POLLEN 2026 is calling for volunteers. For all the benefits this entails please see here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

POLLEN 2026 is calling for volunteers! These will be people who can support the panels as the papers are being given, guide people to their rooms and generally be supportive and helpful. OK, so… | ...

POLLEN 2026 is calling for volunteers! These will be people who can support the panels as the papers are being given, guide people to their rooms and generally be supportive and helpful. OK, so the...

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Conserving 30% of the planet will only succeed if people are part of the plan. New ICTA-UAB study by @javierfajardo.bsky.social & @danbrockington.bsky.social. Published today in @nature.com Nature Communications. theconversation.com/conserving-3...

Conserving 30% of the planet will only succeed if people are part of the plan

People are central to conservation.

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For people thinking about travel and accommodation for POLLEN 2026, here is a brief guide and update - with some rooms available in the city at a reasonable rate www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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For people planning on coming to POLLEN 2026 you must be keeping an eye on travel costs and accommodation. With respect to travel, please look at the slow travel guide on the POLLEN website. The best...

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POLLEn 2026 is creeping up on us. Here is some latest news on Linked In: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

We are getting close to POLLEN 2026 - it starts next month! Over the next few weeks I will be posting news and updates. Please circulate as appropriate. First of all, and I will be saying this a… | D...

We are getting close to POLLEN 2026 - it starts next month! Over the next few weeks I will be posting news and updates. Please circulate as appropriate. First of all, and I will be saying this a fair...

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A bright new day in Barcelona and #POLLEN2026 has moved on a stage. Of nearly 2000 (!) submissions, panel convenors have chosen nearly 1400. Registration is open. Given the demand we will begin with presenters first. Many thanks to all for their incredible efforts in making this happen.

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity@natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 6mo ago

New online! Environmental data justice is key for developing more effective area-based conservation approaches

When is publishing just self-promotion? When it is PISS Once again the geniuses behind 'the Strain' bring new insights and massive data to highlight problematic publishing. Fight the Strain: shorturl.at/z7XMv Stop the Drain: shorturl.at/M9rVM Cleanse the Stain: shorturl.at/sYseu Chapeau!

Mark A. Hanson@hansonmark.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We've got ISSUES. Literally. We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do? arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 A 🧵 1/n

The Issue with Special Issues: when Guest Editors Publish in Support of Self. arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 Thanks @hansonmark.bsky.social for putting the effort in documenting this plague. We need to stop it. #PISS is damaging academia.

The Issue with Special Issues: when Guest Editors Publish in Support of Self

The recent exceptional growth in the number of special issues has led to the largest delegation of editorial power in the history of scientific publishing. Has this power been used responsibly? In thi...

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Dinero gastado, tiempo invertido y menos confianza en el sistema: cómo las cuatro grandes editoriales "drenan" la ciencia. Estudio de @danbrockington.bsky.social ICTA-UAB muestra que priman el beneficio sobre la difusión del conocimiento y distorsionan el sistema. www.eldiario.es/1_c4840d?utm...

Dinero gastado, tiempo invertido y menos confianza en el sistema: cómo las cuatro grandes editoriales "drenan" la ciencia

La deriva de las últimas décadas ha otorgado el control sobre la ciencia a los grandes grupos editoriales privados, sostiene un estudio que indica que Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley y Taylor & Franc...

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Is it just me, or is this video about the wonderful artist Julie Hart Beers incredibly skillful - tender and intimate like the artist herself. youtube.com/shorts/66hsv... @metmuseum.org @merryrobin.bsky.social @artherstory.bsky.social @womensart.bsky.social @annaplesset.bsky.social

A Closer Look: “Ducks in the Woods” (1875) by Julie Hart Beers

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Un estudio señala que las grandes editoriales científicas priorizan su beneficio frente a la ciencia. Liderado por el investigador del ICTA-UAB @danbrockington.bsky.social exitoeducativo.net/un-analisis-... #BraveSienceForAChangingWorld

Un estudio señala que las grandes editoriales científicas priorizan su beneficio frente a la ciencia - ÉXITO EDUCATIVO

Las cuatro principales editoriales, Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley y Taylor & Francis, generaron más de 7.100 millones de dólares en ingresos solo

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Intense discussion with The Drain authors today about where to submit Part II.. And somehow @lariviev.bsky.social launched the idea of hockey jerseys?! Thanks for your service, ChatGPT. @danbrockington.bsky.social @hansonmark.bsky.social @stephenpinfield.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social

Here's a really useful blog exploring the difficulties, but pre-eminent need, of taking back control over scientific publishing. shorturl.at/dNYCV Understand the Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Stop the Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820

The drain of science: a call for action and the bridges we burned

Commercial academic publishing oligopolies are draining science. Beigel et al. (2025) call for community control, but the Lithuanian case shows this is difficult after dismantling domestic journal pub...

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absolutely wild. to this day this "paper" is still on nature.com. since I read Chinese I'll add one more piece of contextual info. the author's affiliation Anhui Vocational College of Press and Publishing has no dept whatsoever related to AI, computer science or neurological development.

Paolo Crosetto@paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing. Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this? Background readings: Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy

Funders ‘hold all the cards’ to reform publishing, say academics. Paper urges structural changes to stop “drain” of research resources by for-profit publishers. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...

What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇

Mark A. Hanson@hansonmark.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

There are three more days to submit your ideas for papers to #POLLEN2026 panels. The last day is 5th December. We will not be extending the deadline. Here is the link to send in your submission: tinyurl.com/yumc2tsx

La ciencia bajo el control de las grandes editoriales Un estudio del ICTA-UAB liderado por @danbrockington.bsky.social revela cómo el sistema de publicación científica prioriza ganancias frente al avance del conocimiento y la integridad académica. digitum-um.blogspot.com/2025/12/la-c...

La ciencia bajo el control de las grandes editoriales

El dominio de las publicaciones científicas en el Norte Global por parte de las grandes editoriales comerciales es perjudicial para la ciencia.

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There are three more days to submit your ideas for papers to #POLLEN2026 panels. The last day is 5th December. We will not be extending the deadline. Here is the link to send in your submission: tinyurl.com/yumc2tsx

The best thing to do next April has suddenly become a lot clearer. Looks like a wonderful gathering.

Bram Büscher@brambuscher.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Please consider joining our 2026 Political Ecology spring school! Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism ▶️ 13-17 April 2026 ▶️ Wageningen With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others! wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...

Don’t miss this thread…

Dan Brockington@danbrockington.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Profits from scientific publishing are eye-watering, costing us billions. In ‘The Drain of Scientific Publishing’ (arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820), (building on ‘The Strain of Scientific Publishing’ doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327) we show how it is harmful – and unnecessary.

🤔How does the domination of scientific publishing affect science? A paper co-authored by the #ICREAResercher @danbrockington.bsky.social analyzes this Global North trend. 🔗 arxiv.org/pdf/2511.04820 👉 Don't miss the full explanation in this thread: bsky.app/profile/danb...

Dan Brockington@danbrockington.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Profits from scientific publishing are eye-watering, costing us billions. In ‘The Drain of Scientific Publishing’ (arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820), (building on ‘The Strain of Scientific Publishing’ doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327) we show how it is harmful – and unnecessary.

This is potentially significant. The CNRS are one of the best in the world. Reliance on metrics controlled by private companies is a problem for science. We need the powerful organisatios to take the lead. Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy

The strain on scientific publishing

Abstract. Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published. The total number of articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science has grown exponentially in recent years; ...

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CNRS@cnrs.fr · 8mo ago

From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science, along with the Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports.

I was so glad to hear about this project and workshop. This would be my dream ERC project.

ERC Ocean Crime Narratives@ocn-uib.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🌊 Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that several of our international keynote speakers have now been confirmed for the upcoming conference "Seas of consequences: Social and Natural Science Narratives on Environmental Harm and Crime at sea". Meet the speakers at: ocn.uib.eu/conference-p...

"But, dear readers, we do not live in a healthy world... Springer-Nature has launched a “Discover” series of journals that seem to deliberately and systematically mimic the MDPI brand."

Dan Brockington@danbrockington.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I know of few people who get the economics of scientific publishing better than @paolocrosetto.bsky.social This thread on the incentives that are driving bad publishing practice is golden. For the darkly funny side of this see: the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...

I know of few people who get the economics of scientific publishing better than @paolocrosetto.bsky.social This thread on the incentives that are driving bad publishing practice is golden. For the darkly funny side of this see: the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...

Springer Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing

Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro

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Paolo Crosetto@paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing. Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this? Background readings: Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy

Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing. Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this? Background readings: Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy