Katie Corker
@katiecorker.bsky.social
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Executive Director ASAPbio, promoter/enthusiast of all things open science
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matti.vuorre.com
This is one reason why we need open review. If a paper doesn't have open reviews, what can we say about how well it was vetted? This is currently done by relying on journal prestige. That seems silly.
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matti.vuorre.com
I argue that the time is right for widespread adoption of open review platforms like PREreview (prereview.org) and Review Commons (www.reviewcommons.org) and reject the arbitrary administrative overhead imposed on us by the publication industry.
Never mind that my colleagues are reading and citing the document on PsyArXiv. For this manuscript to count as a legitimate scientific product I must first endure inexplicable delays; arbitrary formatting requirements (the formatting manual costs $47.99); conflicts between my scholarly values and the astronomical profits that private publishing companies make from our taxpayer funded work; introduction of errors into my manuscript by the journal’s proofreaders; websites from hell; and of course peer review. Without that process of publication, my work will remain a ‘preprint’—an incomplete and unreliable artifact unworthy of a place in the scientific literature.

Could things be better? I surmise that, like fish unaware of their wet surrounds, academics don’t feel the pain because it’s all they’ve ever known.

For one, peer review has nothing to do with commercial journals or publishers—it’s the voluntary labor of our colleagues in service of scientific progress. We could, right now, be reviewing each others work on PREreview or Review Commons. Alas, instead of these scholarly debates we are complacent with pretending that a 40% profit margin industry is somehow facilitating the peer-review process better than the transparent platforms already available to us, for free.
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matti.vuorre.com
Against Publishing: universonline.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.
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ludowaltman.bsky.social
I like the empirical work done by the authors, but I disagree with the interpretation they give to their findings.

@prereview.bsky.social

#PublishYourReviews
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ludowaltman.bsky.social
I just reviewed the article 'Analysis of citation dynamics reveals that you do not receive enough recognition for your influential science' by Salsabil Arabi, Chaoqun Ni and @bihutchins.bsky.social.

Article: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Review: prereview.org/reviews/1733...
Most influential papers are published in lower-impact factor journals
katiecorker.bsky.social
My brain read the sign as both "weird al gal" and "weird AI" lol!
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karalmckinley.bsky.social
Lab’s 1st preprint!

Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.

@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.

He is on the job market!
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forrt.bsky.social
New preprint from member of FORRT - How to Develop and Use Open Educational Resources 📣

In this chapter, we position Open Educational Resources (OERs) as not only cost-saving tools but as instruments of epistemic justice and inclusion.

📃 osf.io/preprints/ed...

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OSF
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juancommander.scholcommlab.ca
Reminder to spread the word about exciting OPPORTUNITY as PKP's Managing Director! It's a very exciting time at @pkp.sfu.ca. So much going on! A true scholar-led open infrastructure project, supporting 55,000+ journals. Read more: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h... #scholcomm #openaccess #openscience
PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director
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katiecorker.bsky.social
It is *so* exciting to see HHMI's new preprint policy. HHMI researchers are now required to post initial and revised preprints under CC-BY licenses. Best of all - the policy lets HHMI put preprints at the center of its research assessment strategy. Learn more:

asapbio.org/hhmi-enacts-...
HHMI Enacts “Immediate Access To Research” Policy For Its Scientists – ASAPbio
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is requiring its scientists to post their research articles as preprints under an open license that allows
asapbio.org
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milekpl.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy
Tired of Kindle annotations living in separate files?

Built Kindle PDF Annotator to embed your highlights & notes directly back into PDFs.

Finally share annotated PDFs with colleagues and integrate with Zotero again.

Open source: https://github.com/milekpl/kindle-pdf-annotator #python #kindle
The dialog box of the Kindle PDF Annotator
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comm4rigor.bsky.social
Interested in testing our scientific rigor training materials? Email us at [email protected]

We have three units in beta, ready for testing, and they come in 3 versions: for individuals, small group meetings, and class lecture.

Join us and learn more at C4R.io/join
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sungkim.bsky.social
I know people are submitting AI-generated papers and some are AI-assisted, but…

There were 26,646 new submissions to arXiv in September 2025.
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prereview.bsky.social
Did you know that our Open Reviewers Toolkit is now available in Portuguese (also in English and Spanish)?

You can find these guides and more on our Resources page: prereview.org/resources

Let us know your preference for what languages we should prioritize next here: forms.gle/KwL51vinhYCN...
An image of three guidebooks in Portuguese to conduct ethical peer review, with the PREreview logo at the top on a background in white, and the guide titles at the bottom with white and black text on a red background.
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gautamdey.bsky.social
Super exciting work, and a bonus to see a major university research department promote an exciting @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint rather than wait 9-12 months for the final version 👏🏽

@asapbio.bsky.social
katiecorker.bsky.social
This includes the OSF preprint servers, @metaarxivbot.bsky.social, @socarxivbot.bsky.social, @psyarxivbot.bsky.social, and more.
cos.io
🚧 Downtime Reminder 🚧

OSF will be offline Sat., October 4 from 9am–~5pm ET while we deploy the updated OSF interface.

Saved content will remain available, but be sure to save in-progress wiki edits, preprints, & project drafts beforehand & close any open tabs.

More info:
Coming Soon: A New Look for OSF
In early October 2025, the Open Science Framework (OSF) will launch a refreshed design that makes the platform easier to navigate and use. The update modernizes the interface and improves performance, while preserving the familiar workflows that users are accustomed to.
www.cos.io
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richardsever.bsky.social
Another record month for bioRxiv - and further evidence the pandemic spike+dip was just that and growth continues. Thanks to all involved and that includes 🫵
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prelights.bsky.social
Our latest ‘call for preLighters’ closes tonight!

Interested, but didn’t find the time to write an application? Expressions of interest are also welcome – just email us at [email protected]

Why join? See what other preLighters have to say…⬇️👀
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improvingpsych.org
Don't let minor submission errors delay the publication of your research! 📝 🔬

Remember to check the full guidelines when submitting the manuscript to PsyArXiv (buff.ly/M3cRBW2).

Below, we also have a few friendly reminders!
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gabestein.com
One week until our virtual panel on how the open science and media communities can adapt to changes in our information ecosystem to (re)build trust in research. I hope it'll be the start of a much-needed longer conversation.

Don't miss it! Register here: shorensteincenter.org/new-event/ca...
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dsbarra.bsky.social
Great news-- @felixthoemmes.bsky.social to be the next EiC at AMPPS! See below for information about joining his team.
felixthoemmes.bsky.social
Excited to share that I’ll be the incoming Editor of AMPPS. My first priority is building a diverse team of Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. If you’re interested, DM me or add your name via this super simple survey.
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prereview.bsky.social
Our dataset review workflow is now ready for testing 🎉
Try it out at sandbox.prereview.org! So far, this supports datasets from @datadryad.bsky.social
We’ll be supporting more repositories as we go. Email [email protected] with your suggestions.

Read more: content.prereview.org/prereview-pl...
PREreview platform news, 26 September 2025
We are back! After a brief summer break, it’s time for another weeknote from PREreview.org!
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