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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 21h

4/4 This is our ⭐️116th⭐️recommendation! We will continue to transparently peer-review your manuscripts and make them free to publish / free to read pieces of citable academic work! Try us, this is the way to go in 2025 ! #OpenScience #openaccess

PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 21h

3/4 Recommended by Jonathan Hanna based on reviews by Diane Willman and @lauramca.bsky.social. All editorial work accessible here for full transparency: doi.org/10.24072/pci...

Ethics as Methodology, or Why Good Intentions Are Not Enough

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 21h

2/4 Full list of authors: @ehmalatesta.bsky.social, @feliciafricke.bsky.social, Maaike S. de Waal, @eleniseferidou.bsky.social, Andreana Cunningham, Kathrin Nägele, Amy Victorina, marjolijn kok, @orianachiappa.bsky.social, Kevin Farmer, Zoë van Litsenburg, Marianny Aguasvivas, and Lauriane Ammerlaan

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 21h

1/4 New recommendation: @ehmalatesta.bsky.social et al. (2025) Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology: Towards an ethical position for a truly decolonial practice. ver.3 recommended by @pciarchaeology.bsky.social osf.io/4ge5j

Figure 2 from the recommended article: Topics generated in the OST session on 14th November 2023 and their assignment to six umbrella topics for further discussion by the workshop participants (Figure by Kathrin Nägele).

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 10d

3/3 This is our ⭐️115th⭐️recommendation! We will continue to transparently peer-review your manuscripts and make them free to publish / free to read pieces of citable academic work! Try us, this is the way to go in 2025 ! #OpenScience #openaccess

PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 10d

2/3 Recommended by @alainqueffelec.bsky.social & Gwenaëlle Goude based on reviews by Will Pestle and 3 anonymous reviewers. All editorial work accessible here for full transparency: doi.org/10.24072/pci...

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 10d

1/3 New recommendation: @feliciafricke.bsky.social & Laffoon J. E.‬ (2025) Osteological and Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Remains at Fort Amsterdam, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean. ver. 3 recommended by @pciarchaeology.bsky.social researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/publicati... 🧪🏺

Figure 1 from the manuscript: location of the Fort Amsterdam site on St. Eustatius, ine the Northern Lesser Antilles.

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 16d

Looking for a place to submit your finished paper? We propose a totally free and transparent initiative! Made by archaeologists for archaeologists. Follow the steps below! 🏺🧪

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 20d

3/3 This is our ⭐️114th⭐️recommendation! We will continue to transparently peer-review your manuscripts and make them free to publish / free to read pieces of citable academic work! Try us, this is the way to go in 2025 ! #OpenScience #openaccess

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 20d

2/3 Recommended by @lizziescholtus.bsky.social based on reviews by Julie Gravier & Steffen Strohm. All editorial work accessible here: doi.org/10.24072/pci...

This is part of the CAA2024 proceedings which decided to use our #OpenAccess system @caaint.bsky.social

Managing and Sharing Heritage Data Across Institutions and Audie...

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 20d

1/3 New recommendation: Lien-Talks A. G. W. (2025). Heritage Data Governance in Regeneration: Lessons from England's High Street Heritage Action Zones. V3 peer-reviewed and recommended by PCI Archaeology doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@alientalks.bsky.social

Figure 1 from the manuscript: Map of the HSHAZ locations, with emphasis on the three case studies

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 21d

3/3 This is our ⭐️113th⭐️recommendation! We will continue to transparently peer-review your manuscripts and make them free to publish / free to read pieces of citable academic work! Try us, this is the way to go in 2025 ! #OpenScience #openaccess

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 21d

2/3 Recommended by Mathias Bellat‬‬ based on reviews by 2 anonymous reviewers. All editorial work accessible here: doi.org/10.24072/pci...
This is part of the CAA2024 proceedings which decided to use our #OpenAccess system @caaint.bsky.social

See is not your enemy. Least-cost paths analaysis on Southeast A...

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 21d

1/3 New recommendation: Luo Hongpeng & He Jie (2025). An Exploratory Framework of Land-Sea Movement Model for Early Austronesians Migration. V3 peer-reviewed and recommended by PCI Archaeology doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 🧪🏺

Figure 6 from the manuscript: 4 maps showing the roundtrip paths in summer or winter from (a) Liangzhu to Andarayan, (b) Liangzhu to AnSon, (c) Fengpitou to ManBac, (d) Fengpitou to Andarayan.

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · 27d

PCI is featured in this Nature News post, which presents some ideas to help fix the peer-review system: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system

Journals and funders are trying to boost the speed and effectiveness of review processes that are under strain.

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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 29d

Hot off the heels of our what is a preprint video is our what is preprint peer review video!

Featuring @prelights.bsky.social @prereview.bsky.social @reviewcommons.org, @elife.bsky.social & @peercommunityin.bsky.social

#peerreview #preprint #scipub

Rippling Ideas @ripplingideas.bsky.social · 29d

Are you unsure what preprint peer review is? Or how to get started reviewing preprints?

Wonder no more! Our latest 5 min video explains all 📽️

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What is preprint peer review?

You know what a preprint is but what is preprint peer review and how does it work? How is that different from journal organised peer review? We’ll answer these questions and explore the variety of preprint review services, highlighting the ones we most recommend. To learn more, visit https://rippl

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 27d

4/3 Now published in @peercomjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.24072/pcj...

Applying statistical and causal modeling to interpret thermal alteration in observational lithic data

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 28d

3/3 This is our ⭐️112th⭐️recommendation! We will continue to transparently peer-review your manuscripts and make them free to publish / free to read pieces of citable academic work! Try us, this is the way to go in 2025 ! #OpenScience #openaccess

PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 28d

2/3 Recommended by by Laura Cristina Viñas Caron and @loulemeillour.bsky.social based on reviews by Shevan Wilkin (@ancientproteins.bsky.social), Meaghan Mackie and 2 anonymous reviewers. All editorial work accessible here for full transparency: doi.org/10.24072/pci...

Validating taxonomic assignments in palaeoproteomics using The D...

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 28d

1/3 New recommendation: Miranda A. Evans‬ (2025) The Demodifier: a tool for screening modification-induced alternate peptide taxonomy in palaeoproteomics. ver.4 recommended by @pciarchaeology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🧪🏺🦣

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 28d

The deadline has been extended to October 15 for your CAA2025 papers! Since the proceedings will go through our free and transparent process, do not forget that you *must* share data and scripts if you have some.
Everything is explained here: 2025.caaconference.org/proceedings/
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Proceedings – CAA 2025

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · Sep 1

PCI Archaeology was at @isba11.bsky.social in Turin last week! Stay tuned for new #openaccess biomolecular papers soon with full transparency in the editorial process!

Thank you @matthewcollins.bsky.social and Marta Arzarello for sharing our initiative!
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social 🧪🏺🦣

Picture of the roll-up presenteing PCI Archaeology during the congress, and of the ISBA11 tote bag.

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · Aug 25

Make sure to register! The past webinars have been super interesting, and this one should be no different. 🧪
#openscience #peerreview #academicpublishing

Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · Aug 22

📣 Save the date for the 12th PCI webinar on September 18, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) will present "Editors matter: How negligent publishers subvert quality control in scientific publishing ". For more details and registration, visit:

PCI Webinar Series - Peer Community In

The PCI webinar series is a series of seminars on research practices, publication practices, evaluation, scientific integrity, meta-research, organised by Peer Community In

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Paul Smaldino @psmaldino.bsky.social · May 9

As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...

Author-Paid PublicationFees Corrupt Science and Should Be Abandoned
Thomas J. H Morgan & Paul E. Smaldino

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Also worth reading for other domains than health sciences! 👏

Matthieu Boisgontier @matthieuboisgontier.com · Aug 20

Rethinking where and how we publish in health sciences doi.org/10.51224/SRX...

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