#scholarlycommunication — Public Fediverse posts

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html

#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones

Thanks to @msucal for covering our new OER: New Open Educational Resource Focuses on Values-Based Scholarly Communication - https://cal.msu.edu/news/new-open-educational-resource-focuses-on-values-based-scholarly-communication/

The #OER can be found at https://publiclyengagedpublishing.org/.

A new open educational resource (OER) created at Michigan State University aims to increase understanding of how a values-based approach to scholarly communication can address the challenges of publishing publicly engaged scholarship, with particular emphasis on humanities and social sciences.

This new OER, Publishing Values-based Scholarly Communication, is a collaboration between members of the @humetricshss, which supports the creation of values-based frameworks to guide all kinds of scholarly processes, and the Publishing and Public Humanities Working Group, whose working paper identifies challenges and model practices associated with publishing engaged work in the humanities.

@Kath_burton #scholarlycommunication #publichumanities #publishing