💥New | What policy citations “do” and “do not” reveal about the societal impact of research
✍️ Marion Poetz, Christoph Grimpe & Andreas Distel
#PolicyCitations #EvidenceBasedPolicy #ResearchImpact
It's a really good episode - although I am a tad biased as the host 🤣
A snippet of next week's Under Review podcast where negative and null results are under review with the brilliant @scurry.bsky.social
He highlights the importance of these results and how they could qualify as impact case studies, especially concerning issues like the MMR vaccine and autism link.
Coffee table, get an old coffee table and have some toughened glass cut to size. Bingo!
I know what you are saying, my maps were only maybe 20 years old. It’s the cost benefit of what you’ll turn them into. Eventually they’ll be landfill, but if it makes you sad, don’t do it. Frame them or turn them into a table piece by putting toughened glass over them etc
You should do it. The wall wasn’t great and we had the option of sticking more pictures over it. We’ve not planning to move, so decided to go for it. We can always scape it off later and start again.
Map of the Peak District on a wall
Map of the Peak District on a wall
Happy 75th birthday to the wonderful Peak District. I took my old hiking maps and pasted them to the top of our landing for a large map of that special place
📣 "Will the academic exodus from X silence research?" See comments from Dr Mike Taylor (Head of Data Insights, Digital Science) in this story for Research Professional News.
@herrison2000.bsky.social shares trends based on Altmetric data.
Story by Isaac Barbosa.
🔗 https://ow.ly/2WEf50YJRmw
We're both awesome! 😀
Will the academic exodus from X silence research?
Spread of researchers across multiple platforms (including Bluesky) brings warnings of a tougher struggle for impact.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
This is the final part of our 6 week evidence awareness campaign for those working in local authorities and public health. We are highlighting @nihr.bsky.social evidence on the topic of housing and public health.
This week, the evidence around Housing and Wellbeing.
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Come listen to me talk about problems and solutions (?) in science and academia!
I'm sure I solved everything, right?
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A new Under Review podcast is out and this time tackling some of academia's wicked problems, I am joined by the brilliant Jason McDermott, the researcher and artist behind the brilliantly insightful and funny
@redpenblackpen.bsky.social
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What does @nihr.bsky.social evidence say about the health impact of supported tenancies?
We explored this as part of our Knowledge mobilisation work looking at public health and housing.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/health...
I have now reached that age in life where I bring the bins in a minute after the dustbin men have wheeled it back to my house.
You can find Jason via these links
Bluesky: @redpenblackpen
Instagram: @redpenblackpen
Facebook: @redpenblackpen
LinkedIn: @redpenblackpen
Substack: redpenblackpen.substack.com
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By fostering a culture of kindness and collaboration, and by protecting the fundamental basic science that underpins all applied breakthroughs, the scientific community can move toward a more sustainable and engaging model.
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Ultimately, Jason’s vision for the future of academia involves a fundamental rebranding of rejection. Rather than seeing reviewer three’s critique as a failure, he encourages scientists to view it as critical constructive feedback that acts as a valuable resource for improvement.
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He suggests that the neglected truth of science is the role of luck and happenstance, a reality often obscured by survivorship bias. To combat this, he envisions a future university system that prioritises formalised mentorship and team science over the individualistic, competitive model.
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In the podcast we discuss creative approaches to science communication, and for a shift away from the superficial metrics that currently blight the field, such as the obsession with publication counts and the h-index which he believes incentivises quantity over quality.
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@redpenblackpen.bsky.social began over a decade ago when Jason found himself seeking psychological relief from the frustrations of academia. He began doodling cartoons that captured the duality of research: the ‘black pen’ of creative discovery, the ‘red pen’ of harsh, often systemic, critique.
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He is a leading expert in systems biology, and uses computer models to understand how complex biological networks, such as the interactions between a virus and a human host function and response to stress.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Sgm...
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A new Under Review podcast is out and this time I chatted with Jason McDermott, the researcher and artist behind the brilliantly insightful and funny @redpenblackpen.bsky.social
Listen and watch:
Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd8H...
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Week four of our @know-ph.bsky.social mini campaign mobilising @nihr.bsky.social research and evidence relating to housing and public health.
This week it's the problem of housing insecurity.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/health...
The next episode of Under Review podcast is out next week and here's a sneak peak with @redpenblackpen.bsky.social Jason McDermott.
We discussed failure, mentorship, peer review and of course, academic cartoons.
What gets thrown in the bin, what better ways can we work? Find out next week.
If anyone would like me write a similar paper or guide for their organisation or research group, get in touch. I also offer training, content creation (podcasts, animations, media articles) and consultancy.
blog.cabells.com/2026/03/30/c...
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The finished product looks really great and I'm pleased to see that the report content was published under a Creative Commons CC BY licence.
If anyone has any comments or questions relating to the white paper, please ping them to @slinacre.bsky.social
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I've just authored a white paper for @cabells.com titled: Optimizing Journal Decision-Making Using @altmetric.com and Citation Sentiment Data.
The free download report includes useful tips for communicating outputs as part of outreach and impact activities.
blog.cabells.com/2026/03/30/c...
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