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Tamara Köstenbach

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Library Associate at Saarland University 🦉 | Information Science & German Literature. #ResearchIntegrity | #ArtificialIntelligence | #Gegenwartsliteratur | #SaarLorLux 🇪🇺

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Five ways to spot when a paper is a fraud Science sleuths share their common-sense tips for sniffing out fishy articles.

👉Five Ways to Spot when a Paper is Fraud
...sleuths tips at @nature.com #researchintegrity

28.02.2026 11:34 👍 8 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Notice of Meeting - SRSR (45-1) - No. 26 - House of Commons of Canada Notice of Meeting - SRSR (45-1) - No. 26 - House of Commons of Canada

Our Ivan Oransky is honored to be testifying Monday at the Canadian Parliament House of Commons' Standing Committee on Science and Research on "Governance and Accountability of Federal Science Policy and Institutions." Tune in.

19.02.2026 14:48 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

And this report - an interesting and worthwhile read from @samuelmoore.org et al.! - is hosted on KC Works, the platform I oversee as Technical Lead for @kcommons.bsky.social.

It's gratifying to see the infrastructures I build and maintain in use, making humanities scholarship available for all.

18.02.2026 08:37 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
ISCA Social Media & Hate News, Presentations, and Papers

"Our key finding: negative views of Israel and antisemitism are strongly correlated—but not the same thing. (...) In other words, criticism can create a conducive environment for antisemitism without automatically crossing the line into hate speech."

15.02.2026 08:38 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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@forrt.bsky.social and the Münster Center for Open Science are organizing a Love Replications Week this year. Get in touch if you would like to contribute with tutorials, case studies, or discussions surrounding #reproductions and #replications! The full program will be announced soon!

22.01.2026 08:06 👍 16 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 0
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World-first AI partnership between The University of Manchester and Microsoft announced The University of Manchester becomes first university in the world to provide Microsoft 365 Copilot access and training to all students and staff.65,000 staff and students will receive full Microsoft ...

Big announcement from @manchester.ac.uk today:

"The University of Manchester has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft, becoming the first university in the world to give Microsoft 365 Copilot access and training to every student and colleague."

#GenerativeAI #Research #Manchester

19.01.2026 10:26 👍 14 🔁 9 💬 52 📌 72
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Künstliche Intelligenz in der Begutachtung

Die DFG will künftig die Nutzung von Künstlicher Intelligenz #KI in der #Begutachtung ermöglichen. Der Einsatz darf allerdings nur unter klar definierten Bedingungen erfolgen. Eine Leitlinie dazu soll im ersten Quartal 2026 veröffentlicht werden. Mehr zu den Prinzipien:
www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...

15.12.2025 14:55 👍 19 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 5
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The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'

CNRS cancels Web of Science in order to focus on qualitative evaluation and promoting the development of open databases.

www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...

01.12.2025 12:31 👍 48 🔁 30 💬 1 📌 2
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Wikipedia wird kostenpflichtig für KI-Bots Die Wikimedia-Stiftung möchte das Überleben der Wikipedia im KI-Zeitalter sichern. Die Profiteure sollen für Aufwand zahlen, den sie verursachen.

Die Wikimedia-Stiftung möchte das Überleben der Wikipedia im KI-Zeitalter sichern. Die Profiteure sollen für Aufwand zahlen, den sie verursachen. #Wikimedia

11.11.2025 20:56 👍 78 🔁 25 💬 0 📌 3
Webinar: Reputation und Open Science: Wie soll sich die Bewertung von wissenschaftlichen Leistungen weiterentwickeln? | Allianz-Schwerpunkt „Digitalität in der Wissenschaft“

Webinar: Reputation und Open Science

Unsere Leitfrage: Wie soll sich die Bewertung von wissenschaftlichen Leistungen weiterentwickeln?

📅 14.11.2025, 09:00 bis 13:30 Uhr

www.allianzschwerpunkt-digitalitaet.de/2025/09/25/w...

#OpenScience cc: @ibi-hu.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social

15.10.2025 08:10 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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#KWIonTour: Auch das KWI ist auf dem 28. #Germanistentag der @tu-braunschweig.de vertreten. Spannende Vorträge und Panels über Literatur & Kultur unter anderem von Uwe Dörk, @lauramreiling.bsky.social, @mortenpaul.bsky.social, @awierzock.bsky.social & @ancaleth.bsky.social.
👉 tinyurl.com/2h95m9kk

16.09.2025 07:39 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Flyer mit der Ankündigung vom Vortrag "Von HISinOne direkt ins TYPO3: Forschungs- und Studiendaten sichtbar machen". Der Vertrag wird im Rahmen von TYPO3 University Days 2025 gehalten.

Flyer mit der Ankündigung vom Vortrag "Von HISinOne direkt ins TYPO3: Forschungs- und Studiendaten sichtbar machen". Der Vertrag wird im Rahmen von TYPO3 University Days 2025 gehalten.

HIO-Publisher ist bei den TYPO3 University Days in Saarbrücken dabei 🎉

Besuchen Sie unseren Stand oder kommen Sie zu unserem Vortrag. Wir stellen die Funktionsweise und Use Cases vor, die bereits erfolgreich an Hochschulen wie der Universität Hohenheim und der Universität zu Köln umgesetzt wurden.

04.09.2025 08:33 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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🚨 New piece on FutureCampus: Research integrity demands an AI taxonomy, and how GAIDeT (doi.org/10.1080/0898...) gives universities a clear, simple way to disclose AI use.
👉 futurecampus.com.au/2025/09/01/r...
#AI #OpenScience #GAIDeT #AIethics

02.09.2025 07:36 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Sci-Hub Blocked in India, Founder Tells Plaintiffs to Expect Disappointment * TorrentFreak The High Court in Delhi has ordered the country's ISPs to block Sci-Hub as part of a copyright case filed in 2020 by major publishers.

"After close to five years, the judge ordered the blocking of several Sci-Hub and Sci-Net domains (www.sci-hub.ru, www.sci-hub.se, www.sci-hub.st, www.sci-net.xyz) by local ISPs, describing the decision as “a necessary and proportionate enforcement measure."

27.08.2025 15:16 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Open science scholarly knowledge graphs can advance research assessment reform - Impact of Social Sciences Can new tools like the OpenAIRE scholarly knowledge graph guide reforms to research assessment?

💥 New: Open science scholarly knowledge graphs can advance research assessment reform

✍️ @pmanghi.bsky.social #OpenResearch #OpenScience #AcademicSky

19.08.2025 11:47 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 2
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Frontiers | AI for Scientific Integrity: Detecting Ethical Breaches, Errors, and Misconduct in Manuscripts The use of Generative AI (GenAI) in scientific writing has grown rapidly, offering tools for manuscript drafting, literature summarization, and data analysis...

AI for Scientific Integrity: Detecting Ethical Breaches, Errors, and Misconduct in Manuscripts

#ResearchIntegrity #AI #AIGC #GenAI #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...

18.08.2025 03:11 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Open science helps to assess the value of AI tools and data | Open Science NL Not only AI scientists, but almost all students and researchers today use AI tools in their research. To what extent is this use compliant with the principles of open science? And can open science hel...

Great article published by @jeroenscharroo.bsky.social @opensciencenl.bsky.social reflecting on the value of #openscience principles in #AI research: www.openscience.nl/en/news/open...

17.07.2025 07:24 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Gartner: Over 40% of Agentic AI Projects Will Be Canceled by End 2027 Over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, due to escalating costs, unclear business value or inadequate risk controls, according to Gartner.

Gartner Predicts Over 40% of Agentic AI Projects Will Be Canceled by End of 2027

#AI

www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/...

11.07.2025 09:05 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Journal plagued with problematic papers, likely from paper mills, pauses submissions The halt will let Taylor & Francis focus on checking Bioengineered’s papers for fraudulent works and paid authorships

Exclusive: A major scientific publisher, Taylor & Francis, said it has paused submissions to its journal Bioengineered so editors there can investigate some 1000 of its papers that bear signs they contain manipulated results or came from paper mills. scim.ag/4kjR4la

03.07.2025 21:50 👍 73 🔁 23 💬 0 📌 6
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Abstract submission and travel grant application for the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity are open. Please consider to submit an abstract and to reshare this message. lnkd.in/eJ9hmaRs

27.06.2025 09:15 👍 14 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 3
White paper: Surveying the provision of research integrity training around the world Springer Nature surveyed a total of 7,871 researchers in Australia (993), the UK (1,078), the USA (1,962), India (659), Japan (1,190), China (1,008), and Brazil (981), to explore understanding of rese...

Springer Nature reported its international web survey on research integrity. Congratulations! @silentypewriter.bsky.social In Japan, many researchers recognize that "avoiding research misconduct" is research integrity. We should update our thoughts. figshare.com/articles/onl...

30.05.2025 03:32 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

"A literature that's ...polluted with junk is not only no good to anyone, it's a source of real harm, and it lends itself to ... bad-faith attacks on scientific research in general... We need to speak up more about this situation and we need to start cleaning house more vigorously" #Papermills 🧪

26.05.2025 08:14 👍 58 🔁 28 💬 0 📌 1
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Wichtige Veranstaltungsreihe an der CAU Kiel, ausgerichtet von zwei engagierten Kolleginnen, u.a. mit @frankstengel.bsky.social, @martinawinkle14.bsky.social und @andreageier.bsky.social

19.05.2025 10:58 👍 42 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 1
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Wegen Trump: Zentralbibliothek Medizin baut Alternative zu US-Datenbank auf Ein deutsches Informationszentrum will eine Alternative zur PubMed-Datenbank in den USA entwickeln, um die Informationsversorgung in der Biomedizin zu sichern.

Germany's central medical library, ZBMed, is building an alternative to PubMed. It will be open source, based on MeSH & associated data standards, built to be sustainable in case PubMed becomes unreliable - with APIs & MeSH maintenance. Open meeting called! 1/2 www.heise.de/news/Wegen-T... #MedLibs

06.05.2025 22:43 👍 268 🔁 130 💬 1 📌 10
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New news story on website. "Zombie trials don't just die after retraction—they continue to pollute meta-analyses, shift effect sizes, and distort clinical guidelines. A new @bmj.com study reveals the measurable scale of this hidden contamination."

restores.univ-rennes.fr/highlights/q...

27.04.2025 07:03 👍 38 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 0
Screenshot of the @SciGuardians bio on Twitter/X: 
https://x.com/SciGuardians/with_replies

It reads:

ScienceGuardians

@SciGuardians
Empowering academia with tools, training & transparency 🌐 First fully verified journal club & post-publication peer review 🔎 http://scienceguardians.com | Nonprofit
Educationscienceguardians.comJoined September 2024
115 Following
597 Followers

Screenshot of the @SciGuardians bio on Twitter/X: https://x.com/SciGuardians/with_replies It reads: ScienceGuardians @SciGuardians Empowering academia with tools, training & transparency 🌐 First fully verified journal club & post-publication peer review 🔎 http://scienceguardians.com | Nonprofit Educationscienceguardians.comJoined September 2024 115 Following 597 Followers

On Twitter/X, @SciGuardians, ScienceGuardians, is promising to 'uncover' some big conspiracy of fraudulent @pubpeer.com users.

But in reality, the account appears to be run by a disgruntled scientist with dozens of problematic papers.

🧵

18.04.2025 18:52 👍 275 🔁 69 💬 9 📌 8
Symbolbild Daten Sammlung

Symbolbild Daten Sammlung

Ausschreibung der @dfg.de zu "Datenkorpora für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI)". Frist für Anträge ist der 30. Juli 2025.

forschungsdaten.info/nachrichten/...

#Forschungsdaten #Forschungsdatenmanagement #FDM #RDM #OpenScience

11.04.2025 05:54 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Neu: Juristischer Kommentar zu Creative Commons-Lizenzen Die erste juristische Kommentierung des Lizenztextes der Creative Commons-Lizenzen ist erschienen und kostenlos im Open Access verfügbar.

Das gab es noch nicht: Juristischer Kommentar zu #CreativeCommons Lizenzen erschienen!

Ein gut 500 Seiten starkes Standardwerk zu #CCLde, das den aktuellen Wissensstand zu dem etablierten Lizenzmodell abbildet.

Das Buch gibt es im #OpenAccess sowie als Printfassung: irights.info/artikel/crea...

10.04.2025 06:31 👍 12 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1
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Rechtsfragen rund um generative KI: iRights.Lab startet Newsletter Generative KI entwickelt sich rasant. Mit dem Newsletter prompt/ vom iRights.Lab bleiben Sie auf dem Laufenden. Ein Auszug.

Die Entwicklung #generativer #KI ist rasant, dynamisch und lukrativ. Ebenso zahlreich sind die dazu auftauchenden Rechtsfragen und Gerichtsentscheidungen. Der neue Newsletter prompt/ von iRights.Lab hält Sie auf dem Laufenden! Hier geht's zu einem Auszug:

irights.info/artikel/urhe...

08.04.2025 10:40 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0