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Even significant corrections of published papers are not adequately signalled to users. Our paper with @wytskehepkema.bsky.social and Frédérique Bordignon provides an overview and identifies the room for improvement. Collaboration of @isis-radboud.bsky.social and LISIS. dx.doi.org/10.1002/leap...

dx.doi.orgThe Limited Communication of Corrections to Users of Scholarly PlatformsFormal corrections of research publications should be clearly communicated to users of the scholarly literature, especially when these corrections have consequences for reported knowledge. However, t...

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ISiS Radboud
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😎 The excellent digging work by ISiS' Amna Pottarath together with Serge Horbach, is covered in a nice piece in Nature by journalist Miryam Naddaf! #STS #iscientificintegrity

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Freelance peer-review jobs through third-party companies raise practical and ethical questions. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.comPaid to peer review: firms are paying researchers to assess manuscripts for journalFreelance peer-review jobs through third-party companies raise practical and ethical questions.

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UCSF Industry Documents Library
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New paper alert! 👏 @maud--b.bsky.social and @willemhalffman.bsky.social used the #Opioid #Archive to explore the ghostwriting process of medical papers. Check out “Imaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper” in Social Studies of Science. doi.org/10.1177/0306...

doi.orgImaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper - Maud Bernisson, Willem Halffman, 2026Ghostwritten medical papers are a cornerstone of pharmaceutical marketing. We trace how one manuscript written under the instructions and supervision of opioid ...
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Sturen op onderwerpen aan een brede universiteit vind ik niet zo handig. En wel hierom: www.voxweb.nl/columns/colu...

voxweb.nlColumn Willem Halffman: 'Moet de Radboud Universiteit een wilde tuin zijn of een aangeharkt park?' - Vox magazineExcellereren op vijf themagebieden, moet je dat eigenlijk wel willen als universiteit, vraagt columnist Willem Halffman zich af. 'Wat nu een klein plantje is, kan over vijf jaar een belangrijke maatsc...

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NanoBubbles
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📰 David Adam reports for Nature News on our Replication Initiative "A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells." 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com

nature.comNanoscience is latest discipline to embrace large-scale replication effortsA European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells.
willemhalffman.bsky.social
@willemhalffman.bsky.social

Wellicht worden de bezuinigingen op onderwijs en wetenschap teruggedraaid, maar het draagvlak voor deze budgettaire aanval is nog niet weg. Column voor @voxweb.bsky.social .

voxweb.nlDe aanslag op de universiteiten steunde op een draagvlak dat nog steeds aanwezig is - Vox magazineWaarom, vraagt columnist Willen Halffman zich af, moest er zo nodig bezuinigd worden op de universiteiten? 'Daar ligt nu onze grote uitdaging: hoe maken we van onze universiteiten instellingen die op ...

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ISiS Radboud
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Upcoming: RROSA symposium #4 with a double lecture by @jabyrnesci.bsky.social & @willemhalffman.bsky.social Monday, 2 March 2026, 10.30-12.00 Radboud University Room HG00.616 (Huygens building, ground floor, wing 6) No registration needed. halffman.org/rrosa-symp4/ #STS #philsci #metascience

halffman.orgRROSA Symposia no. 4: guest lecture Jennifer ByrneProgramme Monday 2 March 2026, 10.30-12.00 HG00.616(Huygens building, ground floor, wing 6)Access free, no registration needed. Jennifer Byrne (U.Sydney) “Wrongly identified reagents in resea…
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One imaginary sees the scientific literature as a gigantic library, with texts to be read. Another sees it as a database, with facts to be mined. Our analysis clarifies contrasting expectations informing current publishing innovations, and their epistemic and political risks. doi.org/10.1007/s110...

doi.orgThe Library and the Database: Contrasting Expectations in Two Imaginaries for the Research Literature - MinervaTwo competing imaginaries inform the current wave of innovations in research publishing: one that perceives ‘the literature’ as a library of research accounts, and one that sees it as a gigantic datab...
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Do journalists correct the news if their scientific source articles get retracted? Barely, although quality media do it a little more. Valinciute, Auste, and Willem Halffman. ‘Do Journalists Update Retracted Science News?’ Journalism Practice, Routledge, 2025, 1–23. doi.org/10.1080/1751....

doi.orgDo Journalists Update Retracted Science News?In recent years, retractions of scientific papers have been rising. Most retractions invalidate scientific claims and should not be used as sources of information. Retractions may directly affect k...

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