The new system "will no longer consider only the impact factor [#JIF] of the journals in which scientists publish…And in an attempt to reduce the level of public funds being spent on publication costs, assessors will take into account papers published on noncommercial, #OpenAccess publishing platforms that don’t charge author fees [#APCs], such as Open Research Europe."
"Intrigued by a citation-boosting service that we unravelled during our investigation, we contacted the service while undercover as a fictional author, and managed to purchase 50 citations. These findings provide conclusive evidence that citations can be bought in bulk, and highlight the need to look beyond citation counts."
We know that the task demands of cognitive tests most scores: if one version of a problem requires more work (e.g., gratuitously verbose or unclear wording, open response rather than multiple choice), people will perform worse.
One of the lesser known but hugely effective packages from #PsyTeachR is markr. Developed by @debruine and @HelenaPaterson, and a little bit by me, its function is to create individual feedback documents, for students, from spreadsheets and other types of input. Check it out below and please ask questions if interested.
The Austrian 🇦🇹 climate-science community is writing a national #Climate#Assessment Report (#AAR2) following the process & structure of the #IPCC - and at @uniinnsbruck, we're hiring an #earlycareer researcher to support the co-chairs & authors!
PS: We can all list some of the factors at work here, and we should. My start: Paying more attention to where a work is published, and the fact of publication itself, than to the quality of what is published.
California bar suspends 1,600 attorneys for violating rules set up after Tom Girardi allegedly stole millions
More than 1,600 attorneys have been #suspended by the #California#State#Bar for violating rules about client trust accounts that were set up after disgraced L.A. attorney Thomas Girardi allegedly stole millions of dollars from his clients.
After the reporting component is fulfilled, the state bar will then begin compliance reviews and investigative audits when appropriate.
Originally, more than 1,700 attorneys were found in violation of the rules and enrolled as “inactive” with the bar, meaning they’re not legally allowed to practice law. As of Thursday afternoon, that number has dropped to 1,641 after some of the attorneys fulfilled their requirements, according to Special Counsel Steven Moawad, who works for the bar’s attorney #discipline#system.
I have no opinion (right now) on the new method. I just want to applaud the experiment. The foundation is using its old and new methods side by side for a time and plans to compare the results.
"There have been many calls to expand P&T to include more types of nontraditional scholarship…and to formally acknowledge that there are more ways to share knowledge than the written word. We’re calling for an even more expansive view of scholarship: one that invites, accepts, and celebrates the entirety of research, including datasets."
WHO document drops on #SARS2 transmission, so I opened this up as if it was a tactical nuke needing defusing.
But holy cow...
WHO Airborne Risk Indoor Assessment (ARIA) Technical Advisory Group with LIDIA MORAWSKA as the CO-CHAIR!?!?
CERN?!?!?
WHO Environment and Engineering Control Expert Advisory Panel (ECAP) with Cathy Noakes on it and ASHRAE liason?
An actual model?
I do see the dreaded Dr. IPAC Droplets on the committee... hmm.
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Indoor #airborne#risk#assessment in the context of #SARSCoV2 : description of airborne transmission mechanism and method to develop a new standardized model for risk assessment
#BSAM is the acronym for #Bluetooth#Security#Assessment#Methodology. BSAM is an open and collaborative methodology developed to standardize the security evaluation of devices using Bluetooth technology.