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Oh! I finally got to see a comic in Scientometrics! 😄

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05780-1

The authors took the famous #xkcd joke about the "hierarchy of sciences" and decided to test whether sciences can really be arranged so neatly in a single line. It turns out there is no clear ladder from "soft" to "hard" sciences, and some disciplines that seem far apart are actually surprisingly similar.

#Scientometrics #ScienceOfScience #ScholarlyCommunication #Research

Oh! I finally got to see a comic in Scientometrics! 😄

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05780-1

The authors took the famous #xkcd joke about the "hierarchy of sciences" and decided to test whether sciences can really be arranged so neatly in a single line. It turns out there is no clear ladder from "soft" to "hard" sciences, and some disciplines that seem far apart are actually surprisingly similar.

#Scientometrics #ScienceOfScience #ScholarlyCommunication #Research

Oh! I finally got to see a comic in Scientometrics! 😄

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05780-1

The authors took the famous #xkcd joke about the "hierarchy of sciences" and decided to test whether sciences can really be arranged so neatly in a single line. It turns out there is no clear ladder from "soft" to "hard" sciences, and some disciplines that seem far apart are actually surprisingly similar.

#Scientometrics #ScienceOfScience #ScholarlyCommunication #Research

Oh! I finally got to see a comic in Scientometrics! 😄

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05780-1

The authors took the famous #xkcd joke about the "hierarchy of sciences" and decided to test whether sciences can really be arranged so neatly in a single line. It turns out there is no clear ladder from "soft" to "hard" sciences, and some disciplines that seem far apart are actually surprisingly similar.

#Scientometrics #ScienceOfScience #ScholarlyCommunication #Research

Oh! I finally got to see a comic in Scientometrics! 😄

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05780-1

The authors took the famous #xkcd joke about the "hierarchy of sciences" and decided to test whether sciences can really be arranged so neatly in a single line. It turns out there is no clear ladder from "soft" to "hard" sciences, and some disciplines that seem far apart are actually surprisingly similar.

#Scientometrics #ScienceOfScience #ScholarlyCommunication #Research

Meet DataCite in person at the International Research Software Conference, Sept 7–8 in Sheffield, UK. Community Specialist Maria Levchenko will discuss DOIs for research software, the DataCite Metadata Schema, and real-world member use cases. Details: https://datacite.org/event/international-research-software-conference-irsc-2026/

#DataCite #ResearchSoftware #ResearchSoftwareEngineering #RSE #IRSC2026 #PersistentIdentifiers #DOI #OpenResearch #OpenScience #ResearchInfrastructure #Metadata #ScholarlyCommunication

How can DataCite make theses and dissertations more visible, discoverable, and reusable? Universidade do Porto is assigning DOIs to more than 60,000 dissertations, connecting them to the global scholarly record and improving the impact of their research.
Read their member story: https://doi.org/10.5438/kk5j-b436
@Mohamadmostafa

#DataCite #PersistentIdentifiers #PIDs #DOI #OpenScience #OpenResearch #ResearchInfrastructure #ScholarlyCommunication #Metadata #Dissertations #Theses #ETD

Harvesting or reusing DataCite metadata? Join the next DataCite Harvesters Interest Group meeting on 2 September at 15:00 UTC. We’ll share updates, explore enriched metadata for harvesters, and exchange ideas with the community.
Register: https://datacite.org/event/datacite-harvesters-interest-group-meeting-2-september-2026/
@kelly
#DataCite #PersistentIdentifiers #PIDs #ResearchMetadata #OpenMetadata #Metadata #OpenResearch #ResearchInfrastructure #DataInfrastructure #ScholarlyCommunication #OpenScience #MetadataHarvesting

The Scholarly Kitchen: From Hub to Hustle: The Scattered Social Landscape in Scholarly Comms. “In the most recent SSP Pulse Check, the community weighed in on the way social media is being used and trusted (or neither) in scholarly communications. The insights revealed a complex picture of a time that remains uncertain and very much still evolving. To build on this data, we looked at past […]

DataCite welcomes 4 newly elected Board members:
Bessem Aamira, Véronique Stoll, José Benito González López, and Merilen Ivask-Oprelianska.
We also thank outgoing Board members for their years of service to DataCite’s mission & community.
Learn more about them on our blog: https://doi.org/10.5438/57p9-jm78

#DataCite #OpenScience #OpenResearch #ResearchInfrastructure #OpenInfrastructure #ScholarlyCommunication #PersistentIdentifiers #PIDs #DOI #CommunityGovernance #ResearchCommunity #BoardElections

Can we trust “guidelines on how to write a scientific paper”? We analysed 71 “Write a Scientific Paper” guidelines that were widely used and cited for years as best practices.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2026.2622096

Facts:
▪️ 555 citations
▪️ 48 papers carry an editorial expression of concern
▪️ 30 (42%) have been retracted!

#AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #Retractions #ScholarlyCommunication #Bibliometrics #PublicationEthics #PeerReview

Taking place next June in Singapore: FORCE2026. “Join us for FORCE2026, where researchers, publishers, librarians, developers, funders, and other stakeholders come together to discuss challenges and opportunities in the evolving landscape of scholarly communication. Building on the success of previous FORCE11 conferences, the 2026 edition will focus on fostering collaboration and inclusive […]

What To Do Once the Paper is Retracted: #NISO Issues Recommended Practice on the Communication of #Retractions, #Removals, and Expressions of Concern

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/07/16/niso-recommendation-retraction-communications/

#scholComm #scholarlyCommunication #publishing #research #researchIntegrity #EoC #EoCs

How you can help improve the visibility of retractions: Introducing #NISO’s Recommended Practice for Communication of #Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC)

https://retractionwatch.com/2024/07/05/how-you-can-help-improve-the-visibility-of-retractions-introducing-nisos-recommended-practice-for-communication-of-retractions-removals-and-expressions-of-concern-crec/

#scholcomm #scholarlycommunication #research #researchintegrity #publishing #EoCs