Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #uksg2023, aggregated by home.social.
@ResearchWhisperer @lizziegadd @DrBeth This was during Lizzie's breakout session, "What role should journal publications play in research evaluation?". See https://www.uksg.org/event/conference23, Programme, Group A.
This was largely an audience of librarians and publishers. "Excellence" has been critiqued as a concept, e.g., see https://www.nature.com/articles/palcomms2016105, and "critical", "forward thinking", and "creative" did feature high on the list. #UKSG2023 #ResearchAssessment
The #UKSG2023 Cybersecurity 101 panel is very leery of using open source software in university library systems - they say it's too vulnerable. #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #FOSS #Libraries #LibraryMastodon
"I'm here to scare you."
David Robertson accounts how a speaker at a conference in Malaysia had his laptop compromised. Hackers gained high-level access to a Scottish university's systems and nearly managed to inject ransomware before the computing department pulled the plug.
Check haveibeenpwned.com, use good passwords, and be wary of unknown emails and links.
Even if you don't like subscription publishers, don't "turn your brain off" when it comes to #phishing and platforms like Sci-Hub, argues university librarian Rick Anderson.
#UKSG2023 #OpenAccess #Cybersecurity
Why should libraries discuss #cybersecurity? Because of large-scale attacks on the higher education sector, says @SusieWinter10.
@Looptopper says licences require restricting access and compromised authentication exposes user info, email accounts, and internal systems. #UKSG2023
Great #UKSG2023 panel this morning on the ‘fault lines in our sector’, but are we too negative about the state of HE and scholcomm? There are big challenges, but this @HEPI_news post reminds me what a privilege it still is to work in and with the HE sector https://t.co/iq9JwooMWJ
Comment from the audience: library data capture is one example of the "platformisation" of research. Non-disclosure agreements in contracts and a lack of power mean the discussion will need legal advice and involve sector bodies, not just a few libraries.
Is there a prize for the best #UKSG2023 slides, @UKSGofficial?
Caroline Ball ("mouthy and concerned") and Anthony Sinnott discuss the use of library data and call for a cross-sector audit.
Publishers, aka data brokers, harvest library users' analytics data, but libraries rarely collect or use data on their own e-resources - and often don't know how to - and they don't know what vendors are collecting and what they use it for.
#DataScience #DataEthics #Bibliometrics #LibraryScience #Libraries
RT @williamjnixon: "A billion-dollar donation: estimating the cost of researchers’ time spent on peer review" https://t.co/LEzdksFuxj via comment from @mkhokhar #UKSG2023
RT @TashaMellCoh: Love this answer... Mutual respect comes from both sides acknowledging doubt, and not having a hardened position #UKSG2023
Chris Burghardt of @Clarivate is right to call out the ‘emerging crisis in research integrity’ as a critical issue to be tackled, it’s one that doesn’t always get the airtime it should #UKSG2023
An issue for tools that flag retracted articles in, for example, citation management software, is that databases see very different numbers of retractions. CrossRef sees ~11,000, Retraction Watch ~35,000. This motivates @NISOInfo's working group.
Nice explanation of how large language models work #uksg2023 https://t.co/TOTZIMEqIx
Heading to my final #uksg2023 session of the day: ‘Will AI change how readers use the research literature?’ Betteridge’s Law dictates that the answer to this question would normally be ‘no’, but on this occasion I’m not so sure…
The focus of the @NISOInfo retractions group:
- Focuses on metadata transfer and display
- Rationale and justification for retractions, EoCs, and removals are out of scope
- Considers both articles that are the VOR, as well as other scholarly outputs
- Guidance on implementation and operationalization
The @NISOInfo retractions group, CREC, (Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/crec) builds on work done by Jodi Schneider et al.:
Schneider, J., et al. Res Integr Peer Rev 7, 6 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-022-00125-x
How do the COPE and NISO retraction guidelines interact?
COPE looks at the decision on whether to retract; NISO looks at what to do once an article is retracted, so the rest of the scholarly ecosystem becomes aware - @tac_NISO
Reducing the risk of propagating retracted research. Rachael Lammey of CrossRef and Todd Carpenter of NISO
(@tac_NISO) look at retractions in light of recent bulk retractions due to paper mills and #PeerReview manipulation. Retractions matter due to the central role of trust in #ScholComm.
@OAPym outlines the work @ACSPublications is doing to transition to #openaccess at #UKSG2023 - with quite a few agreements in place already it seems https://t.co/6q7sNXkJhC https://t.co/YnVUsmdP76
Robert Kiley, cOAlition S, reiterates that from the end of 2024 its members will no longer provide financial support for either transformative agreements or hybrid journals
#fullyopenaccesspublishers #UKSG2023
#cOAlitionS #planS
"Nobody can really be expected to read a pile of papers".
Robert Kiley ponders what may replace IF and journal reputation in #ResearchAssessment. Can transparent #PeerReview help by making that appraisal visible?
Roheena Anand of @PLOS asks Anna Vernon of Jisc whether we might see APCs replaced by various charges for different publishing services. Anna doesn't see this happening. #UKSG2023 #OpenAccess
Plan S #UKSG2023 session is so popular that we latecomers have overflowed into another room.
Robert Kiley reflects on 5 years of the plan. Big move to #OpenAccess, but APCs are often seen as incompatible with equity, hybrid OA's time is soon up as a transitional model, & diamond OA is now being promoted.
Authors still need to retain rights, and research assessment needs to further evolve to avoid IF reliance. Preprints have boomed and new journal-independent #PeerReview is being explored.
Four years of ROR:
@ResearchOrgs.
@amandafrench says ROR is a research persistent identifier (PID), like DOI and ORCID.
ROR gives cleaner info on orgs, easy to exchange, e.g., records multiple names and acronyms for the same place.
Has a public API and governance, community curation.
Problems and solutions for inclusiveness in digital publishing and education - Laura Pacey of McGraw Hill.
- Diversify resources (less US- and Euro-centric)
- Use interactive assessment
- Build community networks
- Revise language guidelines
#UKSG2023 #DEI #DiversityEquityInclusion #DiversityAndInclusion
RT @LizzieGadd: The current situation in the HE workplace from @mkhokhar #UKSG2023 https://t.co/fpQnqcEjfv
Gender analyses by Clarivate / ISI show that men collaborate more and get cited more than do women, all other things being equal, says Gali Halevi. #WomenInSTEM #GenderEquity #GenderGap #Clarivate #UKSG2023
Lessons from authorship studies for #DEI in research. Gali Halevi of Clarivate/ISI - used US census data to identify ethnicity. Low representation of Hispanic and Asian-Americans - other than computer science for the latter. https://clarivate.com/lp/ethnic-diversity-in-science/
RT @joanna_ball: “Money doesn’t talk, it screams”@KalwantBhopal arguing that linking race equality to funding is what’s needed to bring about real change #UKSG2023 https://t.co/edKqA7Dysl
RT @LizzieGadd: I make no apology for tweeting virtual every slide of @KalwantBhopal’s presentation. Every slide needs tweeting. #UKSG2023 https://t.co/PDOLa1xKVV
RT @lizziegadd The current situation in the HE workplace from Masud Khokhar
#UKSG2023
Kalwant Bhopal describes how #racism still exists in higher education in the UK - we're not in a "post-racial society".
She recommends:
- Collecting qualitative and quantitative data on race, class, and gender
- More visibility of BME staff in academic and decision-making roles
- Transparency & targets in recruitment and progression
- Formal networking/ mentoring/ training
- Mandatory bias training
- Annual reviews of progress
- National policies
- Acknowledging institutional racism
Good to see how many of the #uksg2023 folks have resisted the lure of the various drinks receptions to join our final lightning talks session of day 1 https://t.co/J2k1t3fBxb
Sneak peak at #UKSG2023 from Kate Petherbridge and Dominique Walker about the founding of the Open Institutional Publishing Association for UK-based institutional publishers (‘new’ university presses, library-led publishing) who are either fully or partly #OpenAccess. Aim is to create a "community of practice", share best practices, and have a collective voice. See research.jiscinvolve.org for more details or email [email protected]
#ScholComm #UKuniversities
How much did the #UKSG2023 breakout room's view on 'what makes a good researcher?' (asked by @lizziegadd) coincide with the principles of #ResearchIntegrity, summarised at https://ukrio.org/about-us/what-is-research-integrity/?
* Honesty
* Rigour
* Transparency and open communication
* Care and respect
* Accountability
Photo via @DrBeth on Twitter
The SCOPE evaluation matrix from INORMS focuses you on what you're evaluating and why such as in researcher recruitment, notes @lizziegadd
Nice visualisation of the challenge of disseminating metadata for #openaccess books shared by @rupertgatti - many different formats must be shared with many different destinations. Hence small publishers benefit from a service like Thoth https://t.co/RPxcLnqtf2 #uksg2023 https://t.co/g0GXqk1WPq
Quoting Alan Dix, @lizziegadd says "Metrics are rubbish... but people are (far) worse."
#PeerReview of outputs can be even more biased (on gender or field, for example) than are #Bibliometrics.
This supports the use of #ResponsibleMetrics.
I always find it interesting how much current debates in #scholcomm mirror those in the world at large. Global income inequality has been falling for decades, but this reversed in the pandemic. Inequality of access to research has followed a very similar trajectory. #uksg2023 1/2
How can libraries, archives, & museums preserve indigenous knowledge, asks Adetoun Oyelude (who'll defend her PhD when she returns to Ibadan!).
Regrettably:
- Knowledge owners or holders are disrespected
- Indigenous knowledge is not always properly preserved due to its oral nature
- Inadequate attention is paid to preservation
Concepts of authorship can be a barrier, e.g., libraries claiming ownership of stories.
#OpenAccess to #IndigenousKnowledge is not always appropriate.
What makes African research not visible, asks Mac-Anthony Cobblah:
- Bias to English-language journals
- Lack of updated info on Africa
- High fees
- Lack of skills
- Lack of indexing and holding of African journals
- Reduced institutional funding
#UKSG2023
@UKSGofficial and Taylor and Francis gave the Merriman Award to @DrBeth, who is also blogging about the conference at https://montaguehellen.wordpress.com/2023/04/13/uksg-conference-2023-day-0/
"In particular I had a great chat with @mattjhodgkinson from UKRIO, talking all things publishing and research integrity. Matt’s giving a workshop in one of the breakout sessions and I’d really recommend you go." Thanks, Beth!
"Wicked problems" are common now in scholarly communication, says Joanna Ball of @UKSGofficial, kicking off #UKSG2023. A new one is how AI-generated text affects trust and reliability. #SciComm #ScholComm
My first @UKSGofficial conference is about to start, after a welcoming first timers reception last night and an early jog this morning. I'm running a breakout session on the responsibility for #PublicationEthics today at 2.30pm and tomorrow at 3pm, representing @ukrio, co-organised by @lizziegadd. Panellists: @debruine, Sabina Alam (T&F), Sam Oakley (Glasgow), Catherine Winchester (CRUK Beatson). #UKSG2023
Our Research Integrity Manager @mattjhodgkinson is running a breakout session at @UKSGofficial in Glasgow on who's responsible for #PublicationEthics (original idea: @lizziegadd) Thu 14:30 and Fri 15:00, with Sabina Alam of TandF, @debruine, Sam Oakley at Glasgow, and Catherine Winchester of CRUK Beatson.