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An Introvert’s Guide to Academic Networking and Hybrid Events
Insights
October 7, 2022

An Introvert’s Guide to Academic Networking and Hybrid Events

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The Foundational Myths of Open Access Still Shape How We View It
Communication
September 30, 2022

The Foundational Myths of Open Access Still Shape How We View It

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Andy Tattersall Identifies the Four Styles of Research Communication
Communication
August 23, 2022

Andy Tattersall Identifies the Four Styles of Research Communication

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Whither Nudge? The Debate Itself Offers Lessons on the Influence of Social Science
Insights
August 10, 2022

Whither Nudge? The Debate Itself Offers Lessons on the Influence of Social Science

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Introducing The Publish Your Reviews Initiative for Preprints

Introducing The Publish Your Reviews Initiative for Preprints

Ludo Waltman and Jessica Polka make the case for a more contextualized approach to open access publishing and preprinting, and introduce the Publish Your Reviews initiative.

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How Three False Starts Stifle Open Social Science

How Three False Starts Stifle Open Social Science

Patrick Dunleavy argues that there have already been three false starts in open science: focusing only on isolated bits of the open agenda in ways that don’t connect and so are not meaningful; loading researchers with off-putting, external bureaucratic requirements; and risking reopening ‘sectarian’ divides between quantitative and qualitative social scientists.

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We Developed a Tool to Make Responsible Research and Innovation Easier

We Developed a Tool to Make Responsible Research and Innovation Easier

Stefan de Jong, Michael J. Bernstein and Ingeborg Meijer describe their work developing a tool that helps researchers and research funders to incorporate responsible research and innovation values into their work.

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We Cannot Cite Our Way to Equality, But Citational Justice Is Vital

We Cannot Cite Our Way to Equality, But Citational Justice Is Vital

Reflecting on their work to create a guide to fairer citation practices in academic writing, Aurélie Carlier, Hang Nguyen, Lidwien Hollanders, Nicole Basaraba, Sally Wyatt and Sharon Anyango*, highlight challenges to changing citation practices and point to ways in which authors and readers can work towards equitable citations.

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Who Actually Makes Use of Open Access Research? We Looked at US National Academies Reports

Who Actually Makes Use of Open Access Research? We Looked at US National Academies Reports

Drawing on a dataset covering over a million user comments about their use of US National Academies consensus study reports, Ameet Doshi, Diana Hicks, Matteo Zullo and Omar I. Asensio find widespread use of open research in the public sphere.

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Where Does ‘Post-Naive’ Science Diplomacy Go From Here?

Where Does ‘Post-Naive’ Science Diplomacy Go From Here?

Doubravka Olšáková and Sam Robinson, argue that we are at the beginning of a new era of ‘post naïve’ science diplomacy. 

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Seeing Past the Naiveté of Science Diplomacy to Discern Its Benefits

Seeing Past the Naiveté of Science Diplomacy to Discern Its Benefits

Doubravka Olšáková and Sam Robinson discuss how the conflict in Ukraine highlights the limitations of conceptions of ‘science diplomacy’ since the turn of the 21st century.

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Comparing Priorities for Mental Health Research with Fostering Well-Being

Comparing Priorities for Mental Health Research with Fostering Well-Being

Wouter van de Klippe, Alfredo Yegros, Tim Willemse and Ismael Rafols discuss their mixed methods research into prioritization in mental health research, using expert focus groups and bibliometric data to explore how perceptions of where the field should be heading, differ from current research priorities and how different countries have developed different research priorities in this area. 

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