Collection Analysis Librarian, Iowa State University; Research Associate, ScholCommLab; PhD candidate, CWTS.
Data science, bibliometrics, python, Open Access, academic publishing, causal inference, Learned League.
Views my own. More at eschares.github.io
Eric Schares
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I met the real Lightning McQueen. From the movies. The actual one they used. He’s real.
Seems bad
isaiprofitable.com
Bought an electric car this week, a 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5. We're calling it The Spaceship.
I have never experienced Fahrvergnügen until now.
"In March 2023, requests came from MDPI staff [to] reconsider rejected manuscripts for publication"
"Publications did not charge APCs during our tenure as Editors...We note that since our resignation, MDPI has installed APCs of 1600 Swiss Francs for articles in Publications."
Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR) launches. Thoughtful editorial on process behind it and the new society Research-on-Research Association (RORATION).
"J·ROR emerges, in part, from the defection of a core part of our leadership and editorial team from MDPI’s Publications in 2022."
Also features a quote from your man @eschares.bsky.social
There's been a lot of chatter about proposed updates to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Federal Financial Assistance Rule, which is, to put it bluntly: destructive to the integrity of federally supported research.
🧵 thread...
Researchers starting to realize the days of publishing wherever they want may be over.
"the journals I used to recommend are now unaffordable. Why should I pay $8,810..simply bc the publisher has refused to allow zero-embargo (immediate) access to my peer-reviewed paper as req'd by federal policy?"
Following the recomendation from @andrew.heiss.phd, I've started playing with Espanso to make shortcuts for commonly typed snippets. Starting with R syntax of things I can never remember.
Keyword of : followed by the phrase expands to whatever you want! Very cool.
@espanso.bsky.social
Lots of puzzling things in the GAO report - the methodology, data source, the framing, a balloon chart?!
Thanks to @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social for the opportunity to comment with @csmarcum.bsky.social and @amudditt.bsky.social.
