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Can a national research ranking claim to reward the "most productive researchers" while capping the value of additional scientific output?
I looked closely at the formula behind Ukraine's new government-funded ranking. My conclusion: it optimizes for something quite different. Full explanation on LinkedIn 👇
#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchAssessment #SciencePolicy #OpenScience #CoARA #DORA
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Can a national research ranking claim to reward the "most productive researchers" while capping the value of additional scientific output?
I looked closely at the formula behind Ukraine's new government-funded ranking. My conclusion: it optimizes for something quite different. Full explanation on LinkedIn 👇
#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchAssessment #SciencePolicy #OpenScience #CoARA #DORA
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Can a national research ranking claim to reward the "most productive researchers" while capping the value of additional scientific output?
I looked closely at the formula behind Ukraine's new government-funded ranking. My conclusion: it optimizes for something quite different. Full explanation on LinkedIn 👇
#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchAssessment #SciencePolicy #OpenScience #CoARA #DORA
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Can a national research ranking claim to reward the "most productive researchers" while capping the value of additional scientific output?
I looked closely at the formula behind Ukraine's new government-funded ranking. My conclusion: it optimizes for something quite different. Full explanation on LinkedIn 👇
#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchAssessment #SciencePolicy #OpenScience #CoARA #DORA
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Can a national research ranking claim to reward the "most productive researchers" while capping the value of additional scientific output?
I looked closely at the formula behind Ukraine's new government-funded ranking. My conclusion: it optimizes for something quite different. Full explanation on LinkedIn 👇
#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchAssessment #SciencePolicy #OpenScience #CoARA #DORA
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Will AI Fix Prior Authorization — or Make It Worse?
- ciundrk
https://undark.org/2026/07/15/medicare-prior-authorization-ai/
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My latest article has been published in Research Integrity and Peer Review. The paper examines how scientific misconduct, questionable research practices, research climate, and supervision are studied across disciplines & research systems.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-026-00214-1
One key takeaway: research integrity risks are shaped not only by individual behaviour, but also by research environments, supervision, evaluation systems.
#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicIntegrity #MetaResearch #SciencePolicy
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My latest article has been published in Research Integrity and Peer Review. The paper examines how scientific misconduct, questionable research practices, research climate, and supervision are studied across disciplines & research systems.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-026-00214-1
One key takeaway: research integrity risks are shaped not only by individual behaviour, but also by research environments, supervision, evaluation systems.
#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicIntegrity #MetaResearch #SciencePolicy
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Making Sense of Data From Wearable Health Trackers
- ciundrk
https://undark.org/2026/06/16/opinion-wearable-health-tracker-data/
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To lead in global innovation, Canada must prioritize basic science
#Canada #SciencePolicy #Innovation #ResearchFunding #BasicScience #PublicInvestment #EconomicStrategy #Research #Tech #OECD #FutureOfScience #CRISPR #GlobalCompetition #Policy #mRNAVaccine
https://the-14.com/to-lead-in-global-innovation-canada-must-prioritize-basic-science/ -
To lead in global innovation, Canada must prioritize basic science
#Canada #SciencePolicy #Innovation #ResearchFunding #BasicScience #PublicInvestment #EconomicStrategy #Research #Tech #OECD #FutureOfScience #CRISPR #GlobalCompetition #Policy #mRNAVaccine
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When Trust Becomes Strategy: Rethinking America’s Innovation Posture
The article examines the challenges facing U.S. leadership among its allies, highlighting a growing credibility crisis stemming from American unpredictability. As allies hedge against U.S. inconsistency, trust diminishes, affecting collaboration in science and technology. The author argues for institutional continuity, coherent policies, and treating trust as a strategic asset to restore confidence. -
When Trust Becomes Strategy: Rethinking America’s Innovation Posture
The article examines the challenges facing U.S. leadership among its allies, highlighting a growing credibility crisis stemming from American unpredictability. As allies hedge against U.S. inconsistency, trust diminishes, affecting collaboration in science and technology. The author argues for institutional continuity, coherent policies, and treating trust as a strategic asset to restore confidence. -
Is the Outer Space Treaty becoming a "League of Nations" for the cosmos?
In a new Opinion piece for Frontiers, we argue that existing space governance isn't fit for the era of private satellite megaconstellations. To protect our shared heritage, we need a shift toward "Space Environmentalism."
We still have the chance to build a future by design rather than by default—if we act before these norms are set in stone.
Read more: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/space-technologies/articles/10.3389/frspt.2026.1748406/full
#SpacePolicy #Astronomy #SciencePolicy #SpaceEnvironmentalism
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Is the Outer Space Treaty becoming a "League of Nations" for the cosmos?
In a new Opinion piece for Frontiers, we argue that existing space governance isn't fit for the era of private satellite megaconstellations. To protect our shared heritage, we need a shift toward "Space Environmentalism."
We still have the chance to build a future by design rather than by default—if we act before these norms are set in stone.
Read more: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/space-technologies/articles/10.3389/frspt.2026.1748406/full
#SpacePolicy #Astronomy #SciencePolicy #SpaceEnvironmentalism
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Global Scientific Power Is Shifting — 2025 Rankings from ScholarGPS
The global research hierarchy is evolving—and accelerating.
🇺🇸 U.S. leads overall and in Medicine, Life Sciences, and Biology
🇨🇳 China now leads in Engineering, CS, Agriculture, and Biotech
📈 India and Iran among the fastest risingThe global scientific landscape is no longer static—it is being reshaped in real time.
🔗 https://scholargps.com/country-ranking-chart/
#ScholarGPS #GlobalResearch #SciencePolicy -
Global Scientific Power Is Shifting — 2025 Rankings from ScholarGPS
The global research hierarchy is evolving—and accelerating.
🇺🇸 U.S. leads overall and in Medicine, Life Sciences, and Biology
🇨🇳 China now leads in Engineering, CS, Agriculture, and Biotech
📈 India and Iran among the fastest risingThe global scientific landscape is no longer static—it is being reshaped in real time.
🔗 https://scholargps.com/country-ranking-chart/
#ScholarGPS #GlobalResearch #SciencePolicy -
Global Scientific Power Is Shifting — 2025 Rankings from ScholarGPS
The global research hierarchy is evolving—and accelerating.
🇺🇸 U.S. leads overall and in Medicine, Life Sciences, and Biology
🇨🇳 China now leads in Engineering, CS, Agriculture, and Biotech
📈 India and Iran among the fastest risingThe global scientific landscape is no longer static—it is being reshaped in real time.
🔗 https://scholargps.com/country-ranking-chart/
#ScholarGPS #GlobalResearch #SciencePolicy -
Global Scientific Power Is Shifting — 2025 Rankings from ScholarGPS
The global research hierarchy is evolving—and accelerating.
🇺🇸 U.S. leads overall and in Medicine, Life Sciences, and Biology
🇨🇳 China now leads in Engineering, CS, Agriculture, and Biotech
📈 India and Iran among the fastest risingThe global scientific landscape is no longer static—it is being reshaped in real time.
🔗 https://scholargps.com/country-ranking-chart/
#ScholarGPS #GlobalResearch #SciencePolicy -
Global Scientific Power Is Shifting — 2025 Rankings from ScholarGPS
The global research hierarchy is evolving—and accelerating.
🇺🇸 U.S. leads overall and in Medicine, Life Sciences, and Biology
🇨🇳 China now leads in Engineering, CS, Agriculture, and Biotech
📈 India and Iran among the fastest risingThe global scientific landscape is no longer static—it is being reshaped in real time.
🔗 https://scholargps.com/country-ranking-chart/
#ScholarGPS #GlobalResearch #SciencePolicy -
The Looming Data Loss That Threatens Public Safety and Prosperity
Cuts to funding and staff needed to maintain trusted datasets of reference Earth system observations could limit their availability and quality, undermining hazard predictions and risk assessments.
https://eos.org/features/the-looming-data-loss-that-threatens-public-safety-and-prosperity
#Earth #science #business #industry #climate #datamanagement #EarthScience #economics #Hazards #Disasters #Health #Ecosystems #monitoringnetworks #NASA #NOAA #publichealth #satellites #sciencepolicy #USGS
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The Looming Data Loss That Threatens Public Safety and Prosperity
Cuts to funding and staff needed to maintain trusted datasets of reference Earth system observations could limit their availability and quality, undermining hazard predictions and risk assessments.
https://eos.org/features/the-looming-data-loss-that-threatens-public-safety-and-prosperity
#Earth #science #business #industry #climate #datamanagement #EarthScience #economics #Hazards #Disasters #Health #Ecosystems #monitoringnetworks #NASA #NOAA #publichealth #satellites #sciencepolicy #USGS
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Intense week as an 🇪🇺 #Expert #Reviewer for #HorizonEurope #Mission proposals — witnessing how collective intelligence, creativity & integrity drive #Europe’s #science, #innovation & #sustainability agendas. #EUResearch #SciencePolicy #MissionInnovation
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Intense week as an 🇪🇺 #Expert #Reviewer for #HorizonEurope #Mission proposals — witnessing how collective intelligence, creativity & integrity drive #Europe’s #science, #innovation & #sustainability agendas. #EUResearch #SciencePolicy #MissionInnovation
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📢 Our Science Policy Team is seeking to recruit two Student Assistants. Apply now!
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📢 Our Science Policy Team is seeking to recruit two Student Assistants. Apply now!
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📢 Our Science Policy Team is seeking to recruit two Student Assistants. Apply now!
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Why I'm Resigning from the National Science Foundation
https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/
#HackerNews #Resignation #NationalScienceFoundation #SciencePolicy #CareerChange #ResearchCommunity
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A brilliant new paper in #ResearchEvaluation 📄 compares how the UK, Norway, and Poland implemented research impact assessment - with very different results:
🇬🇧 UK built infrastructure, #REF became a strategic tool.
🇳🇴 Norway took a soft, formative approach.
🇵🇱 Poland copy-pasted, spent big - got confusion, “point-chasing” and no culture shift.:doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaf010
🇺🇦 A lesson Ukraine risks ignoring again.
#ImpactAssessment #SciencePolicy #ResearchImpact #AcademicCulture
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A brilliant new paper in #ResearchEvaluation 📄 compares how the UK, Norway, and Poland implemented research impact assessment - with very different results:
🇬🇧 UK built infrastructure, #REF became a strategic tool.
🇳🇴 Norway took a soft, formative approach.
🇵🇱 Poland copy-pasted, spent big - got confusion, “point-chasing” and no culture shift.:doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaf010
🇺🇦 A lesson Ukraine risks ignoring again.
#ImpactAssessment #SciencePolicy #ResearchImpact #AcademicCulture
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🇧🇷 vs 🇳🇱 in #ResearchEvaluation? A sharp comparative study shows how Brazil’s high-stakes, performance-based model contrasts with the Netherlands’ strategic, decentralized approach.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaf013
Takeaway: Evaluation isn’t one-size-fits-all - context matters.
#ResearchAssessment #SciencePolicy #HigherEducation #ResponsibleMetrics #AcademicEvaluation
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🇧🇷 vs 🇳🇱 in #ResearchEvaluation? A sharp comparative study shows how Brazil’s high-stakes, performance-based model contrasts with the Netherlands’ strategic, decentralized approach.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaf013
Takeaway: Evaluation isn’t one-size-fits-all - context matters.
#ResearchAssessment #SciencePolicy #HigherEducation #ResponsibleMetrics #AcademicEvaluation
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Johnson's government appointing someone from the tobacco industry as an "independent" scientific advisor in February 2020 is extraordinary: it probably flew under the radar because public health advocates were preoccupied with an emerging pandemic at the time.
#ConflictOfInterest #TobaccoIndustry #ScientificAdvice #SciencePolicy #CancerRisks #Carcinogenicity
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Johnson's government appointing someone from the tobacco industry as an "independent" scientific advisor in February 2020 is extraordinary: it probably flew under the radar because public health advocates were preoccupied with an emerging pandemic at the time.
#ConflictOfInterest #TobaccoIndustry #ScientificAdvice #SciencePolicy #CancerRisks #Carcinogenicity
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Johnson's government appointing someone from the tobacco industry as an "independent" scientific advisor in February 2020 is extraordinary: it probably flew under the radar because public health advocates were preoccupied with an emerging pandemic at the time.
#ConflictOfInterest #TobaccoIndustry #ScientificAdvice #SciencePolicy #CancerRisks #Carcinogenicity
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Johnson's government appointing someone from the tobacco industry as an "independent" scientific advisor in February 2020 is extraordinary: it probably flew under the radar because public health advocates were preoccupied with an emerging pandemic at the time.
#ConflictOfInterest #TobaccoIndustry #ScientificAdvice #SciencePolicy #CancerRisks #Carcinogenicity
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Johnson's government appointing someone from the tobacco industry as an "independent" scientific advisor in February 2020 is extraordinary: it probably flew under the radar because public health advocates were preoccupied with an emerging pandemic at the time.
#ConflictOfInterest #TobaccoIndustry #ScientificAdvice #SciencePolicy #CancerRisks #Carcinogenicity
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My new publication in @Nature If briefly, the upcoming US presidential election could seriously impact science worldwide, especially in 🇺🇦:
👉 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03199-3
Trump and Harris have completely different views on Ukraine, and the outcome of the #USelection will determine whether 🇺🇸 will help rebuild science or shift focus to funding defence technologies.
#SciencePolicy #ScienceDiplomacy #Collaboration #Funding #Ukraine
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My new publication in @Nature If briefly, the upcoming US presidential election could seriously impact science worldwide, especially in 🇺🇦:
👉 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03199-3
Trump and Harris have completely different views on Ukraine, and the outcome of the #USelection will determine whether 🇺🇸 will help rebuild science or shift focus to funding defence technologies.
#SciencePolicy #ScienceDiplomacy #Collaboration #Funding #Ukraine
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CW: USpol, science policy
Science is used politically in the US. Alexander Furnas at ICSSI 2024 shows Democrat Congressional reports cite science 1.8X more vs Republicans; left think tanks 5X more vs right think tanks. There's little bipartisan citation of papers and they focus on different topics... and there's lots of bad science cited. Dems cite higher impact science more; Repubs cite preprints more.
#ICSSI #ScienceofScience #SciencePolicy #USpolitics #PartisanBias #SciComm #UScongress #ThinkTanks -
CW: USpol, science policy
Science is used politically in the US. Alexander Furnas at ICSSI 2024 shows Democrat Congressional reports cite science 1.8X more vs Republicans; left think tanks 5X more vs right think tanks. There's little bipartisan citation of papers and they focus on different topics... and there's lots of bad science cited. Dems cite higher impact science more; Repubs cite preprints more.
#ICSSI #ScienceofScience #SciencePolicy #USpolitics #PartisanBias #SciComm #UScongress #ThinkTanks -
How does industry shape academic science? Hongyuan Xia used a natural experiment to compare scientists in places that narrowly miss getting big industrial plants (like Amazon) built vs those that get them. Used citation of patents by the companies to define relevant fields.
Industry presence increases impact, number of papers in the field, and commercialisation. Why? Funding, collaboration, and researchers shifting focus.
#ICSSI #ScienceofScience #AcademicIndustrialComplex #SciencePolicy
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How does industry shape academic science? Hongyuan Xia used a natural experiment to compare scientists in places that narrowly miss getting big industrial plants (like Amazon) built vs those that get them. Used citation of patents by the companies to define relevant fields.
Industry presence increases impact, number of papers in the field, and commercialisation. Why? Funding, collaboration, and researchers shifting focus.
#ICSSI #ScienceofScience #AcademicIndustrialComplex #SciencePolicy
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Arati Prabhakar, Director of the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Chief Advisor for Science and Technology to President Biden, admits that though biomedical research funding has increased 5 X in real terms, US life expectancy has plateaued and then declined. The success of American research isn't translating into better health for Americans due to inequalities.
#ICSSI #OSTP #AratiPrabhakar #BiomedicalResearch #Inequality #LifeExpectancy #ScienceOfScience #SciencePolicy
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Arati Prabhakar, Director of the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Chief Advisor for Science and Technology to President Biden, admits that though biomedical research funding has increased 5 X in real terms, US life expectancy has plateaued and then declined. The success of American research isn't translating into better health for Americans due to inequalities.
#ICSSI #OSTP #AratiPrabhakar #BiomedicalResearch #Inequality #LifeExpectancy #ScienceOfScience #SciencePolicy
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"The right to search for truth also implies a duty: one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true."
The Einstein memorial at the National Academies in Washington D.C. has a good reminder for all us of in science, apt for the International Conference on Science of Science and Innovation (ICSSI 2024), which starts today.
#ICSSI #ScienceofScience #SciencePolicy #EinsteinQuotes #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #Transparency #EinsteinMemorial #Conference2024
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"The right to search for truth also implies a duty: one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true."
The Einstein memorial at the National Academies in Washington D.C. has a good reminder for all us of in science, apt for the International Conference on Science of Science and Innovation (ICSSI 2024), which starts today.
#ICSSI #ScienceofScience #SciencePolicy #EinsteinQuotes #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #Transparency #EinsteinMemorial #Conference2024
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The #SciPol Group at UCSF educates students, postdocs, and staff about the connections between science and policy in their local community and beyond. On our blog, team members Sneha Rao and Rachel Murro share the group's recent successes and upcoming plans: https://www.scipolnetwork.org/nspn/ucsf-science-policy-group-provides-education-and-advocacy-opportunities-in-science-policy/r/reciLaCsAMHD6Gyt7?utm_source=social2312&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=mastodon
#Education #Advocacy #CivicEngagement #Engagement #EngageLocal #LocalEngagement #COVID19 #Science #Policy #SciencePolicy #Communication #ScienceCommunication #SciComm #Diplomacy #ScienceDiplomacy #SciDip #Community
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It's #FundingFriday - check out our #FeaturedMember! 💸
Marialena Christopoulou used our Professional Development Fund to strengthen her professional connections and skills surrounding #diplomacy.
Learn more and apply for your own #SciPol #ProfessionalDevelopment funding: https://www.scipolnetwork.org/funds?utm_source=social2310&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=mastodon
#ProfDev #Professional #Funding #Money #Finance #PersonalFinance #SciencePolicy #Policy #Engagement #Leadership #STEM #Skills #SciDip #ScienceDiplomacy
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The final event of our #DataDiplomacy Series, "Data for Crisis, Security, and Recovery," was held against the backdrop of the Russo-Ukrainian war and digital societies of Eastern Europe. On our blog, Anastasia Bernat reflects on the event: https://www.scipolnetwork.org/nspn/a-data-tale-of-two-post-soviet-union-countries-ukraine-and-estonia/r/rec6YvyQaEwjJH9Ln?utm_source=social2310&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=mastodon
#Data #Diplomacy #ScienceDiplomacy #SciDip #Policy #SciencePolicy #SciPol #InternationalRelations #Tech #TechPol #TechPolicy #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Blog #Blogging #Webinar #SciPolNetwork