petersuber

@petersuber@fediscience.org

Working for open access to research.

#openaccess #openculture #opendata #openeducation #openinfrastructure #openlicenses #openscience #opensource

#scholcomm #copyright #publishing #research #universities #libraries #socialmedia #fedi22

#politics #democracy #philosophy #nomic #climate #maine

Dad of daughters

Actively #antiTrumpist

For #OA news, also follow the Open Access Tracking Project (https://fediscience.org/@oatp). I aim for comprehensive coverage there, not here.

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petersuber, to medical

Most of the best practices for sharing are not yet required by of research.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.14187
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"But how is it possible that large non-commercial funders in developed countries have committed to complying with only a minority of these best practices? How is it possible that signatories to the Joint Statement in 2017 have adopted only between 1 and 4 practices in 2022?"

petersuber, to random

New report: "Americans funded the development of all ten up for negotiations with , but [ companies] still want to keep prices for those publicly funded drugs sky high… funding on the ten Medicare medications up for price negotiations ranged from $228 million to $6.5 billion per drug…This public funding saved the drug industry billions in research and development costs. Now those drugs are making pharmaceutical companies billions."
https://jacobin.com/2024/02/big-pharma-drug-price-negotiation-public-funding/

petersuber, to Teachers

Red flag: In the US, " are dead last among all occupational groups and professions in feeling their opinions count at work, that their supervisor creates an open and trusting environment and that they are treated with respect each day. Teachers are also the highest of all professions in experiencing burn-out and stress. And it’s no wonder why half of all teachers are currently looking for a new job."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonbusteed/2024/02/23/to-fix-us-education-free-our-teachers/


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petersuber, to academia

"On Feb. 6, Colorado State University Faculty Council passed a resolution to endorse the CSU Libraries’ licensing priorities."
https://source.colostate.edu/faculty-council-endorses-csu-libraries-licensing-priorities/

PS: I just added the CSU resolution to the crowd-sourced list of institutional principles for negotiating with publishers.
https://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Institutional_principles_for_negotiating_with_publishers


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petersuber, (edited ) to random

Watching with interest: "Backed by 250,000 Swiss francs, or roughly $285,000,… from the University of Bern, [a new program] will pay reviewers to root out mistakes in influential papers, beginning with a handful in . The more errors found, and the more severe they are, the more the sleuths stand to make."
https://www.chronicle.com/article/wanted-scientific-errors-cash-reward
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petersuber, (edited ) to academia

New study: At a Massachusetts community college, "more than 60% of the scholarly journal articles that students used [cited in writing assignments] are available to them for free, while an additional 18% are available through state-sponsored database subscriptions available to any Massachusetts resident. Only 17% of the journal articles used were available to students solely through the library’s [subscription] database packages."
https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/15673/


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petersuber, (edited ) to worldwithoutus

I'm sure that "science can drive and unity in — as it does in the US and Europe." I support the and plan to launch a fund to advance these goals.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00510-0

This article about the plan doesn't mention the role that can play in accelerating progress. Is it part of the plan, tho unmentioned here? Or does the plan assume that science works as well as science to advance these goals?

petersuber, (edited ) to academia

(the company behind Web of Science, journal impact factors, and ProQuest) just launched a new center.
https://clarivate.com/news/clarivate-launches-new-center-for-intellectual-property-and-innovation-research/

It's for "corporations and research organizations". Does that include ? Not clear. The focus is not on sharing research to make it more useful, but on creating "brand IP assets".


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petersuber, to random

New study: "Platforms may serve the interests of their providers, which may not always align with [those of science]…The opacity of the algorithms used may introduce biases & steer research processes without sufficient awareness of users. This could introduce potential conflicts of interest in the production & dissemination of scientific knowledge…Commercial players are mostly interested in attracting more users to their platforms."
https://liberquarterly.eu/article/view/16693/20688

petersuber, to random

Journals still have a long way to go to encourage or require with their policies. who promise to make data available upon request have a long way to go to live up to their promises.
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/jbu9r

"Among articles stating that data was available upon request, only 17% shared data upon request. The presence of Data Availability Statements was not associated with higher rates of data sharing."

petersuber, to random

"The #Republican-controlled #WestVirginia House of Delegates has passed a bill that could see #librarians facing jail time."
https://newrepublic.com/post/179132/west-virginia-republicans-house-bill-librarians-jail

"Obscenity laws are incredibly hard to enforce, because definitions of obscenity still largely come down to individual interpretation. As a result, there will likely be more reports of obscenity, made by people who are either more conservative or just nervous about accidentally breaking the law."

#BookBans, #Censorship #USPolitics

petersuber, (edited ) to Florida

"In an extraordinary press conference last week, Governor Ron (R) acknowledged that challenges to in the state's school are out of control. Over the course of the event, DeSantis blamed teachers, school officials, 'random people,' community members, 'bad actors,' and the media. DeSantis pointed the finger at everyone except for the person most responsible: himself."
https://popular.info/p/oops-desantis-says-book-challenges

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petersuber, (edited ) to random

has modified journal impact factors () in response to an "increase in both the quantity & sophistication of fraudulent behaviors."
https://clarivate.com/blog/2024-journal-citation-reports-changes-in-journal-impact-factor-category-rankings-to-enhance-transparency-and-inclusivity

It's now cultivating the false & invidious impression that journals w/o JIFs are somehow untrustworthy or fraudulent.

"We have evolved the JIF from an indicator of scholarly impact (the numerical value of the JIF)…to an indicator of both…impact & trustworthiness (having a JIF – regardless of the number)."

petersuber, (edited ) to twitter

Like blue checkmarks on / #X. They don't prove what they claim to prove. But they might prove that some people are gullible enough to pay for them.
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/17/a-badge-for-ai-free-content-100-human/

petersuber, (edited ) to USpolitics

The price of for the rich & related econ policies (2020).
https://time.com/5888024/50-trillion-income-inequality-america/

"A staggering $50 trillion. That is how much the upward redistribution of income has cost American workers over the past several decades…We chose to cut taxes on billionaires &… deregulate the financial industry…We chose to permit giant corporations, thru mergers & acquisitions, to accumulate the vast monopoly power…We chose to erode the minimum wage…& the bargaining power of labor."

petersuber, to random

I'm grateful to authors who take the time to write up their stories of mistreatment by and .

The publicity can help in their own cases. It can help unknown authors who didn't have the same freedom to publicize their experience. It can help raise standards in publishing.

Here's on the shabby and unprofessional behavior he faced from the journal, 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺.
https://www.bobuttl.net/2024/02/12/when-did-a-rejection-of-an-already-accepted-article-become-a-thing/

petersuber, to USpolitics

We know that some defendants believed that called on them to join the violent mob. But how many?

@crewcrew has gathered the evidence to show that the number is at least 210.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/trump-incited-january-6-defendants/

"These findings bolster those of the January 6th Select Committee which found Trump was the 'central cause' of the attack on the Capitol."

petersuber, (edited ) to random

Today is the 22d birthday of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/

BOAI is still active and issued its 20th anniversary recommendations in 2022.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/

They focus on:

  1. Moving to
  2. Reforming
  3. Moving away from
  4. Moving away from agreements.

I'm proud of my association with both and .

Happy 's Day to all who are working for worldwide.

petersuber,

Update. The @BOAI () just joined . Please consider following it.

petersuber,

@geonz @BOAI
As we put it in the 10th anno statement (2012), the BOAI "was the first initiative to use the term 'open access' for this purpose, the first to articulate a public definition, the first to propose complementary strategies for realizing OA, the first to generalize the call for OA to all disciplines and countries, and the first to be accompanied by significant funding."
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai10/

petersuber,

@sennoma
Thanks, Bill. Much appreciated. I'm semi-retired now but still working for the cause.

petersuber, (edited ) to random

Another reason not to rest research or journal/publisher/university on counts.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04607

"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."

petersuber,

Update. " 'The capacity to purchase citations in bulk is a new and worrying development,' says Jennifer Byrne, a cancer researcher at the University of Sydney who has studied problematic publications in the biomedical literature…A researcher’s h-index and the number of citations they’ve garnered are often used for hiring and promotion decisions."
https://www.science.org/content/article/vendor-offering-citations-purchase-latest-bad-actor-scholarly-publishing

petersuber, to academia

The (@sorbonne_univ_) is cancelling its subscription to and shifting to (@OpenAlex).
https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news/sorbonne-university-unsubscribes-web-science

"Sorbonne University has decided to redirect its efforts towards the exploration of open, free and participative tools. This decision is in line with the University’s overall policy of openness."


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@openscience

petersuber,

Update. It's not just the @sorbonne_univ_ .
https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/french-ministry-of-higher-education-and-research-partners-with-openalex-to-develop-a-fully-open-bibliographic-tool/

"As part of this partnership with @OpenAlex, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research is committed to working closely with OpenAlex. In addition to making a financial contribution to the operation of OpenAlex, which is seen as a crucial open science infrastructure, #France will play a key role in helping to improve OpenAlex’s general data, and to enrich data related to French research in particular, and beyond."

petersuber, (edited ) to internet

Early in the pandemic (April 2020) I started what became a long thread on in academic .
https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1252981139855355904

Starting today, I'm stopping it on Twitter and continuing it on .

Here's a rollup of the complete Twitter thread.
https://resee.it/tweet/1252981139855355904

Here's a nearly complete archived version in the @waybackmachine.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220908134128/https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1252981139855355904

Watch this space for updates.


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petersuber,

Update. Missed this one from Nov 2017: The citation advantage () is real and it "benefits male and female political scientists at similar rates. Thus, OA negates the gender citation advantage that typically accrues to male political scientists."
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096517000014

petersuber, to random

I'm very glad to see farmers win the right to repair their tractors. It's a win for consumers against bogus objections from manufacturers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64206913

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petersuber,

Update. The law approved by voters last November (by 84%) was limited to cars. A new bill in Maine would extend the right to electronic devices (with some exceptions). More details.
https://www.themainewire.com/2024/02/maine-lawmakers-consider-right-to-repair-for-electronic-devices/

petersuber,

@nroth
Yes, the exceptions are numerous and significant. And some of the justifications are bogus.

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