petersuber<p>What will most transform <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> in the next 10 years? A new survey of 90 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ECRs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ECRs</span></a> from 7 countries gives first place to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, followed closely by <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a>, followed by changes to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PeerReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerReview</span></a>. <br><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/leap.2008" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu</span><span class="invisible">ll/10.1002/leap.2008</span></a></p><p>While respondents thought AI would trigger more change than OA and OS, they were split on whether those changes would be good or bad. They were more united on the benefits of OA and OS. </p><p>I like this summary of the views of the Spanish respondents: "They believe that the much heralded new open and collaborative system is only possible if the evaluation of researchers changes and considers more than citations and includes altmetrics, publication in open platforms, repositories and so on." </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Assessment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assessment</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenInfrastructure</span></a></p>
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infoDOCKET<p>NEW Journal Article: “Reference Coverage Analysis of OpenAlex Compared to Web Of Science and Scopus”<a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/04/11/journal-article-reference-coverage-analysis-of-openalex-compared-to-web-of-science-and-scopus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infodocket.com/2025/04/11/jour</span><span class="invisible">nal-article-reference-coverage-analysis-of-openalex-compared-to-web-of-science-and-scopus/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/scholcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholcomm</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metadata</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Today the editorial board of _Mathematical Logic Quarterly_ (pub'd by <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Wiley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wiley</span></a>) resigned and launched a new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondOA</span></a> journal on the same topics.<br><a href="https://open-access.network/services/news/artikel/ruecktritt-des-mlq-editorial-teams" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open-access.network/services/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/artikel/ruecktritt-des-mlq-editorial-teams</span></a></p><p>See the open letter announcing their resignations and plans for the new journal.<br><a href="https://zml.international/files/zml-open-letter.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zml.international/files/zml-op</span><span class="invisible">en-letter.pdf</span></a></p><p>The new journal has a German title but will publish in English, _Zeitschrift für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik_.<br><a href="https://zml.international/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zml.international/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I track these journal "declarations of independence" in the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccessDirectory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccessDirectory</span></a> (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OAD</span></a>), and just added an entry for this one, at the bottom in chronological order. <br><a href="https://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Journal_declarations_of_independence#2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Journa</span><span class="invisible">l_declarations_of_independence#2025</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Logic</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a></p>
Kate Nyhan<p>Wow -- the DOGE has canceled US National Agricultural Library subscriptions to 17 publishers -- but not Elsevier, not Springer Nature, not Wiley</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/doge-order-leads-journal-cancellations-u-s-agricultural-library" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/do</span><span class="invisible">ge-order-leads-journal-cancellations-u-s-agricultural-library</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.esmarconf.org/tags/medlibs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medlibs</span></a> <a href="https://social.esmarconf.org/tags/scholcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholcomm</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>This is a good piece on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Flipboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flipboard</span></a> joining the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technology/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html</span></a> </p><p>It touches on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ghost</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medium</span></a>, and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordPress</span></a>, and doesn't mention traditional <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a>. But it makes me wonder. Will traditional publishers ever join the Fediverse? What will it take to persuade to them try, even as an experiment? Who will go first? How can we help?</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. Statement from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TheLancet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheLancet</span></a> in response to recent US executive orders<br><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/editorial-policies#anchor10" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelancet.com/editorial-polici</span><span class="invisible">es#anchor10</span></a> </p><p>"The Lancet Group will be making no changes to our editorial policies regarding withdrawal, authorship change, inclusive language, or retraction. Ahead of publication, the withdrawal of submitted papers and authorship changes will only generally be considered if the written agreement of all authors is received. The Lancet Group will continue to recommend the use of inclusive language, accepting authors’ ultimate choice of terminology when it is scientifically accurate and respectful, and will continue to encourage authors to follow the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) reporting guidelines. Published papers will only be corrected or retracted when they contain factual errors or if scientific misconduct has taken place. These policies are in line with recently issued guidance from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors [<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ICMJE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICMJE</span></a>]." </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Reflections on the Current Moment from SSP’s Board of Directors"<br><a href="https://www.sspnet.org/community/news/statement-from-the-ssp-board-of-directors/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sspnet.org/community/news/stat</span><span class="invisible">ement-from-the-ssp-board-of-directors/</span></a></p><p>"The challenges stemming from a shifting U.S. political landscape, which threaten academic freedom, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEIA</span></a> (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) initiatives, the scholarly record, and federal research funding, are affecting the Society for Scholarly Publishing (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSP</span></a>) community in multiple ways: mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially…Since we were established in 1978, SSP has intentionally demonstrated an unwavering commitment to building a diverse and inclusive community. We actively infuse our work with equitable values, including providing leadership as a founding member of the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Publishing (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/C4DISC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C4DISC</span></a>)."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Why the European Journal of Public Health and EUPHA are opposing President Trump’s attack on the language of diversity"<br><a href="https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf018/8030478" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/eurpub/advanc</span><span class="invisible">e-article/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf018/8030478</span></a></p><p>"The news that the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration has ordered scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles containing terms such as “gender,” “transgender,” “LGBT,” or “transsexual” is as shocking as it is dangerous…Such censorship is not only an assault on scientific integrity but also a harbinger of the creeping authoritarianism that Europe has seen before, one that we must resist with all the force of history…First, we will not retract published articles due to political pressure. Retractions are reserved for fraud, major errors, or ethical breaches, not for the mere use of words that a government disapproves of. Second, we will continue to publish research that includes terms related to gender, sexuality, and reproductive health. Third, we will defend the rights of researchers to publish without fear of political persecution. Fourth, we will stand in solidarity with colleagues facing censorship. Suppression of knowledge anywhere is a threat to knowledge everywhere."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ICMJE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICMJE</span></a>) has updated its guidance in light of recent actions by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration.<br><a href="https://www.icmje.org/news-and-editorials/icmje_guidance_notice.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">icmje.org/news-and-editorials/</span><span class="invisible">icmje_guidance_notice.html</span></a></p><p>"If authors request removal or addition of an author after manuscript submission or publication, journal editors should seek an explanation and signed statement of agreement for the requested change from all listed authors including the author to be removed or added…Corrections are warranted for errors of fact that should have been recognized at the time of publication. Matters of debate and evolving science and methods are not errors. Retraction of published work is generally reserved for errors serious enough to invalidate results and conclusions and/or when there is scientific misconduct.." </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. An editorial in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/JAMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JAMA</span></a> and the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/JAMANetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JAMANetwork</span></a>. <br><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2830748?guestAccessKey=47e4b56b-8f69-4ff3-a26e-3a66a88b2c67&linkId=753250407" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/</span><span class="invisible">fullarticle/2830748?guestAccessKey=47e4b56b-8f69-4ff3-a26e-3a66a88b2c67&linkId=753250407</span></a></p><p>"Some authors of scientific works in process have had to remove their names from publications for these publications to proceed; others have chosen to pause or withdraw their publications. While some of these actions are directly related to the executive order to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> employees to cease communications, many have been undertaken preemptively by authors who are not subject to the order but are presumably fearful of the challenges of communicating complex findings in this current environment. Some authors are engaging in anticipatory compliance by scrubbing from their manuscripts words they fear may be deemed, in the moment, politically unacceptable…We remain steadfast in our guidance to authors and readers across the JAMA Network journals and endorse and adhere to the standards set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors [<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ICMJE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICMJE</span></a>]…We will act flexibly, where appropriate, to ensure that censoring efforts will not silence the integrity of the scientific process or clear communication of scientific information important for health." </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Peter Barr explains why three UK <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> recently cancelled their <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Elsevier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elsevier</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadAndPublish</span></a> agreements and why these deals are unsustainable.<br><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250211161002365" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universityworldnews.com/post.p</span><span class="invisible">hp?story=20250211161002365</span></a></p><p>PS: My own objections to these deals overlap significantly with Barr's. See the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOAI20</span></a> Recommendation 4 ("Move away from read-and-publish agreements").<br><a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">budapestopenaccessinitiative.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/boai20/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Cancellations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cancellations</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
petersuber<p>I've signed this Declaration To <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> Against US Gov <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> and hope you will too. (Disclosure: I was on the drafting committee.)<br><a href="https://tinyurl.com/2dyadwzr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/2dyadwzr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit organizations to take over the Open Access Tracking Project (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OATP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OATP</span></a>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@oatp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>oatp</span></a></span>) and the open-source software on which it runs. </p><p>Details in this Google doc:<br><a href="https://bit.ly/TransferOATP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/TransferOATP</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>Contact me <peter.suber@gmail.com> if you have any questions or any level of interest.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Crowdsourced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crowdsourced</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TagTeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TagTeam</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Trump officials exerting unprecedented control over CDC scientific journal"<br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-officials-influence-cdc-mmwr/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/trump-officia</span><span class="invisible">ls-influence-cdc-mmwr/</span></a></p><p>"Trump administration political appointees have taken steps in recent weeks to exert unprecedented influence over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's flagship medical research publication, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, multiple federal health officials tell CBS News. The interference included dictating what to cover and withholding studies on the growing bird flu outbreak." </p><p>PS: Just curious. How do Trump officials decide that covering bird flu is bad for their agenda?</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BMJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BMJ</span></a> isn't the only journal pushing back against the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> directive that staff scientists should retract pending publications that use Trump-banned words. (Earlier in this thread.) </p><p>Kudos to the _American Journal of Public Health_ (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AJPH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AJPH</span></a>) for pushing back as well. <br><a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/114076" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">medpagetoday.com/special-repor</span><span class="invisible">ts/exclusives/114076</span></a></p><p>From publisher Georges Benjamin: "We at the American Journal of Public Health have no interest in following the president's prohibitions on language. We will publish things under our guidelines, under our ethical principles." Benjamin acknowledged that the journal may now get fewer submissions from government scientists. </p><p>AJPH is published by the American Public Health Association (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APHA</span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SocietyPublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietyPublisher</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update, on the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> order directing staffers to retract pending journal articles that use now-prohibited terms like <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> (earlier in this thread) … </p><p>Bravo to the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BMJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BMJ</span></a> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/bmj_latest" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bmj_latest</span></a></span>) for calling this order "sinister and ludicrous." <br><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r253" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r253</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>"This is not how it works. Medically relevant terminology and inclusive language follow evidence based reporting standards or are matters of individual journal style and policy. They do not follow political orders. Similarly, co-authors cannot simply scrub themselves from articles. Authorship gives credit and accountability for the work, and an article’s list of authors does not ghost contributors. If authors wish to withdraw submissions under review at a journal, this process is feasible should all of their co-authors agree. However, if somebody who merits inclusion in the authorship group of an article requests to be removed, even with the approval of the co-authors, this is a breach of publication ethics."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Authorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Retractions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retractions</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. I just posted an item outside this thread that belongs in the thread. Sorry. Here it is. The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> is asking staffers to withdraw pending scientific publications that use newly-prohibited terms like <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a>, or <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a>.<br><a href="https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/113946091994922725" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@petersuber/11</span><span class="invisible">3946091994922725</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>"In a radical break with tradition, the National Science Foundation (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>) this week began to search through billions of dollars of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway, wreaking havoc across the academic research community."<br><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-starts-vetting-all-grants-comply-trump-s-orders" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/ex</span><span class="invisible">clusive-nsf-starts-vetting-all-grants-comply-trump-s-orders</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Kate Nyhan<p>Is there a comprehensive list of publishers (especially scholarly journal articles publishers) and their deals (or their decision not to negotiate deals) to let their corpora be used for gen AI training? (Or indeed to do it themself)<br><a href="https://social.esmarconf.org/tags/scholcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholcomm</span></a></p><p>I am editing to tell people who retweeted and are presumably interested: yes there is such a tracker: <a href="https://sr.ithaka.org/our-work/generative-ai-licensing-agreement-tracker/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sr.ithaka.org/our-work/generat</span><span class="invisible">ive-ai-licensing-agreement-tracker/</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>I'm starting a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> thread on the new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration's actions and positions on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> to research. </p><p>I posted frequently about the actions of his first administration. But I did it on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> / <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a>, which I no longer use. </p><p>As background to this new Mastodon thread, see my tweets on his first term. I've collected them on a wiki page. <br><a href="https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/The_Trump_administrations_on_open_access_to_research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/The_Tru</span><span class="invisible">mp_administrations_on_open_access_to_research</span></a> </p><p>For updates, watch this space. </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
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