👉 Publishers should enhance the creation & distribution of plain language summaries (PLSPs) to boost patient engagement, involving patients in the writing & review process to improve discoverability & awareness. 👀 Find out more: shorturl.at/1gN1u #OpenScience #Research

📖MacKillop & Downe's study of Welsh policy actors identifies 4 approaches to evidence in policymaking, challenging the focus on quantitative studies & offering strategies for #researchers & policy organizations to engage more #effectively.👏 ➡️Read more: shorturl.at/Afyqn

⌛️The Swiss Academies of Arts & Sciences have extended the 2024 National Prize for Open Research Data (ORD Prize) deadline to August 31, 2024, to honor researchers advancing #OpenResearch practices & transparency.🙌 👏More info: opusproject.eu/openscience-ne… #OpenScience #OpenAccess

💰Andreas K. Stage, Carter W. Bloch & colleagues identify key gaps between the design & implementation of research #funding for societal impact, highlighting systemic challenges & offering insights from a study & a meeting with #research funders. 📚More: shorturl.at/Gd58J

🚀 Free (!) Workshop on #OpenResearch & #OpenScience: Principles, Practices & Implementation! 🗓️ When: Sep 3, 2024, 9am-5pm 📍 Where: Berlin, Weizenbaum-Institut & online 🎟️ Seats: 20 in-person; unlimited online! ☑️ Register: tinyurl.com/3nshhwv9 #OpenAccess #ResearchAssessment

📉Retractions are essential for scientific #integrity but insufficient to prevent bad #science from spreading, as faulty studies persist in the literature without a system to alert authors when cited papers are retracted. Learn more: opusproject.eu/openscience-ne… #ResearchAssessment

Research-integrity experts are alarmed by increasing tactics for manipulating citation counts, highlighted by a recent sting operation where researchers purchased 50 citations to boost a fake scientist's Google Scholar profile. Find out more: shorturl.at/dx7Wl #OpenAccess

📈The number of article retractions has been steadily increasing in recent years, reflecting greater scrutiny of published #research. This trend underscores the rising emphasis on academic #integrity & addressing errors or misconduct in #scientific work. Source: Scopus.

🔎#Research drives societal progress & impacts key sectors, making the state’s role crucial in maintaining its #integrity & ensuring effective #assessment to advance knowledge & benefit society. 🌐 👀More insights: opusproject.eu/openscience-ne… #OpenScience #OpenResearch #OpenAccess

💎Diamond #OpenAccess, supported by #universities & #research agencies, allows free publishing for #researchers as an alternative to the gold model's fees, though its long-term sustainability & impact on #academic publishing remain in question. 👉Details: shorturl.at/oT5SX

‼️ Cardiologist Don Poldermans's fraudulent #research on beta blockers led to harmful medical guidelines and potentially many deaths, prompting debate on whether #scientific fraud should be criminalized. ➡️ More insights: shorturl.at/rE1D2 #ResearchAssessment #OpenAccess

⚖️G. Abramo argues for balancing quantitative metrics & #PeerReview in #ResearchAssessment, suggesting that while CoARA's focus on qualitative judgments is important, integrating both methods is crucial for effective evaluation. 🔗See more: shorturl.at/xPpt6 #OpenScience

📢The REINFORCING invites submissions of ORRI practices for the Open and Responsible Research and Innovation Forum on October 7-8, 2024, in Vienna, offering a chance to showcase your work and connect with an international ORRI network.🌐 👉More info: opusproject.eu/openscience-ne…

🧩Integrating #CitizenScience & #science communication offers great potential but faces challenges in resources, #research standards & inclusivity, suggesting a need for #innovative solutions like alternative publishing platforms. Read more: shorturl.at/4yBpQ #OpenScience

🔎Lilia Mantai and Mauricio Marrone's study of over 40,000 academic job ads shows that required skills evolve by career stage and geography, shifting from #research-focused attributes to broader skills like #teaching and #leadership. 👀Find out more: shorturl.at/TNnLh

📢On September 10, 2024, the DIAMAS Project and PALOMERA projects will host a Zoom webinar from 14:00 to 15:30 CEST to engage learned societies and explore challenges and opportunities in Diamond #OpenAccess publishing. 🙌More info: opusproject.eu/openscience-ne… #OpenScience

🏆#OpenAccessWeek2024 will continue to champion the theme "Community over Commercialization," highlighting the importance of open scholarship that prioritizes the interests of both the public and the academic community over commercial gains. 🔓Learn more: shorturl.at/r3i5t

👁‍🗨Despite being unethical in #science & #medicine, thousands of fake papers are produced annually by paper mills, prompting Wiley to drop 19 Hindawi journals due to fraud, an issue previously flagged by watchdogs & media. 📈Find out more: shorturl.at/Ttjve #OpenScience

👉A study found that nearly half of FDA-approved #AI medical devices lack reported clinical validation data, raising concerns about safety & effectiveness & urging the need for clearer guidelines & stronger validation practices in healthcare. 🔎Details: shorturl.at/KmKEZ

➡️A crowdsourced database from the Framework for Open & Reproducible Research Training (FORTT) simplifies finding replication studies in social sciences by linking them to original #research, improving #accessibility & visibility. Learn more: shorturl.at/MuUHu #OpenAccess