marijane white, mslis
@marijanewhite.bsky.social
data & research engagement librarian @ oregon health & science university
I fight entropy and I find things
she/they
#medlibs #code4lib #scholcomm
rdfs:seeAlso: @marijane.bsky.social
I fight entropy and I find things
she/they
#medlibs #code4lib #scholcomm
rdfs:seeAlso: @marijane.bsky.social
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Pairwise PubMed Search Generator
The Pairwise PubMed Search Generator is a web application for working around the truncation limit...
pairwise-pubmed.streamlit.app
Hey #medlibs, I built a tool for making it easier to create proximity search strings in PubMed. Check it out!
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
I have literally thousands of spreadsheets I've built with Python and I'm showing people examples of them all the time because they're f'n beautiful
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I have literally thousands of spreadsheets I've built with Python and I'm showing people examples of them all the time because they're f'n beautiful
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Hey #medlibs, I built a tool for making it easier to create proximity search strings in PubMed. Check it out!
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
Pairwise PubMed Search Generator
The Pairwise PubMed Search Generator is a web application for working around the truncation limit...
pairwise-pubmed.streamlit.app
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hey #medlibs, I built a tool for making it easier to create proximity search strings in PubMed. Check it out!
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
I presented at PNC-MLA this afternoon and will follow up with a link to the recording when it's posted.
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Logged in to ScholarOne for the journal I co-edit and jfc we had as many submissions in 2 weeks as we used to receive in 6 months 😱 Just so you understand why journal desk rejects these days give no feedback - we just can't at this wild volume. Is it the same for other journals and editors?
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Logged in to ScholarOne for the journal I co-edit and jfc we had as many submissions in 2 weeks as we used to receive in 6 months 😱 Just so you understand why journal desk rejects these days give no feedback - we just can't at this wild volume. Is it the same for other journals and editors?
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This National Medical Librarians Month, celebrate their impact by exploring JMLA articles that highlight how librarians enhance evidence-based practice, advance patient care, and amplify scholarly communication.
Read here: https://ow.ly/et6S50Xku0n
#JMLA #medlibs #healthsciences #NMLM
Read here: https://ow.ly/et6S50Xku0n
#JMLA #medlibs #healthsciences #NMLM
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This National Medical Librarians Month, celebrate their impact by exploring JMLA articles that highlight how librarians enhance evidence-based practice, advance patient care, and amplify scholarly communication.
Read here: https://ow.ly/et6S50Xku0n
#JMLA #medlibs #healthsciences #NMLM
Read here: https://ow.ly/et6S50Xku0n
#JMLA #medlibs #healthsciences #NMLM
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Happy International RSE Day to all the Research Software Engineers in our community! 💫 #InternationalRSEDay #RSEDay2025
We feel proud that so many members of The Carpentries community are in this vital role for research. We appreciate and celebrate you today. 💙
We feel proud that so many members of The Carpentries community are in this vital role for research. We appreciate and celebrate you today. 💙
October 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Happy International RSE Day to all the Research Software Engineers in our community! 💫 #InternationalRSEDay #RSEDay2025
We feel proud that so many members of The Carpentries community are in this vital role for research. We appreciate and celebrate you today. 💙
We feel proud that so many members of The Carpentries community are in this vital role for research. We appreciate and celebrate you today. 💙
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🧪 AI models and research tools are citing retracted scientific papers, essentially using information struck from the scientific record. The fix is complex, slowed by fragmented databases, inconsistent publisher labels, and training data cutoffs.
#AcademicSky #MLSky
#AcademicSky #MLSky
AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers
Some companies are working to remedy the issue.
www.technologyreview.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🧪 AI models and research tools are citing retracted scientific papers, essentially using information struck from the scientific record. The fix is complex, slowed by fragmented databases, inconsistent publisher labels, and training data cutoffs.
#AcademicSky #MLSky
#AcademicSky #MLSky
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🚨 Although we encourage researchers to add institutional emails to their #ORCID records, this article by @retractionwatch.com illustrates the vulnerability of relying on an email domain as the only verification source for a researcher over data from trustworthy member orgs.
#Researchsky
#Researchsky
University email addresses no longer effective bulwark against fake peer review
To guard against identity theft, academic publishers have been using institutional email addresses to verify authors and reviewers are who they say they are. Now, however, findings appearing in a p…
retractionwatch.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🚨 Although we encourage researchers to add institutional emails to their #ORCID records, this article by @retractionwatch.com illustrates the vulnerability of relying on an email domain as the only verification source for a researcher over data from trustworthy member orgs.
#Researchsky
#Researchsky
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Encouraging researchers to select CC BY as the license of choice for preprints maximizes reuse and minimizes the complexity of navigating legal terms when sharing research.
Learn more about licensing preprints with CC BY: zenodo.org/records/1428...
Learn more about licensing preprints with CC BY: zenodo.org/records/1428...
Why use the CC BY license for preprints? A guide for researchers
Preprints are complete drafts of scientific research articles posted to an online repository before formal peer review. When you publish on a preprint server, you remain the copyright holder and can…
zenodo.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Encouraging researchers to select CC BY as the license of choice for preprints maximizes reuse and minimizes the complexity of navigating legal terms when sharing research.
Learn more about licensing preprints with CC BY: zenodo.org/records/1428...
Learn more about licensing preprints with CC BY: zenodo.org/records/1428...
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In January 2025, life science preprint servers @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social and @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social updated their license selector, placing CC BY at the top of the list. Just six months later, the number of CC BY-licensed preprints has increased for the first time in five years.
September 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In January 2025, life science preprint servers @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social and @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social updated their license selector, placing CC BY at the top of the list. Just six months later, the number of CC BY-licensed preprints has increased for the first time in five years.
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"plagiarism" feels like such an understatement for what is going on here. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What counts as plagiarism? AI-generated papers pose new risks
Researchers argue over whether ‘novel’ AI-generated works use others’ ideas without credit.
www.nature.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"plagiarism" feels like such an understatement for what is going on here. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Come be my boss! We’re looking for a passionate and supportive leader for our Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Research in MMI spans diverse models and systems of host-pathogen interactions. Come join us in the beautiful Pacific NW!
facultycareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/35624/c...
facultycareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/35624/c...
Faculty Portal | OHSU
facultycareers-ohsu.icims.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Come be my boss! We’re looking for a passionate and supportive leader for our Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Research in MMI spans diverse models and systems of host-pathogen interactions. Come join us in the beautiful Pacific NW!
facultycareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/35624/c...
facultycareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/35624/c...
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this just out
APA Journals Policy on Generative AI: Additional Guidance
www.apa.org/pubs/journal... via @apajournals.bsky.social
APA Journals Policy on Generative AI: Additional Guidance
www.apa.org/pubs/journal... via @apajournals.bsky.social
www.apa.org
August 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
this just out
APA Journals Policy on Generative AI: Additional Guidance
www.apa.org/pubs/journal... via @apajournals.bsky.social
APA Journals Policy on Generative AI: Additional Guidance
www.apa.org/pubs/journal... via @apajournals.bsky.social
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That feeling when you ship a feature that you've had in mind since 2015...
Your Nodes can now be labeled anything,
or nothing,
or every node in your diagram can have the same label if that's what you want.
Here's a Patreon post about it. More documentation to come!
www.patreon.com/posts/new-fe...
Your Nodes can now be labeled anything,
or nothing,
or every node in your diagram can have the same label if that's what you want.
Here's a Patreon post about it. More documentation to come!
www.patreon.com/posts/new-fe...
New feature: Custom labels for nodes | Steve Bogart
Get more from Steve Bogart on Patreon
www.patreon.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
That feeling when you ship a feature that you've had in mind since 2015...
Your Nodes can now be labeled anything,
or nothing,
or every node in your diagram can have the same label if that's what you want.
Here's a Patreon post about it. More documentation to come!
www.patreon.com/posts/new-fe...
Your Nodes can now be labeled anything,
or nothing,
or every node in your diagram can have the same label if that's what you want.
Here's a Patreon post about it. More documentation to come!
www.patreon.com/posts/new-fe...
Reposted by marijane white, mslis
Keep up to speed on new federal publication sharing requirements. We've organized details of polices by agency - NIH, CDC, NASA, Dept of Ed., NSF & more. Download & compare here: researchsharing.sparcopen.org/publications/ sparcopen.org
August 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Keep up to speed on new federal publication sharing requirements. We've organized details of polices by agency - NIH, CDC, NASA, Dept of Ed., NSF & more. Download & compare here: researchsharing.sparcopen.org/publications/ sparcopen.org
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3 💡 conclusions from this @timeshighered.bsky.social piece based on @altmetric.com data:
1️⃣ Academic twitter is dead
2️⃣ Bluesky is the most promising alternative
3️⃣ There is a lot of underused 🦋 potential with many dormant (institutional) accounts
#academicsky
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
1️⃣ Academic twitter is dead
2️⃣ Bluesky is the most promising alternative
3️⃣ There is a lot of underused 🦋 potential with many dormant (institutional) accounts
#academicsky
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
X’s Altmetric Hegemony Ceding to Bluesky
The alternative social media platform is matching engagement of Elon Musk’s X in ways that “would have seemed unthinkable until recently,” says study.
www.insidehighered.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
3 💡 conclusions from this @timeshighered.bsky.social piece based on @altmetric.com data:
1️⃣ Academic twitter is dead
2️⃣ Bluesky is the most promising alternative
3️⃣ There is a lot of underused 🦋 potential with many dormant (institutional) accounts
#academicsky
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
1️⃣ Academic twitter is dead
2️⃣ Bluesky is the most promising alternative
3️⃣ There is a lot of underused 🦋 potential with many dormant (institutional) accounts
#academicsky
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
I wish SearchRxiv felt less like a preprint server and more like PyPi.
August 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I wish SearchRxiv felt less like a preprint server and more like PyPi.
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
It's important to note here that we're not just talking about faculty & university staff. 100s of U.S. colleges are in towns or small cities where they form the major industry & lifeblood of the community. Loss of students -> loss of rent $, restaurant $, bars, bookstores, gaming stores...
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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An outright fanatic who wants to stop all scientific research
Russell Vought Is Trying to Take It All From NIH
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
An outright fanatic who wants to stop all scientific research
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IMPORTANT UPDATE IMPORTANT UPDATE
Regarding APHU/ACLU et al. vs. NIH Lawsuit
Regarding APHU/ACLU et al. vs. NIH Lawsuit
a cartoon of a man and a dog with the words now 's the time for action written on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon of a man and a dog with the words now 's the time for action written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
IMPORTANT UPDATE IMPORTANT UPDATE
Regarding APHU/ACLU et al. vs. NIH Lawsuit
Regarding APHU/ACLU et al. vs. NIH Lawsuit
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Good Scientific American story about the letters of dissent from 4 federal science agencies (to date)...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
Federal Science Workers Say Agencies Are ‘Going in the Wrong Direction’
Hundreds of staffers at the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the National Science Foundation have signed public letters to leadership opposing the direction in ...
www.scientificamerican.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good Scientific American story about the letters of dissent from 4 federal science agencies (to date)...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
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we're getting close to a point where consumer-priced computers can run models nearly as large as deepseek. cheap. not "guzzling water" or "powering a whole home every time u run a query".
increasingly convinced 95% of you all are just mad about AI because of the proprietary nature of the biggest players (and the fact that all the biggest players are...not that great). and that's fine, you should be. its a travesty. but AI itself is not the problem, i think you might find.
July 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
we're getting close to a point where consumer-priced computers can run models nearly as large as deepseek. cheap. not "guzzling water" or "powering a whole home every time u run a query".
One of my Sankey diagrams has been published! This was not a systematic review, but my co-authors did screen and categorize all the search results I found for them in a similar fashion.
See Figure 1 at www.jpedsurg.org/article/S002...
See Figure 1 at www.jpedsurg.org/article/S002...
Sunday morning evidence synthesis hot take: PRISMA diagrams would be a lot more interesting if they were Sankey diagrams instead of flow charts
July 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
One of my Sankey diagrams has been published! This was not a systematic review, but my co-authors did screen and categorize all the search results I found for them in a similar fashion.
See Figure 1 at www.jpedsurg.org/article/S002...
See Figure 1 at www.jpedsurg.org/article/S002...
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“As I sat at home watching shoddy science, poor quality control and opaque research being published and discussed, I felt more and more inspired to become a scientific sleuth,” he says.
@lonnibesancon.bsky.social
@lonnibesancon.bsky.social
Lonni Besançon faced online abuse, threats and legal challenges in response to his research integrity sleuthing during the COVID-19 pandemic
go.nature.com/4m5DN0X
go.nature.com/4m5DN0X
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed this scientist into a research-integrity sleuth
Lonni Besançon has faced online abuse, threats and legal challenges. But he remains proud of his service to science and society.
go.nature.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“As I sat at home watching shoddy science, poor quality control and opaque research being published and discussed, I felt more and more inspired to become a scientific sleuth,” he says.
@lonnibesancon.bsky.social
@lonnibesancon.bsky.social
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Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way
July 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way