Matt Hodgkinson
Head of #ResearchIntegrity at @Hindawi #openaccess journals, ex PLOS & BMC. Quora Top Writer 18. @CambridgeGreens member. Married to @MsSim40. All views my own!
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The Jeffrey Epstein scandal - podcast
Vicky Ward and Ed Pilkington discuss the Jeffrey Epstein case and Aditya Chakrabortty wonders what happened to the Notre Dame donations
OSU cancer researcher Carlo Croce loses appeal of New York Times libel suit
Carlo Croce Carlo Croce, a prolific cancer researcher at The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus who was the subject of a 2017 front page story in The New York Times about allegations of miscon…
eLife introduces first demonstration of the open-source publishing platform Libero Publisher
The working example represents a major milestone in the development of Libero Publisher, a community-supported tool to help modernise academic publishing.
University of Pristina Rector under Fire for Publishing in Predatory Journals
In Kosovo, University of Pristina Rector Ibrahim Gashi is being pressured to resign after it was revealed he published articles in predatory journals to meet the requirements for promotion to full professor.
Revisiting the Role of the Science Journalist
In today's ecosystem of online science publications, it can be hard to tell what qualifies as journalism and what doesn't. Does it matter?
Cambridge University signs San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
The University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Press today announce that they have signed up to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), a set of recommendations agreed in 2012 that seek to ensure that the quality and...
The lesson from the ruins of Notre Dame: don’t rely on billionaires | Aditya Chakrabortty
The French super-rich promised to dig deep, but such philanthropy comes at a steep price, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
Paul Simpson: Why are the intros to academic articles so boring?
Tricks from storytelling could make articles more engaging, says Paul Simpson.
Putative Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Therapy and Dementia: An Application of Medicare Hospitalization Claims Data - IOS Press
Background: Estrogen and hormone replacement therapies to reduce Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have yielded conflicting results. However, this study proposes that the well-characterized increase in serum gonadotropins following menopause or andropause are
Matt Hodgkinson
How long is it reasonable for colleagues to list an author posthumously? 8 years after Alzheimer's researcher Mark A. Smith of @cwru died in 2010, he was first author of an article in @journal_ad, an @IOSPress_STM journal run by his co-author @geoperry
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Criminologist posts 27-page article explaining why he asked for one of his papers to be retracted
via Tony Webster/Flickr On Sunday, May 5 of this year, Justin Pickett received an email from a “John Smith” with the subject line “Data irregularities and request for data.” “There seem to be irreg…
Quite a Stretch
Stretching science shows that it doesn't do most of what people hope it does. Detailed article.
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Matt Hodgkinson
I 🖤 @Grimezsz' 🔥 fitness tips, but TWO IMPORTANT POINTS:
1. Skip the stretching painscience.com/articles/stret…
2. It's "regimen" not "regiment" merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reg… (already fixed 👏) (instagram.com/p/Bz9LsAIFaLR/) #gentrifymordor
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Definition of REGIMEN
a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient; a regular course of action and especially of strenuous training; government, rule… See the full definition
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Matt Hodgkinson
I 🖤 @Grimezsz' 🔥 fitness tips, but TWO IMPORTANT POINTS:
1. Skip the stretching painscience.com/articles/stret…
2. It's "regimen" not "regiment" merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reg… (already fixed 👏) (instagram.com/p/Bz9LsAIFaLR/) #gentrifymordor
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MISS ANTHROPOCENE on Instagram: “ADIDAS: Tell us about ur training regimen ? GRIMES: My training is a 360 approach. I first maintain a healthy cellular routine where I…”
131.4k Likes, 2,982 Comments - MISS ANTHROPOCENE (@grimes) on Instagram: “ADIDAS: Tell us about ur training regimen ? GRIMES: My training is a 360 approach. I first…”
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Matt Hodgkinson
I 🖤 @Grimezsz' 🔥 fitness tips, but TWO IMPORTANT POINTS:
1. Skip the stretching painscience.com/articles/stret…
2. It's "regimen" not "regiment" merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reg… (already fixed 👏) (instagram.com/p/Bz9LsAIFaLR/) #gentrifymordor
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PubPeer – a website to comment on scientific papers
If you are interested in scientific integrity, you will probably know PubPeer, a website where you can leave anonymous or signed comments on scientific papers. PubPeer was launched in late 2012 by …
How to report misconduct to a journal
This post is based on a Twitter thread from April 2019, with some additional information. I have added some of my own reports and some UnSplash stock photos for illustrations. I got several questio…
Greek man admits to murder of US biologist in Crete
Scientists have paid tribute to Suzanne Eaton, whose body was discovered in a cave in Crete last week.