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Lex M. Bouter, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Methodology and Integrity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands https://t.co/n8jKFxZ7bO…
Joined September 2017
I'm an Amsterdam-based epidemiologist interested in #ResearchIntegrity and #OpenScience, among many other things. More on my professional background can be found on https://t.co/u7uNDkEMQh
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Can’t wait for this year-end #WCRI webinar! 🚀 Mentorship isn’t just guidance — it’s how we sustain integrity, curiosity, and kindness in research.
Excited for this! 🎉 Join the WCRI Early Career Researchers & Professionals Network for the year-end webinar “Let’s Talk About Mentorship!” on 13 Nov 2025 | 10:30–12:00 UTC. Let’s share, learn, and build a stronger mentoring culture together. @LexBouter Register below!
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As we are making progress with the review of the abstracts we have received, don't forget that the early bird registration is due to the 3rd of March 2026 📅. Three out of the five important dates have already passed by ⏰
🚨 Registration is OPEN! 🇨🇦 Join us in Vancouver for the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity (#WCRI2026), May 3–6, 2026. 🌍 All disciplines, all career stages 📍 Venue: The Westin Bayshore 🔗 Register now + book your stay: https://t.co/5qNAMt68IV
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If you care about building healthier, more supportive research cultures, this session is for you. Let’s rethink mentorship together. 🌍 🔗 Register below
Excited for this! 🎉 Join the WCRI Early Career Researchers & Professionals Network for the year-end webinar “Let’s Talk About Mentorship!” on 13 Nov 2025 | 10:30–12:00 UTC. Let’s share, learn, and build a stronger mentoring culture together. @LexBouter Register below!
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Excited for this! 🎉 Join the WCRI Early Career Researchers & Professionals Network for the year-end webinar “Let’s Talk About Mentorship!” on 13 Nov 2025 | 10:30–12:00 UTC. Let’s share, learn, and build a stronger mentoring culture together. @LexBouter Register below!
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Gavin Newsom: “I really am scared to death about what’s going on in this country. I really believe it is Code Red. It’s five-alarm fire. It’s breaking every hour of every day. We won’t have a country. We won’t have an election that’s fair and free if we don’t stand up”
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Are you interested in thinking about which studies are worth replicating? Then you have 10 articles to dig into in Meta-Psychology, representing a very wide range of viewpoint on this topic, out now:
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"We included 608 articles, of which 243 articles were identified as problematic (40.0%)." ( https://t.co/UNryaThINI) This finding of so many image-related problems by a team that wanted to do a systemic review, is deeply concerning.
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In 1985, Carl Sagan told Congress that continuing to burn fossil fuels will increase global temperature, cause climate change, melt glaciers and ice sheets, and cause sea level rise. Imagine if we had listened to him them. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
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I can barely remember the climate crisis ever being the top story in the news media, discussed urgently as the leading story for days like other stories are, despite the fact it has the potential to kill 100s of millions, possibly billions of us. Scientists:
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Over a dozen unis are using AI to catch AI — and getting it wrong #AI #GenAI #University #WCRI2026 #WCRI
https://t.co/8MfCTSgy2c
abc.net.au
At least a dozen Australian universities are using AI to detect AI. But they're not always catching cheats. Instead, they're wrongly accusing students of academic misconduct.
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AI detectors frequently misclassify human text as machine-generated #AI #GenAI #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI
https://t.co/IaMSTwbf2f
devdiscourse.com
While the study exposes the flaws of existing detection tools, it also lays out a path forward. The authors call for the creation of standardized benchmarking frameworks that include diverse datasets...
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Haven TL, Ioannidis JPA. Reproducibility Failure in Biomedical Research: Problems and Solutions. Annu Rev Med. 2025 Oct 3. doi: 10.1146/annurev-med-050124-050859.
annualreviews.org
Reproducibility concerns in biomedical research have persisted for more than a decade, with large-scale assessments revealing significant challenges in replicating findings. Despite widespread...
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How do research sleuths uncover and communicate publication concerns? Join Anna Abalkina, Reese Richardson, Rene Aquarius, & Marie Soulière for *Detectives of research: Techniques and teamwork in publication sleuthing* 🔗 Register https://t.co/rSApX5M7iT
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📢 #PublicationIntegrityWeek 📢 Including: * AI use, and policies * Universities, funders, sleuths, editors & publishers collaborate * Authorship disputes * Incentives for ethical conduct * Equitable access * Retractions & EoCs 👉 Register https://t.co/EbavAr8Cst
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"The purpose of retraction is to correct the literature and ensure its integrity, not to punish the authors." Howard Browman, COPE Trustee, expands on this and shares updates to the latest guidelines. 👉 Read editorial: https://t.co/yhRPRQBL0x
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⏰ Only one day left! Both abstract submissions and travel grant applications for the 9th #WCRI2026 close on October 15, 2025! 📍May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver, Canada Share your work and join global conversations. 🔗 https://t.co/C4KT4WGuh5
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⏰ 2 days left! Both abstract submissions and travel grant applications for the 9th #WCRI2026 close on October 15, 2025! 📍 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver, Canada Share your work and join global conversations. 🔗 https://t.co/C4KT4WGuh5
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⏰ 3 days left! Both abstract submissions and travel grant applications for the 9th #WCRI2026 close on October 15, 2025! 📍 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 Share your work and join global conversations. 🔗 https://t.co/C4KT4WH26D
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It is interesting how LinkedIn has become the academic networking site. After giving a talk in a new community, you used to get new followers in places like this. But now, you only get new connection requests on LinkedIn. Different times!
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⏰ 5 days left! Both abstract submissions and travel grant applications for the 9th #WCRI2026 close on October 15, 2025! 📍 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 Share your work and join global conversations. 🔗 https://t.co/KKCjclSJ33…
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