blog - DataCite
Auteur Kelly Stathis,Cody RossandMike Bennett

The DataCite Metadata Store is a rich source of information and insights about research outputs, resources, and activities. Discovery systems and services worldwide rely on this metadata to build and enhance their platforms and workflows, forming critical pieces of scholarly infrastructure.

CoARADORAForschungsbewertungResearch AssessmentScholCommAutres sciences socialesAnglais
Publié in pulse49.com
Auteur Ulrich Herb

Balancing Open Science and Fair Research Assessment: The push for Open Science and the reform of research evaluation are colliding, with metrics meant to encourage openness often undermining efforts to move beyond simplistic assessments. This tension highlights the challenge of balancing transparency, accessibility, and collaboration with fair, meaningful evaluation systems.

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Publié in Triton Station

As discussed in recent posts, the appearance of massive galaxies in the early universe was predicted a priori by MOND (Sanders 1998, Sanders 2008, Eappen et al. 2022). This is problematic for LCDM. How problematic? That’s always the rub. The problem that JWST observations pose for LCDM is that there is a population of galaxies in the high redshift universe that appear to evolve as giant monoliths rather than assembling hierarchically.

WILDLIFE NEWSBiologieAnglais
Publié in Simply Ecologist
Auteur Erzsebet Frey

Chimpanzees: Bonding Through Group Urination Chimpanzees, our closest primate relatives, have always fascinated researchers and animal enthusiasts alike with their complex social behaviors. One of the more peculiar behaviors witnessed among these intelligent creatures is group urination, a seemingly simple act that carries significant social weight.

AcademiaWritingLangues et littératureAnglais
Publié in The Ideophone
Auteur Mark Dingemanse

Academics often feature a few selected papers on their home page. Typically these represent big projects or work published in prominent venues. What I’d like to see more of is “niche papers”: work to be proud of even if it has managed to remain a bit obscure. What are your niche papers?