👏 As always, we are grateful to the authors (Tim Engels, Ronald Rousseau, @zhou-hy.bsky.social), reviewers (Gunnar Sivertsen, @dkochetkov.bsky.social) and editor (@ludowaltman.bsky.social) for their contributions!
Today we publish the evaluation of a bibliometric analysis of (bilateral & multilateral) scientific collaboration intensity between Russia and other countries.
Reviewers recognize the approach's value & also provide (literature) suggestions.
👇 Read the assessment, reviews and full text on MetaROR
This article, which went through two rounds of MetaROR evaluation, just got published in Quantitative Science Studies!
👏 Congratulations to the authors!
Read it here: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Our two Iranian co-authors, Saeed Shafiei Sabet of the University of Guilan and Marziyeh Amini Fard may not know about these positive reviews for our manuscript, because my emails to them continue to bounce. I wanted to recognize them here because I'm very concerned about their future.
🙏 Thanks to @alexh.bsky.social and his many co-authors for their efforts. Thanks, also, to @peterbranney.bsky.social and @andre-brasil.bsky.social for reviewing the work, and to Kathryn Zeiler for serving as editor.
🗨️ This article's authors announce expansion of CRediT into 36 languages & describe how translations from English were made.
Reviewers commended the method & praised the project for being inclusive. They raise issues on automatic translation and limitations of CRediT.
👇 Read the full evaluation
👏 We thank our authors (Carter W. Bloch, Rikke E. Povlsen, Mette Falkenberg, Irene Ramos-Vielba, Duncan A. Thomas & Andreas K. Stage), reviewers (Erik Arnold & anonymous) and editors (@alexh.bsky.social, Kathryn Zeiler)
🔗 This new evaluation attempts to trace causal linkages from research funding towards societal outcomes.
Researchers praise it for showing how targeted funding can foster mutually beneficial academia–industry collaborations. They also identify problems in framing, clarity & depth.
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We are delighted to see the growth of the ‘Publish, Review, Curate’ (PRC) initiatives in recent years!🚀
One of them is @metaror.bsky.social (MetaResearch Open Review).
This platform focuses on open peer review and curation of metaresearch articles.
Learn more about MetaROR👉️ metaror.org
We thank the author (@dkochetkov.bsky.social), reviewers ( @kathybowrey.bsky.social, William Nicholas Cesta) and editors (Kathryn Zeiler, @jasonchin.bsky.social) for their contributions 👏
Who owns the knowledge? Our latest evaluation is a call for researchers to act in response to AI models using their research.
Reviewers consider it a good primer on the topic yet suggest more focus on the political/commercial context & greater precision in the legal analysis.
👇 Read now on MetaROR
MetaROR thanks the authors (@crifonju.bsky.social, @eomalea.bsky.social, @carloslopezosa.bsky.social, @isidroaguillo.bsky.social), reviewers (@zohrehzahedi.bsky.social, @angelosalatino.bsky.social) and editor (@ludowaltman.bsky.social) for their contribution 🙏
🔍 Academic search engine optimisation (A-SEO) vital for enhancing research visibility. Our latest evaluation is a study comparing four leading A-SEO tools.
Reviewers emphasize the topic's relevance but do point out the limitation of including only 2 publishers in the study.
👇 Read now on MetaROR
@jamesmzd.bsky.social yes, unfortunately this link no longer works since we migrated our servers since then and it's not possible to edit a previous post here. This link should bring you to the first evaluation of this one: metaror.org/article/adop...
👏 Thanks once more to the authors (Narmin Rzayeva, @stephenpinfield.bsky.social, @ludowaltman.bsky.social) and editors (@jabyrnesci.bsky.social, Kathryn Zeiler) for their contributions
2️⃣ The authors of this article on preprint adoption across discipline and region returned for a 2nd evaluation.
Our editor found changes corresponding to most suggestions made in the reviews and reasonable and convincing arguments for why specific suggestions were declined.
👇 Read it all on MetaROR
#Excited for the fteval Journal for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation X @metaror.bsky.social collaboration. We, @fteval, @rorinstitute.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social, are joined by the mission for open & transparent peer review and strengthening international the field of meta-research.
👏 Again we'd like to thank our authors (@aidybarnett.bsky.social, @nicolewhite.bsky.social, @tayacollyer.bsky.social), reviewers (Catherine Victoria Bunce, J.L. Hutton) and editors (Kathryn Zeiler, @stephenpinfield.bsky.social) for their contributions
2️⃣ After the initial review, the authors returned to MetaROR for a second round. Reviewers believe that their concerns have been addressed, though one of them still prefers the author to drop three references.
👇 Read the 2nd evaluation round, incl. reviews, assessment and full article now on MetaROR
👏 Aside from the author, we also extend thanks to reviewer Andrew Gelman and our editor Kathryn Zeiler.
Today, author @tomhardwicke.bsky.social argues "that without safeguards, Synchronous Robustness Reports could inadvertently create more confusion than clarity about robustness.
The reviewer, among other things, suggests distinguishing between different types of reports.
👇 Read it now on MetaROR
👏 Our thanks go out to the authors (Steffen Lemke, Isabella Peters), reviewers (including Emanuel Kulczycki) and editor (@ludowaltman.bsky.social)
🔓 Our latest article presents an analysis of bronze open access publications in the Web of Science database.
Reviewers did not identify major weaknesses, calling it solid, timely & sound, and suggested expanding the discussion on the concept of bronze OA.
👇 Read the full evaluation now on MetaROR
🤝 We are happy to announce another new partner journal: @jcre.bsky.social
The Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics "aims for articles that comment on or replicate previously published articles in economics & closely related disciplines"
👇 See our full list of partners on our website
👏 A big thank you to our authors (@helenedraux.bsky.social, Briony Fane, @dwh.bsky.social, @jwastl.bsky.social, @pslewis.bsky.social, Molly Morgan Jones, Pablo Roblero, @jameswilsdon.bsky.social), reviewers, and editors ( @aidybarnett.bsky.social, Kathryn Zeiler) for their contributions
🇬🇧 Our latest paper "uses broad bibliometrics to compare the STEM and SHAPE sectors over time in the UK, with comparisons to other countries"
Reviewers find it timely & useful, yet suggest a different analytical approach as well as a tighter definition of SHAPE
👇 Find the full evaluation on MetaROR
🤝 MetaROR is happy to announce Replication Research as its new partner journal!
@r2journal.bsky.social is an interdisciplinary journal for replication research focusing on reproductions, close replications and conceptual replications.
👇 See our full list of partners on our website
🙏 We are grateful to our authors (Susana Oliveira Henriques, Narmin Rzayeva, @stephenpinfield.bsky.social and @ludowaltman.bsky.social), our reviewers (Pen-Yuan Hsing and @rmounce.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy) and our editor (Kathryn Zeiler) for their valuable contributions.
We published a 2nd round of reviews for a paper on preprint review services' "potential to turn peer review into a more transparent and rewarding experience and to improve publishing and peer review workflows"
Reviewers see improvements while still highlighting a potential issue.
👇 Read on MetaROR
🤝 MetaROR is happy to announce Psychology, Public Policy, & Law as its partner. @pppl-journal.bsky.social "provides a forum to critically evaluate contributions of psychology & related disciplines to public policy & legal issues & vice versa."
👇 See our list of partners metaror.org/partner-jour...