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  1. Analysing more than 30K cell biology papers 📄, the authors found that after performance-based evaluation systems began emphasizing first and corresponding authorship, the number of co-first and co-corresponding authors increased substantially.

    :doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101

    Interestingly, team sizes did not grow in the same way = credit was simply redistributed among more researchers.

    #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation #Authorship #AcademicPublishing #ResearchPolicy

  2. Analysing more than 30K cell biology papers 📄, the authors found that after performance-based evaluation systems began emphasizing first and corresponding authorship, the number of co-first and co-corresponding authors increased substantially.

    :doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101

    Interestingly, team sizes did not grow in the same way = credit was simply redistributed among more researchers.

    #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation #Authorship #AcademicPublishing #ResearchPolicy

  3. 📢 How do we measure the openness of science?

    OSMI & FORM invite you to a free webinar introducing the #OSMIPrinciples and exploring how a structured, adaptable framework can help stakeholders assess the openness of research across diverse regional contexts.

    🗓️ July 8, 2026 | 13:00 GST | Online

    🎙️ Speakers: @BraccoLaetitia, Rania Sabo, Lamis Elkheir

    🔗 Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

    #OpenScience #OSMI #ResearchPolicy #Webinar

  4. 📢 How do we measure the openness of science?

    OSMI & FORM invite you to a free webinar introducing the #OSMIPrinciples and exploring how a structured, adaptable framework can help stakeholders assess the openness of research across diverse regional contexts.

    🗓️ July 8, 2026 | 13:00 GST | Online

    🎙️ Speakers: @BraccoLaetitia, Rania Sabo, Lamis Elkheir

    🔗 Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

    #OpenScience #OSMI #ResearchPolicy #Webinar

  5. Proposed large cuts to US science agencies were mostly scaled back by Congress. #NSF, #NASA and #NIH budgets ended up far less affected than initially announced, showing the strength of legislative checks in budget-making.

    🔗 pourlascience.fr/sr/les-scienc

    #ResearchPolicy #ScienceFunding

  6. 🌍 The Principles of Open Science Monitoring are now speaking more languages!

    Following the recent presentation of the OSMI infographic, we're pleased to announce it is now available in 9 languages: Arabic, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Slovenian, and Spanish.

    📊 Explore all language versions here: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18589689

    #OpenScience #OpenScienceMonitoring #Multilingual #ResearchPolicy #ScienceCommunication

  7. 🌍 The Principles of Open Science Monitoring are now speaking more languages!

    Following the recent presentation of the OSMI infographic, we're pleased to announce it is now available in 9 languages: Arabic, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Slovenian, and Spanish.

    📊 Explore all language versions here: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18589689

    #OpenScience #OpenScienceMonitoring #Multilingual #ResearchPolicy #ScienceCommunication

  8. Using neural embeddings of citation networks, researchers map scientific “disruption”: when future research stops following past directions and starts a new trajectory.

    phys.org/news/2026-03-breakthr

    #Science #Innovation #Bibliometrics #MachineLearning #ResearchPolicy

  9. Using neural embeddings of citation networks, researchers map scientific “disruption”: when future research stops following past directions and starts a new trajectory.

    phys.org/news/2026-03-breakthr

    #Science #Innovation #Bibliometrics #MachineLearning #ResearchPolicy

  10. Trump Dissolves National Science Board in Sweeping Dismissal

    President Trump dismissed all National Science Board members on April 24. This affects how the National Science Foundation plans research.

    #NSFBoardFired, #TrumpScience, #ResearchPolicy, #WashingtonDC, #ScienceFunding

    newsletter.tf/trump-fires-nati

  11. All members of the National Science Board were dismissed by President Trump on April 24. This is a significant change to the agency that guides scientific research funding.

    #NSFBoardFired, #TrumpScience, #ResearchPolicy, #WashingtonDC, #ScienceFunding
    newsletter.tf/trump-fires-nati

  12. China is set to become the world’s largest public funder of research within two years, as US investment stalls.

    This shift could reshape the global scientific landscape.

    🔗 nature.com/articles/d41586-026

    #ScienceFunding #ChinaResearch #GlobalScience #researchpolicy #sciencetrends

  13. New blog post on @lseimpactblog about our project. Why global databases are not enough, and why national scholarly infrastructures matter more than we think.

    💡 blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial

    The solution is not to replace global systems, but to connect national ones into a network of interoperable, open infrastructures.

    #OpenScience #Bibliometrics #OpenInfrastructure #ResearchPolicy

  14. New blog post on @lseimpactblog about our project. Why global databases are not enough, and why national scholarly infrastructures matter more than we think.

    💡 blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial

    The solution is not to replace global systems, but to connect national ones into a network of interoperable, open infrastructures.

    #OpenScience #Bibliometrics #OpenInfrastructure #ResearchPolicy

  15. A real case of how administrative interpretation can block international research collaboration. A Ukrainian researcher was deemed ineligible because a municipal (public) university was not considered “state” 🤯 under a specific interpretation.

    This raises important questions about consistency and transparency in international funding schemes.

    More details: 👉 linkedin.com/posts/nazarovets_

    #OpenScience #ResearchPolicy #HigherEducation #NWO #NRFU #Science #Transparency #ScholarlyCommunication

  16. A real case of how administrative interpretation can block international research collaboration. A Ukrainian researcher was deemed ineligible because a municipal (public) university was not considered “state” 🤯 under a specific interpretation.

    This raises important questions about consistency and transparency in international funding schemes.

    More details: 👉 linkedin.com/posts/nazarovets_

    #OpenScience #ResearchPolicy #HigherEducation #NWO #NRFU #Science #Transparency #ScholarlyCommunication

  17. Reforms of science funding in the UK aim to “do fewer things better”.

    Clearer priorities could strengthen impact, but uncertain timelines and budget shifts may slow research momentum, especially for early-career scientists.

    🔗 nature.com/articles/d41586-026

    #ScienceFunding #ResearchPolicy #UK #EarlyCareer #ResearchEcosystem

  18. A large survey of 6,000+ researchers from the @maxplanckgesellschaft and @fraunhofergesellschaft 🇩🇪 shows that #AI has already become a routine part of research practice: 26% use AI daily, while only ~22% do not use it at all.

    :doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.

    But only about 20% of researchers were able to produce even a simple effective prompt, highlighting a major skills gap. Legal uncertainty, rather than ethical concerns, is the main barrier to broader AI adoption.

    #ResearchPolicy

  19. A large survey of 6,000+ researchers from the @maxplanckgesellschaft and @fraunhofergesellschaft 🇩🇪 shows that #AI has already become a routine part of research practice: 26% use AI daily, while only ~22% do not use it at all.

    :doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.

    But only about 20% of researchers were able to produce even a simple effective prompt, highlighting a major skills gap. Legal uncertainty, rather than ethical concerns, is the main barrier to broader AI adoption.

    #ResearchPolicy

  20. Last week I had the honour to join the TAIEX expert mission on evaluating Ukraine’s National Open Science Plan. Today, a smaller group of participants met to reflect on the key findings and define next steps — including a roadmap toward a coherent national open science policy.
    #OpenScience #TAIEX #UkraineScience #ERA #ResearchPolicy #OpenAccess

  21. Much has been said about the #PublishOrPerish culture and its damaging effects on academia. But in a recent paper I stepped briefly into the role of advocatus diaboli:

    📄 doi.org/10.1007/s00210-025-046

    Yes, publish or perish has its risks. But in systems marked by academic inertia, lack of innovation, or deeply entrenched hierarchies, this very pressure can sometimes be the only mechanism capable of moving the system forward! 🆙

    #ResearchPolicy #HigherEducation #AcademicCareers #Publishing #Metrics

  22. Much has been said about the #PublishOrPerish culture and its damaging effects on academia. But in a recent paper I stepped briefly into the role of advocatus diaboli:

    📄 doi.org/10.1007/s00210-025-046

    Yes, publish or perish has its risks. But in systems marked by academic inertia, lack of innovation, or deeply entrenched hierarchies, this very pressure can sometimes be the only mechanism capable of moving the system forward! 🆙

    #ResearchPolicy #HigherEducation #AcademicCareers #Publishing #Metrics

  23. NIH's publishing cost RFI affects the entire research ecosystem. Our response advocates shifting from APC caps (which would only cover 6% of papers at $2,000) to investing in shared open infrastructure —a solution that serves funders, institutions, researchers & publishers more effectively.

    investinopen.org/blog/iois-res

    #OpenInfrastructure #OpenScience #PublicAccess #ResearchPolicy

  24. NIH's publishing cost RFI affects the entire research ecosystem. Our response advocates shifting from APC caps (which would only cover 6% of papers at $2,000) to investing in shared open infrastructure —a solution that serves funders, institutions, researchers & publishers more effectively.

    investinopen.org/blog/iois-res

    #OpenInfrastructure #OpenScience #PublicAccess #ResearchPolicy

  25. A new article in #ResearchPolicy explores public sector innovation in #Ukraine, co-authored by scholars from Odesa Polytechnic. It shows that reforms are never just about #technology or management models – they depend on how international, national & local powers negotiate or clash:

    📄 sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    Like in science: #knowledge is a global treasury, but the keys are not always in the hands of researchers. Too often, those seeking control and profit prevail.

    #PublicSector #Innovation

  26. A new article in #ResearchPolicy explores public sector innovation in #Ukraine, co-authored by scholars from Odesa Polytechnic. It shows that reforms are never just about #technology or management models – they depend on how international, national & local powers negotiate or clash:

    📄 sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    Like in science: #knowledge is a global treasury, but the keys are not always in the hands of researchers. Too often, those seeking control and profit prevail.

    #PublicSector #Innovation

  27. From Eric Jensen and I, in PLOS One

    "Evolving funding strategies for research software: Insights from an international survey of research funders"

    doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0

    #ResearchSoftware #ResearchFunding #ResearchPolicy

  28. From Eric Jensen and I, in PLOS One

    "Evolving funding strategies for research software: Insights from an international survey of research funders"

    doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0

    #ResearchSoftware #ResearchFunding #ResearchPolicy

  29. Talk by @statsepi for those interested in #PublicPolicy #HealthPolicy and the role of clinical trials:
    youtube.com/watch?v=kISmPxhUEc

    A key point is the importance of investigator-led trials, i.e. those that do not have immediate commercial payoffs, e.g., trials investigating head to head comparisons of 2 medicines on the market; de-escalation of treatment; or those investigating #healthservice practices.

    #ResearchPolicy #RCT

  30. How do countries assess research? With spreadsheets, committees, metrics - and increasingly, soul-searching. A new @RoRInstitute study compares 13 national systems and maps a quiet shift: from 'publish or perish' to 'be useful, be fair':

    👉 doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29

    No silver bullets, just a very thoughtful typology.

    #ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #CoARA #ResearchPolicy #Evaluation

  31. Eric Jensen & I have a new paper out, based on a survey of research software funders, in a Sloan-funded research software policy project

    E. A. Jensen, D. S. Katz, "Awareness of FAIR and FAIR4RS among international research software funders," Scientific Data, v.12, 627, 2025. doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-048

  32. Steven @drstevenwooding ·

    Hot off the press - our report on gender disparities in grant seeking at the University of Cambridge (who applies for and who gets research grant funding).

    bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/pub

    The story:
    1) The structural disparities are big (not so surprising)
    2) The patterns of disparity at particular grades in particular disciplines go both ways (more surprising)




    If you like graphs, you'll probably like it!

  33. Although the #COVID pandemic has accelerated research and highlighted the benefits stemming from publicly-funded basic research, it has also revealed structural issues within #ResearchCulture globally.

    Our October webinar on the lasting effects of the pandemic on research cultures is with Gemma Derrick, Associate Professor (Research Policy & Culture) at the University of Bristol, Tues 17 Oct, 1pm UK time.

    ease.org.uk/event/ease-webinar

    #EASEevents #PandemicResponse #ResearchPolicy #AcademicMastodon

  34. Interested in new approaches to evaluating the quality of research coproduction projects? You might want to check this out 👉 buff.ly/3qMpLKj

    #researchimpact #impactacademy #evaluation #researchpolicy

  35. Russian scientists should be given the opportunity to abandon "Putin's affiliations"

    👉 dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.363

    #Paradox - West universities are trying to boycott "putin's science", and at the same time they pay russian scientists salaries, give them access to infrastructure, and then the achievements of these researches fall into the treasury of russian universities, where it can be used by putin's propaganda ☠️ .

    #UkraineRussianWar #sanctions #researchpolicy #affiliation