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ElenLeFoll , to random
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I just did some primary-school level investigative work using Google Scholar to find out whether the use of generative is genuinely a widespread issue in and, within five minutes, I have cause for despair... 😲

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Extract of one of the published papers. I have highlighted this passage: It is important to note that while I strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information, I am an AI language model and cannot replace the advice of a qualified healthcare professional. If you have specific questions or concerns about the use of Depakine Chronosphere or any other medication for epilepsy in children, it is best to consult with a pediatric neurologist or an appropriate healthcare provider who can evaluate the individual case and provide personalized recommendations.
Home page of one of the journals showing that it is indexed by Clarivate, Scopus, etc.

lowrankjack ,
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@jhamre
Amazing. Thanks for sharing. Found some too in IEEE conferences by adding "-chatgpt source:IEEE" to the query
@ElenLeFoll @academicsunite

ElenLeFoll OP ,
@ElenLeFoll@fediscience.org avatar

@jhamre @lowrankjack @academicsunite Oh but that’s using advanced investigative methods! 🙃

tragiccommons , to random
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I've been reading a lot about the state of scientific publishing. Some people seem to think it's in trouble, but I see signs of health from the various innovations people are trying. Some interesting examples include the use of openreview.net to open up reviews and give credit to reviewers, and the decision by eLife to stop issuing rejections, but open up the process instead. There is an interesting critique of the eLife decision by @MarkHanson located here: https://mahansonresearch.weebly.com/blog/do-we-really-need-journals

It's a weird time for me to be working on a new journal publishing platform, but maybe it's the right time. I've always been bugged by the economics of journal publishing, and that's what got me started working on it. Maybe I should shift my focus to the social process of publishing. The death of hasn't helped, and I don't think LinkedIn and on the fediverse have filled the need yet.

SamCrawley ,
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@tragiccommons I have vague ideas of a federated academic publishing model (primarily hosted by universities) on an OSS stack... but you're right there is evolution in publishing which may work better than revolution

On connecting with academics, you can also follow @academicchatter

UlrikeHahn ,
@UlrikeHahn@fediscience.org avatar

@SamCrawley @tragiccommons @academicchatter there is a new group to follow (and include) for posts on new paths, ideas, developments, and tools for science digital infrastructure: @open_science

rspfau , to random
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Sometimes I'm called upon to teach a writing intensive capstone class where the main assignment has been a review paper. Given , I've been wondering what to do differently. Helping students improve their writing is totally different now...that's all I know.

I found this article:
The role of ChatGPT in scientific communication: writing better scientific review articles

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10164801/

gpollara ,
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@dogzilla @eilonwy @rspfau @academicchatter to be fair, I don't dislike that - teaching is not just about passing on knowledge, it's also about preparing students for the next steps in life.

Whether we like it or not - will be with us going forward, so might as well teach how to extract its benefits - e.g. examples of how to build and use bots, etc...

dogzilla ,
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@gpollara @eilonwy @rspfau @academicchatter I came across this resource and thought it might prove interesting:

https://hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-will-transform-teaching-and-learning-lets-get-it-right

MarkHanson , to random
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The strain on scientific publishing 📄:

The publishing sector has a problem. Scientists are overwhelmed, editors are overworked, special issue invitations are constant, research paper mills, article retractions, journal delistings… JUST WHAT IS GOING ON!?

Myself, pablo, @paolocrosetto and Dan have spent the last few months investigating just that.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15884

A thread🧵1/n

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MarkHanson OP ,
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Some additional tags for
@wolfgangcramer @jocelyn_etienne @academicchatter @AlexSanterne @RichardShaw @jaztrophysicist

MarkHanson , to random
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Wow. Ok. Normally I feel like it's a bit overplayed to individually comment on or the whole conversation, but this is really a must-see:

A Special Issue where the guest editors are lead or senior author on 27 of the 28 papers published through it. Were they also their own reviewers!? Like... that sounds like I'm taking the piss, but... no seriously were they?
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/Biologics_Botanicals

I guess this is a preview to an upcoming post. Look forward to it...

MarkHanson OP ,
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@academicchatter this is insane

JudithMichael ,
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@MarkHanson @academicchatter Thanks, this made my week! That explains a bit why MDPI is on my spam list.

DrEvanGowan , to random
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Since I am planning to delete my Twitter account soon, I am slowly deleting every post I made manually, so I can see what I posted (I also do not trust that they will delete the posts if I delete the account). A large portion of my replies are congratulating people on things like their newly published paper, graduating, getting a grant, etc. These kind of posts are what I miss about Twitter, and I hope more people come and post their successes on Mastodon.

gpollara ,
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@DrEvanGowan
What do you think is the best way to encourage more academics to switch?

I don't know the answer, nor do I think people should be actively persuaded. Maybe just creating an inviting alternative environment on Mastodon is enough, but the risk there is you never reach a network effect / gravitational pull.
@yetiinabox @academicchatter

yetiinabox ,
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@gpollara @DrEvanGowan @academicchatter

Live tooting from conferences, celebrating publications, circulating calls, putting out the word on jobs...all the stuff we used to do over there! And also, the more difficult bits - calling out abusive profs happened in significant part on Twitter, as did the formation of alternative informal networks.

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