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@eLife.bsky.social works with researchers across the globe to promote a research culture that values openness, integrity, equity, diversity and inclusion.
- Reposted by eLife CommunityEvidence from 14 research funding programmes confirms that early winners tend to keep winning (Matthew effect). But the idea that an early setback makes you stronger later doesn’t replicate widely. buff.ly/UEtcRd4
- Reposted by eLife Community1/ @reviewcommons.org, @embo.org's preprint peer review platform, is taking an important step forward. Multiple publishers, including eLife, are now jointly running the peer-review process on behalf of the platform. 🔗 buff.ly/Rm1XotK
- Reposted by eLife CommunityAt the top of each article in eLife is an eLife Assessment, like the example below. They summarise the reviews using consistent assessment terms in bold to help you quickly understand the strengths and weaknesses of the research. 🔗 Learn more: elifesciences.org/inside-elife...
- Evidence from 14 research funding programmes confirms that early winners tend to keep winning (Matthew effect). But the idea that an early setback makes you stronger later doesn’t replicate widely. buff.ly/UEtcRd4
- Reposted by eLife CommunityOur Head of Journal Development, Alessio Bolognesi, joins the ACS Publications webinar “What Next for Open Access?” on November 11, discussing the future of #OpenAccess agreements and what more equitable participation could look like. Register here: buff.ly/rHb8Ndr
- Reposted by eLife CommunityHelp us challenge the traditional publishing system. Find out why you should send your research to eLife: buff.ly/MJy9rBE
- Reposted by eLife CommunityCan a system that uses trainees as labour be fair? In Voices, fatusn.bsky.social unpacks the blurred line between training and exploitation, and what needs to change in how we value scientific work. Listen now: buff.ly/kayWDdB #ECRChat #ResearchCulture #PhDChat
- Reposted by eLife CommunityEquity, Diversity and Inclusion: Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations doi.org/10.7554/eLif... via @eLifeCommunity.bsky.social #PlantScience
- Reposted by eLife CommunitySpread the word! 🗣️🎙️ Together with @azulsilva.bsky.social and Bluesky-less Magdalena Miranda, supported by @elife.bsky.social, we’re organizing a webinar bringing together people working in science communication and outreach. Please, feel free to share the flyer with anyone who might be interested!
- In or out of academia, your needs, hopes and values matter. Learn about the work being done by Fátima Sancheznieto and people like her to change the academic training to truly align with the values of science. Listen today: buff.ly/kayWDdB
- Reposted by eLife Community1/ Starting next year, @hhmi.org will require all authors to share their research as preprints under a CC BY 4.0 license as part of its new Immediate Access to Research policy. buff.ly/NrHlEKD
- Reposted by eLife CommunityFrustrated with confusing or conflicting requests for revisions? At eLife, our consultative review process means editors and reviewers discuss their reviews with each other before sharing their recommendations. Learn more about peer review at eLife: buff.ly/jdaPive
- Reposted by eLife CommunityOpenness means more than access. We’re pleased to announce that we now publish Replication Studies, helping make science more reliable, transparent, and trustworthy. buff.ly/Gebypvq
- Science thrives on migration and collaboration across borders. Eve Marder reflects on her family’s history of displacement and survival in the 1930s through the story of her grandmother’s rug, and how those same forces are shaping science today. buff.ly/smgHkJ1
- Reposted by eLife CommunityTo mark #PRW2025, the PREreview Champions team in collaboration with eLife invite you to join a live preprint review event on Friday, Sept 19. Find out more and register at bit.ly/Sep19-Live-R...
- Attending the Open Science Fair this month? Join our Head of Publishing, Fiona Hutton, on Sept 17 as she explains why it’s time to embrace more meaningful approaches to research assessment: buff.ly/FC06AfH
- Reposted by eLife CommunityOpen science can sometimes been seen as a risk but IME there are definitely people out there doing research more openly to advance science despite that. 1/4
- Reposted by eLife CommunityIf you're in academia or industry and have taken action to push the needle to make your research, science, data etc. more open and useful (even if you've been told it will damage your career or goals), I'd love to know about what you've done. 2/4
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- 🧭 We are pleased to announce that applications for the SSI Fellowship Programme 2026 are now open! The deadline to apply is Mon 6 Oct. Find out more and access further resources at www.software.ac.uk/news/ssi-fel...
- “Journals and peer review are unlikely to change for the better if the companies that operate scientific indexes and citation databases continue to stifle innovation.” Read our guest post in DORA:
- Before founding the Public Knowledge Project, John Willinsky taught kids poetry and Bob Dylan songs. In the Voices podcast, he traces his journey from classroom to global open-access infrastructure, and why making research a public good still drives him. buff.ly/s2nC6yn
- Is open science enough without a sense of community? Educator, activist and musician John Willinsky shares why integrity, collaboration, and dancing at conferences are just as important as innovation in research publishing. Listen to the Voices podcast. buff.ly/s2nC6yn
- 📢 Early-career researchers: you make up a majority of the scientific workforce! How can you leverage that to advocate for change? 1/ 🧵 Here are 6 tips for success 👇 #ECRChat #PhDLife #AcademicChatter Watch the webinar for more: 🔗 buff.ly/b2tmoL4
- 2/ We’re revisiting a webinar on ‘Organising and ‘Advocating’. As a group, early-career researchers have enormous power to improve how science is performed. Getting started in advocacy can seem daunting, but it is ultimately rewarding. youtu.be/uDi7EU_zKbQ
- 3/ 🤝 Join existing groups or start your own Ask around your campus, contact your union, or search through the OpenCon Community for what’s happening already or create a collaborative, inclusive environment to attract others.
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View full thread9/ We have plenty more tips and resources in our Learning Resources collection below, all free and easy to access. And don’t forget to head to the full webinar report for more tips and details: buff.ly/b2tmoL4 buff.ly/nswFzgD
- Are you a researcher passionate about #OpenScience? We comply with all major funding agency requirements for #OpenAccess, believing in the importance of the rapid and open sharing of research. Learn more about our policies: buff.ly/6MUspI1
- Get to the heart of what research the research really means. eLife Insight Articles explain why the results of original research papers in eLife are significant and how they might change their field. Explore them here: buff.ly/JAMiBpv
- We're trying to find new ways of getting important, original research into scientists’ hands as quickly as possible. Take a look at the other formats you can publish in, from Tools and Resources to Short Reports: buff.ly/WymhgV8
- Find yourself jumping between two PDFs when reading a paper? With our "side by side" view you can see the figures and contents next to the text in your browser. Try it here: buff.ly/m06oxxO
- eLife Feature Articles allow authors to discuss research culture, science policy and funding, careers in science and more. Articles published in this section also report original findings in meta-research. buff.ly/3XsDUWU
- 🚨 Our 11th annual survey closes today! 🚨 Take 10 minutes to tell us what you think about us and the work we’re doing to change research culture and communication: buff.ly/fn4E8X0
- Want to try your hand at science communication but don’t know where to start? We’ve put together seven tried and tested tips for communicating preprinted research with suggestions and resources that can help you on social media and beyond! buff.ly/XNkUScL #SciComm
- We champion #EDI in our work through four key areas: 1️⃣ Supporting inclusive and empowered communities 2️⃣ Addressing biases in peer review 3️⃣ Encouraging inclusive and equitable research 4️⃣ Underpinning action with equitable infrastructure buff.ly/HILpL19
- Frustrated with confusing or conflicting requests for revisions? At eLife, editors and reviewers discuss their reviews with each other before reaching a decision on a manuscript. Learn more about peer review at eLife: buff.ly/Vi34VBd
- Heard about our Community Voices podcast? Created by eLife’s very own staff, we embark on inspiring conversations with scientists about their lives and passions. Catch up with the latest episodes 👇 buff.ly/7WGr6o0
- How does publishing in science and medicine need to change? Tell us what you think about the future by taking our short survey: buff.ly/fn4E8X0
- Cutting jargon and putting research in context. Check out our Digest section, showcasing some of the latest articles published in eLife with short, easy to read summaries: elifesciences.org/digests?utm_...
- Peers support peers. #WhoGivesSupport An eLife survey of over 1,500 people in various academic roles shed light on the needs and experiences of those who support researchers struggling with their #MentalHealth. Explore the full results: buff.ly/IOp3QXM
- Interested in reproducibility? Natural history? #MetaResearch? There's an eLife Collection for that! Get reading today: buff.ly/eg09uhh
- Get to the heart of what research the research really means with eLife Insights: buff.ly/SSyoKDo
- We're on Apple Podcasts! Catch up with the Voices podcast, where we hear inspiring personal stories from academia, like that of Christian, who turned his mental health struggles into a spotlight on the unique challenges researchers face in Mexico.
- What can publishers like eLife do to improve research culture and research communication? Our 10th annual survey is an opportunity for you to voice your opinions about publishing in science and medicine, helping shape what we do. buff.ly/fn4E8X0
- We're on Spotify! Catch up with the Voices podcast, where we hear inspiring personal stories from academia, like that of Christian, who turned his mental health struggles into a spotlight on the unique challenges researchers face in Mexico.
- Heard about our Community Voices podcast? Created by eLife’s very own staff, we embark on inspiring conversations with scientists about their lives and passions. Catch up with the latest episodes 👇 #12DaysOfeLife buff.ly/RNPS3Nz
- "Only diamonds are made under pressure; good scientists are made with love and support." buff.ly/raIUmGg
- Victoire Nsabatien presents his research on medical entomology and the bioecology of #malaria vectors in an upcoming online French-language event. Register free: buff.ly/LgTTU7V Victoire was the first winner of @eLife.bsky.social's Ben Barres Spotlight Award based in the DRC!
- Reposted by eLife Community🇲🇽 With 8,000+ responses, a survey is shining a light on #MentalHealth in Mexican academia. Researcher @christianmolinaag.bsky.social tells the story behind Achicopaladito and what needs to change. 🎧 Full episode wherever you get your podcasts: buff.ly/S19cmml
- Reposted by eLife CommunityDoes publishing serve science or is science serving publishing? Damian Pattinson and I (@elife.bsky.social) argue scientific publishing has evolved into a system that, rather than facilitate scholarly communication, distorts and dictates it. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #OpenScience
- Want to be part of eLife's community? Find out how you can get involved: buff.ly/Uk7j66C
- As part of our commitment to helping make the life sciences and medicine more equitable, diverse and inclusive, we are proud to announce a new policy for eLife focused on addressing “parachute science”. buff.ly/By7wO9N
- When you meet a Mexican [...] you will always find a great friend in them.” Beneath that warmth, researchers like Christian Molina-Aguilar face long hours, low pay, and limited resources. Listen to how he’s addressing attitudes to #MentalHealth in Mexico: buff.ly/S19cmml
- Wish journals allowed you more freedom to speculate about the meaning and implications of your data? We introduced an ‘Ideas and Speculation’ section in our articles giving authors space to do just that 💡 Find out more: buff.ly/0I8lpwz
- Reposted by eLife CommunityBehind every scientist is a real human navigating struggles, doubts, joy, and success, and above all caring deeply for their loved ones. @christianmolinaag.bsky.social joins us to share his journey and inspire others with honesty and heart. 🎧 Listen now! #Community #Science #Research
- 🇲🇽 What is it like to be a researcher in Mexico? @christianmolinaag.bsky.social talks with Voices about the compounding influences of a busy career, language barriers, a pandemic and parenthood on his mental health and how it inspired Achicopaladito. buff.ly/S19cmml
- 1/ 🧵 Last month, our #eLifeAmbassadors attended their first training sessions on leadership - here’s what they learned 👇
- 2/ There are many ways to lead. The Ambassadors programme seeks to empower early-career researchers to enact change in their research communities and beyond, making effective leadership an essential skill.
- 3/ In two sessions led by Nadine of Spoizer, the cohort learned about leadership theory, development and practice in research through case studies and group activities, culminating in a personal development plan.
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View full thread7/ While we gear up for the next training sessions, keep up to date with our community newsletter for content and opportunities around research culture: connect.elifesciences.org/community-ne....
- Looking for more flexibility? Alongside Research Articles, you can publish your work as a Tools and Resources paper, Research Advance and Short Report. Find out more: buff.ly/sg1BSUv
- 🇲🇽 What is it like to be a researcher in Mexico? @christianmolinaag.bsky.social talks with Voices about the compounding influences of a busy career, language barriers, a pandemic and parenthood on his mental health and how it inspired Achicopaladito. buff.ly/S19cmml
