Article discussing @jwlockhart.bsky.social and my new study on #OpenAccess and important implications for the public's access to knowledge.

Why some researchers choose not to share their work openly

Open-access publishing was supposed to make knowledge available to everyone. But a new UC Berkeley study suggests that some of the scholars whose research could most benefit public conversations about...

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I don't know @mollyknight.bsky.social or @mollymking.bsky.social but if we can find a Molly Bishop and a Molly Rook we can play Molly chess. ♟️

State legislatures are essential right now: Reproductive rights, trans rights, gerrymandering, voter suppression, health care, education, climate policy, even immigration – all issues being fought over at the state level, where campaigns are often underfunded and candidates are in need of support.

The dark side of American individualism and constant ambition is they ignore the structural constraints that shape lives: "[Insisting] positive thinking and hard work meant I could achieve my goals — intrinsic qualities that should be under my control — it made me feel responsible for my failure."

Get set for independence

Why I left the rehab hospital more disabled than when I arrived

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First year I've felt like reporting information to my government science funding agency is potentially... risky. I'll probably still report, now that I have the protections of tenure, but it makes me sad for both science and the study of science.

These are the people ensuring your water is safe & air breathable. Hundreds of #EPA professionals spoke out - worried about public safety, ignored science, and shrinking support for vulnerable communities. We stand with them. Sign here to join us ➡️zurl.co/T2a5Z zurl.co/hCozc

EPA employees put names to 'declaration of dissent' over agency moves under Trump

The letter is rare public criticism from agency employees who could face blowback for speaking out against a weakening of funding and federal support.

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Yes! We have to move the needle on public perception of science. Scientists can share their story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

David Malakoff@davidmalakoff.bsky.social · last yr.

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

Why do nearly 45,000 scholarly papers cite themselves? My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2025/03/19/p... @lutzb.bsky.social, @mollymking.bsky.social

Why do nearly 45,000 scholarly papers cite themselves?

While thousands of papers cite themselves, the percentage that do so is relatively low. Haunschild & Bornmann/arXiv.org While using bibliometric techniques to measure how disruptive research pa…

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Some people’s research will be flagged and then will move on with clarification. Other people’s research will be flagged and… it’s done. The differences in who those people are will not be random.

Colin Tucker Smith@colinsmithpsych.bsky.social · 2y ago

Slightly annoying how many of the comments are like, "This is written so broadly it's going to even affect ME over here in chemistry" or whatever. We need to (always) stand together as scientists whether you're the target or the collateral damage.

Science is closed for business

Hiring an NSF-funded postdoc: looking for a network science scholar to study determinants and consequences of gender inequalities in scientific collaboration. Learn more here and please spread the word. sites.google.com/view/gender-...

"Luck is a fairy tale we use to make people feel better about the world being unfair as shit." - S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold

Happy Earth Day, all you humans who are trying to save it and humans who are trying to destroy it and humans who are unintentionally somewhere in-between thanks to capitalist social structures. 🌎

"The notion that people who diverge from social norms under existing hierarchies deserve basic human dignity only if they have no choice about that divergence is fundamentally degrading." Such a well-put idea about the issue with using "born this way" rhetoric in the fight for civil rights.

Opinion | Born This Way? Born Which Way?

The panic over transgender children is driven by the fear that they’ll regret transitioning. But freedom to make mistakes is core to being human.

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Moving on from banning books to banning ideas... Sociology has been removed from the list of courses Florida public college students are ALLOWED to take to fulfill general education requirements, because it may cover "topics like race, gender and sexual orientation". www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/u...

New article on gender and international coauthorship networks with my fabulous coauthors Kjersten Bunker Whittington and Isabella Cingolani 🧵 doi.org/10.1007/s111...

Structure, status, and span: gender differences in co-authorship networks across 16 region-subject p...

Global and team science approaches are on the rise, as is attention to the network underpinnings of gender disparities in scientific collaboration. Many network studies of men’s and women’s collab...

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Finally. Maybe now I can start to bother planning for retirement.

In a First, Nations at Climate Summit Agree to Move Away From Fossil Fuels

Nearly 200 countries convened by the United Nations approved a milestone plan to ramp up renewable energy and transition away from coal, oil and gas.

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"Disability isn’t something people have. It is something that is done in the details of life – in the words, the acts, in the repeated, apparently inconsequential, behaviours that make up the unremarkable background to our lives." - Colin Cameron

For one brief but very glorious moment I am finally caught up on grading.

@mollymking.bsky.social, Kjersten Whittington and I are hiring a postdoc to study gender inequalities in co-authorship networks. Job ad says apps due Nov. 20 but it will be extended to Dec. 11, so please put the word out and consider applying! More info at: sites.google.com/view/gender-...

Obvious but under-considered point of the day: How disability is measured has MAJOR consequences for the proportion of Americans counted as disabled.

betsy ladyzhets 😷@betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 3y ago

Today @thesicktimes.bsky.social: I wrote about a potential change to how the U.S. Census tracks disability, which would lead to significant drops in estimates of how many Americans are disabled, including estimates of #LongCovid.

Come do a postdoc with me! We're hiring a network science scholar determinants and consequences of gender inequalities in scientific collaboration. Learn more here and please spread the word.

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