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By linking national scholarly infrastructures we can better understand the impact of global research

Taster — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:00:42 +0000

Global scholarly information systems provide poor coverage for social science and humanities research taking place outside of the anglophone world and in languages other than English. Paul Donner, Stephan Stahlschmidt, … Continued

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More evidence doesn’t mean more justice – The limits of visual technologies in human rights cases

Taster — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:00:11 +0000

Digital technologies have democratised the collection of visual evidence. However, as Kamari Maxine Clarke, Jennifer Burrell and Sara Kendall show, how this evidence is translated into evidentiary standards through the … Continued

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The real threat to trust in science isn’t outright fraud, but the pervasive tweaking of research designs and models

Taster — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:15 +0000

Spectacular cases of data fabrication and manipulation unearthed by dedicated “sleuths” are often seen as evidence of a crisis in science. However, discussing their new book, Thomas Plümper and Eric … Continued

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Three red flags for “evidenced-based” EdTech

Taster — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:30 +0000

Given the sector they are targeting, it is perhaps unsurprising that new EdTech tools often claim to be evidence-based. However, as Natalia Kucirkova outlines, these claims can sometimes be difficult … Continued

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For open research to work, research institutions and publishers need to collaborate

Taster — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:06 +0000

The growth in global and open research has fuelled structural change in scholarly communications and at the same time created significant challenges in ensuring research integrity. Heidi Ormstad, Rebecca Lawrence, … Continued

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Predatory university rankings jeopardise the value of Webometrics

Taster — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:57 +0000

The Webometrics ranking of universities provides a valuable and more comprehensive open data alternative to traditional university rankings. However, as Vladimir M. Moskovkin shows mirror sites and an emergent market … Continued

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US social media is getting smaller, angrier, and more Republican

Taster — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:00:10 +0000

Using data from the American National Election Studies, Petter Törnberg shows how social media use in the USA has changed in the period 2020 – 2024 creating a smaller more … Continued

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We should focus less on research impact and more on research value

Taster — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:03:12 +0000

Can ‘research impact’ be transformed into a paradigm that genuinely nurtures research for societal benefit? This question prompted a recent Australian study by Ruth O’Connor, Sejul Malde, Wendy Russell, Maya … Continued

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Public writing has become a benchmark of the PhD journey

Taster — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:00:26 +0000

Writing for public audiences in a variety of media has become a common feature of PhD research. Reflecting on how ORCID and Linkedin have become key platforms for monitoring public … Continued

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Social scientists bring their faith into research – And it shows up in their results

Taster — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:00:11 +0000

Why do studies on whether religion is disappearing totally contradict each other? Valeria Rainero, Jörg Stolz and Ruud Luijkx discuss their recent research on how faith (or lack of it) … Continued

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