Ian Mulvany
@ianmulvany.bsky.social
CTO BMJ. Based in Hackney. Irish. Climber. Parent. Make myself laugh.
I thought I spotted you in london fields, I was having an ice cream with my kids in the park. We live just up the top end of london fields!
August 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I thought I spotted you in london fields, I was having an ice cream with my kids in the park. We live just up the top end of london fields!
Totally agree. It also means that we have to accept that some initiative have to close or be sold.
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Totally agree. It also means that we have to accept that some initiative have to close or be sold.
However if other polities choose not to take that position then some other mechanisms for dissemination are needed.
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
However if other polities choose not to take that position then some other mechanisms for dissemination are needed.
An example is that I would not be surprised to see china massivly underwrite their own publishing infrastructure, in fact they are already starting to do so.
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
An example is that I would not be surprised to see china massivly underwrite their own publishing infrastructure, in fact they are already starting to do so.
#FutureSciPub I do agree with the comment that a core question is the need to have the conversation about what research is for, and that this is a discussion that should happen at the national level.
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#FutureSciPub I do agree with the comment that a core question is the need to have the conversation about what research is for, and that this is a discussion that should happen at the national level.
#FutureSciPub in my opinion the call from the current panel to have funders underwrite loss making infrastructure, while at the same time wanting feature improvement, is unrealistic.
July 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
#FutureSciPub in my opinion the call from the current panel to have funders underwrite loss making infrastructure, while at the same time wanting feature improvement, is unrealistic.
#FutureSciPub as Rebecca Lawrence mentioned, there are no shortage of “solutions” that have been developed. a hint - that the existence of these solutions have not solved the problems indicates that the problems lie elsewhere.
July 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#FutureSciPub as Rebecca Lawrence mentioned, there are no shortage of “solutions” that have been developed. a hint - that the existence of these solutions have not solved the problems indicates that the problems lie elsewhere.
#FutureSciPub - prof jinghai li - call for AI translation between languages. This is such a good idea, and now cost effective to do. I feel there is a moral and commercial imperative to do this.
July 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#FutureSciPub - prof jinghai li - call for AI translation between languages. This is such a good idea, and now cost effective to do. I feel there is a moral and commercial imperative to do this.
#FutureSciPub. Thought experiment. How would scielo work if it had 3.5 million submissions in a year? Could it continue to manage at a cost of $400 per article?
July 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
#FutureSciPub. Thought experiment. How would scielo work if it had 3.5 million submissions in a year? Could it continue to manage at a cost of $400 per article?
#FutureSciPub so what we must have are indications of use and reuse, that’s the way to tell if a paper has utility.
July 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#FutureSciPub so what we must have are indications of use and reuse, that’s the way to tell if a paper has utility.
#FutureSciPub in case anyone missed it, post publication peer review through any system of engaging with the paper does not work, clear evidence ton Ijad from research gate, anyone holding that torch is misguided.
July 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#FutureSciPub in case anyone missed it, post publication peer review through any system of engaging with the paper does not work, clear evidence ton Ijad from research gate, anyone holding that torch is misguided.
#FutureSciPub the underlying underdiscussed topics - for me - AI, scale, identity systems. I have now 20+ short pages of notes. Much comments to come.
July 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#FutureSciPub the underlying underdiscussed topics - for me - AI, scale, identity systems. I have now 20+ short pages of notes. Much comments to come.
#FutureSciPub Philip Campbell mentions that like laws of physics, systems change funeral by funeral. Luckily many of the people at this meeting are ready to support change!
July 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#FutureSciPub Philip Campbell mentions that like laws of physics, systems change funeral by funeral. Luckily many of the people at this meeting are ready to support change!
#futurescipub It strikes me that the overlap between publishing/peer review for dissemination vs assessment is a bit like a thing sitting in a superposition of states. When we stare at is a bit the thing collapses in unpredictable ways.
July 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#futurescipub It strikes me that the overlap between publishing/peer review for dissemination vs assessment is a bit like a thing sitting in a superposition of states. When we stare at is a bit the thing collapses in unpredictable ways.
I gave a talk yesterday at Publisherspeak in london, some notes about that talk, and links to the slides - https://world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/slides-from-my-talk-about-the-future-of-scholarly-publishing-c4f8c297
slides from my talk about the future of scholarly publishing
I gave a talk at the publisherspeak event yesterday here in London. I wrote a somewhat tongue in cheek post at the beginning of the year about what might be true about scholarly publishing (https://world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/what-things-might-be-true-about-scholarly-publishing-11d227f3), and I've been wanting to put a more constructive ...
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May 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I gave a talk yesterday at Publisherspeak in london, some notes about that talk, and links to the slides - https://world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/slides-from-my-talk-about-the-future-of-scholarly-publishing-c4f8c297
Thought - as we get older our photo memories get increasingly filled with dead people. I wonder if services could make a filter about this.
May 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Thought - as we get older our photo memories get increasingly filled with dead people. I wonder if services could make a filter about this.
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Web traffic from AI tech companies is overwhelming journal websites — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:
cen.acs.org/policy/publi...
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AI bots are overwhelming some journals
Web traffic from the bots is disrupting journal websites, but chemistry titles aren’t yet inundated
cen.acs.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Web traffic from AI tech companies is overwhelming journal websites — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:
cen.acs.org/policy/publi...
@ianmulvany.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/policy/publi...
@ianmulvany.bsky.social
Then you move to pi shaped talent, and finally with a bit of integration work it’s a square.
April 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Then you move to pi shaped talent, and finally with a bit of integration work it’s a square.
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With research funding for medicine and science weathering under Trump’s cuts, what can Americans who care about public health do?
@ashishkjha.bsky.social talks to @kamranabbasi.bsky.social about cuts, censhorship, and the resurgence of anti-vaccine beliefs with RFK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziM2...
@ashishkjha.bsky.social talks to @kamranabbasi.bsky.social about cuts, censhorship, and the resurgence of anti-vaccine beliefs with RFK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziM2...
April 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
With research funding for medicine and science weathering under Trump’s cuts, what can Americans who care about public health do?
@ashishkjha.bsky.social talks to @kamranabbasi.bsky.social about cuts, censhorship, and the resurgence of anti-vaccine beliefs with RFK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziM2...
@ashishkjha.bsky.social talks to @kamranabbasi.bsky.social about cuts, censhorship, and the resurgence of anti-vaccine beliefs with RFK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziM2...
Bloop bloop beep beep - bot problems.
AI Bot traffic - a real problem, right now.
We have been experiencing some disruption at BMJ due to actions needed to protect against AI bot traffic. After reading this post by eric Hellman https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2025/03/ai-bots-are-destroying-open-access.html I wanted to share some of our experiences. The issue is a real one. To quote one of my team “Unfortunately, ...
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March 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Bloop bloop beep beep - bot problems.
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The promise of AI in education is it will save educators time. That's rubbish. It's sapping all our time already in working groups, committees, workshops, and marking anxiety. It's the most time-sapping, exhausting and frankly boring thing I've ever encountered in HE - and it's in my research area.
March 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The promise of AI in education is it will save educators time. That's rubbish. It's sapping all our time already in working groups, committees, workshops, and marking anxiety. It's the most time-sapping, exhausting and frankly boring thing I've ever encountered in HE - and it's in my research area.