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Vincent Traag @vtraag.bsky.social · 12h

📢 New reviewed preprint, published by @elife.bsky.social at doi.org/10.7554/eLif.... We study two effects in science funding across 14 different funding programmes from 6 research funders across Europe and North America: (1) The Matthew effect; and (2) and the early-career setback effect.

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Illustration of the Matthew effect and the early-career setback effect. An academic, say Alice, first applies for early-career funding in 2015. She received early-career funding, and goes on to reapply for later-career funding in 2020. According to the Matthew effect, the chances of Alice receiving later-career funding is higher when she received early-career funding. Alice showed a high Mean Field Citation Rate (MFCR) before receiving her early-career funding, and similarly a high MFCR in between the early-career and later-career applications. According to the early-career setback effect, had she instead not received funding, her "Between" MFCR would have been higher. We not only study the "Between" MFCR, we also study the MFCR after the early-career application ("Post (early)") and after the later-career application ("Post (later)").

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Feb 19

Is anyone else getting a peculiar email about retracting articles from "Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences"?

Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Jan 23

- There are a lot of myths and anecdotal knowledge out there - we need to talk more about what we want to use GenAI for; including why, how, and when.

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Jan 23

- What this is, varies by field, and especially how you produce new knowledge. What is fine in one field may not be in another - guidelines and policies need to reflect or accomodate this.

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Jan 23

- Researchers have a pretty good idea about what they consider good and bad research practice, and tools like GenAI are used in accordance with recommendations about good, ethical practice.

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Jan 23

We identified three main perceptions of the role of GenAI in research, and a number of recommendations for writing policies about GenAI for academic research. Some of the most important takeaways here are:

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Jan 23

My colleagues and I have been sharing blogs and news about a survey we did on how researchers use generative AI - that study is now published and openly available here:

doi.org/10.1016/j.te...

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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · Dec 13

Yup

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Dec 11

Added context, since polls can only be very short:
It seems like a somewhat standard practice now, that editors create reviewer accounts without consent or contact, as a service, so the potential reviewer doesn't have to do it themself. It used to be the opposite. #peerreview #reviewer2

Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Dec 11

Journal editors create reviewer accounts automatically, with username and password, without prior consent. What are your thoughts on this?

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/qTlBWu/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It's a great service, it saves me some hassle.
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/qTlBWu/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I don't really care.
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/qTlBWu/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It feels icky and predatory.

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Dec 11

Journal editors create reviewer accounts automatically, with username and password, without prior consent. What are your thoughts on this?

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/qTlBWu/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It's a great service, it saves me some hassle.
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/qTlBWu/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I don't really care.
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/qTlBWu/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It feels icky and predatory.

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John Whitfield @johnwhitfield.bsky.social · Dec 6

Young researchers have embraced AI as an accelerator of their work. If that is to help science rather than damage it, they need careful guidance, say Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social and Serge Horbach. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

If AI is an accelerator, will research need speed limits? - Research Professional News

Junior researchers’ enthusiasm for technology needs careful guidance, say Jens Peter Andersen and Serge Horbach

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Thierry Rossier @thierryrossier.bsky.social · Dec 4

New paper out with @benzpierre.bsky.social @kristofferkropp.bsky.social and Trine Cosmus Nobel in a special issue on Mapping relational structures in culture

Kristoffer Kropp @kristofferkropp.bsky.social · Dec 2

Two new publications that encapsulate my interests to present my self. Both are focusing on science in Europe and the processes shaping science and especially social science in Europe. In the first one we analyze scientific disciplines using ERC projects and topic analysis.
doi.org/10.1016/j.po...

Homologies in fields of cultural production. Evidence from the European scientific field

This article suggests a comparative field analytical approach to fields of cultural production. Combining concepts from field analysis and focusing on…

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Diego Kozlowski @diegokoz.bsky.social · Dec 4

it's amazing to have my first post in this social media to share this great paper we just published, lead by @caropradier.bsky.social on topics, local circuits and gender inequality in Latin America.

Carolina Pradier @caropradier.bsky.social · Dec 4

Our new article ‘Science for whom? The influence of the regional academic circuit on gender inequalities in Latin America’ has just been published! asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A work we did with @diegokoz.bsky.social @natsush.bsky.social and @lariviev.bsky.social

<em>Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology</em> | Wiley Online Library

The Latin-American scientific community has achieved significant progress towards gender parity, with nearly equal representation of women and men scientists. Nevertheless, women continue to be under...

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Dec 2

Full transparency: the open call is open to all applicants, and there are no guarantees for a job offer. I am offering to co-develop an application that addresses disruption in science, with plenty of room for personalising it.
Granted applications are fully funded three-year projects.

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Dec 2

What is disruption in science?

I am looking for a prospective PhD student to study disruption theoretically, qualitatively and quantitatively at Aarhus University.

If you are interested in developing your own project under our open call, in collaboration with me, please get in touch.

a woman says you are being disruptive

ALT: a woman says you are being disruptive

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Florian Naudet @floriannaudet.bsky.social · Nov 22

Updated -largely no exhaustive- list : go.bsky.app/R8RNJgc
Please reply to be added.

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Nov 23

Hi Florian, great list, I’d love to be added

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Nov 21

With all the new influx of users, I’d love to see a community around #sciencepolicy #scipol #bibliometrics #scientometrics #scisci #metascience. Please share if you want to be part of it, use the tags to find others, or just say hi 👋

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Jan 14

Current deadline is February 1st, so perhaps only relevant for those that already have a project description and want to expand where they apply :) for the fall deadline, feel free to get in touch for further information

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Jan 14

Interested in writing a PhD in the broad area of “research on research” (responsible research, research integrity, bibliometrics, scientometrics, science funding, research policy, etc.)? We (@cfa_res_pol) have fully funded positions every 6 months: bss.au.dk/en/research/...

Application

bss.au.dk

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Dec 28

The dot in question:

Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Dec 28

The Christian implications of God creating mankind and our Earth, without a mention of other worlds or life in the vastness of the Universe is historically meaningful, but to me, philosophically sorrowful. And as Carl Sagan (in Pale Blue Dot) goes on to argue, grounds for much chauvinism.

Photo of text reading: “Ann Druyan suggests an experiment: Look back again at the pale blue dot of the preceding chapter. Take a good long look at it. Stare at the dot for any length of time and then try to convince yourself that God created the whole Universe for one of the 10 million or so species of life that inhabit that speck of dust. Now take it a step further: Imagine that everything was made just for a single shade of that species, or gender, or ethnic or religious subdivision. If this doesn't strike you as unlikely, pick another dot. Imagine it to be inhabited by”

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Dec 7

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · Dec 7

Alice laughed. 'Cohen's D=4.08? There's no use trying—one can't believe impossible things.'

I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for 30min a day. Sometimes I reviewed as many as six papers with impossible effect sizes before breakfast."

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Ea Høg Utoft @eautoft.bsky.social · Nov 30

A little teaser of my forthcoming paper - co-authored with a former Aarhus University student, Freja 🤞🤓 Hope it will be published early next year. www.ru.nl/en/research/...

This Danish LinkedIn trend (unintentionally) maintains traditional gender bias | Radboud University

Utofts' Research on motherhood on social media encourages reflection on the broader implications of societal expectations on new mothers. It emphasises the collective effort needed to challenge tradit...

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Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga.bsky.social · Nov 30

This was the tipping point for me - account created on pubpeer and comment submitted.

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