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📢 The Call for Proposals deadline has been extended by one week! Proposals are due by 23:59 GMT on Friday, 14 Feb. We are accepting proposals for virtual pre-conference symposia, in-person panel sessions, and talks or posters on any topic related to metascience:…
RoRI Research Fellow @andrebrasilbsb was interviewed on the peer review crisis in @iqciencia magazine. Instead of financial incentives, he advocates recognising peer review as a citable academic output with a DOI. Original article here: revistaquestaodeciencia.com.br/artigo/2025/01…

📢 The Call for Proposals deadline has been extended by one week! Proposals are due by 23:59 GMT on Friday, 14 Feb. We are accepting proposals for virtual pre-conference symposia, in-person panel sessions, and talks or posters on any topic related to metascience:…

We're thrilled to welcome @BritishAcademy_ International Fellow Dr Similo Ngwenya @smiloe11 to RoRI! 🎉 Based at RoRI & @UCLSTEaPP for 2 years, Similo will explore the evolving landscape of SHAPE research in Southern Africa. researchonresearch.org/rori-welcomes-…

We're excited about the launch of DOI Versioning for Preprints on OSF @OSFramework! 🎉 This major step forward enhances transparency in research and supports innovative publishing models like MetaROR's Publish, Review, Curate approach. Read more: cos.io/blog/doi-versi…

How does the UK's #research & #innovation sector factor into #MentalHealth? How does being a woman in #STEM impact it? Under-representation, stereotypes, precarity, bullying, marketisation. Join us to hear more from #industry + #academia. 19 Feb 12:30-2 go.hw.ac.uk/EDICa/Seminar/…
⏳ Submissions close this Friday, 7 February! Full details & submission: metascience.info/call-for-propo…
Call for Proposals: Metascience 2025 @OSFramework Be part of the biggest Metascience meeting yet! We're inviting proposals for: ✅ Virtual symposia ✅ In-person panels ✅ Talks & posters ⏰ Submit by 7 Feb 2025 🔗 Full details: metascience.info/call-for-propo…
Sign up for our next talk on 19 Feb: Partial Randomisation at The British Academy 🎲 @BritishAcademy_ has been trialling a conditional lottery for its Small Research Grants since 2023 - an innovative approach that randomises funding allocation among applications that meet a…

“I wrote this paper to help bring together what we’ve been learning about AI applications with the ideas of building up better skills around AI, and to make it a bit more tangible what it is we do when we’re using AI.” ow.ly/OSRi50UMuSg @drgriffis
I am excited to be speaking at The London Book Fair 2025! LBF is the event where the global publishing community unites to develop relationships, gain insights, and define the future of creative content. invt.io/1txbrudf1wq @RoRInstitute
New research by RoRI's @drgriffis presents a new framework to help understand the decisions and considerations for AI use in practice 👏
“This paper shows that there is much more to using AI in practice than just the technology itself, and illustrates some of the key competencies and kinds of decisions that make AI use effective and ethical—or not.” ow.ly/tTym50UMuLy @drgriffis
📢 Reminder: The Submission Deadline for the Metascience 2025 Call for Proposals is 7 February! We're looking for: ✅ Virtual pre-conference symposia ✅ In-person panel sessions ✅ Talks or posters Full details: metascience.info/call-for-propo…
Alfredo Yegros and RoRI research fellows Moumita Koley and Ismael Rafols write about how a metascience approach could serve to better align Indian research priorities and needs.
✍️Moumita Koley, Ismael Rafols and Alfredo Yegros argue a metascience approach can refocus Indian research towards areas that are most needed by Indian society and that are understudied globally. #MetaScience blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…
Reminder! Only one month left to apply for the Research on Research Joint Initiative #FundingOpportunity! Deadline: February 20 researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtn… @SSHRC_CRSH @HlthResearchBC
Big news: our open review platform MetaROR is partnering with the STI-ENID 2025 Conference in Bristol MetaROR uses a publish-review-curate model. This means conference contributions like posters and papers will be shared openly, along with transparent reviews. Read more here:…

Kathryn Zeiler, editor-in-chief at MetaROR, spoke to @CollegeFix about how MetaROR brings transparency to the peer review process and alleviates pressures of the publish-or-perish culture. Read the full piece here: thecollegefix.com/new-research-p…

📢 New Report Release How can funders effectively support transdisciplinary research (TDR) for greater societal impact? Drawing from our research on TDR, our findings report lists practical recommendations to guide funding decisions. Read the report here:…

💡 Innovation and experimentation are key to advancing scholarly communication. Bibliographic databases must support - not hinder - this progress, argue RoRI's @LudoWaltman and co-authors in @UpstreamBlog with four criteria for improvement: upstream.force11.org/criteria-for-b…
🔜 Metascience 2025, hosted by @ucl and @RoRInstitute from June 30 to July 2, will unite 650 participants to discuss innovations, institutions, and alliances in metascience, with proposals due by February 7, 2025. More details: opusproject.eu/openscience-ne… #OpenScience #OpenResearch