Check out the testimonials of the self-organized ResearchHub community on their thoughts on
#ResearchHub
. The ResearchHub Foundation
@ResearchHubF
is a decentralized community leveraging and providing support for the ResearchHub platform.
#DeSci
Inspired by the success of
@ConstitutionDAO
-
@SwartzDAO
is a decentralized organization with the goal of acquiring paywalled academic journals and publishing all of their content under
#openaccess
licenses
What an amazing example of how web3 could turbocharge
#openscience
🎓🚀
I had an incredible response to this idea: a DAO to liberate intellectual property from academic journal paywalls.
It's time for the next step: build a community to help think through this together.
Today we launch
@swartzdao
. Join our Discord here:
🚨
@ResearchHub
is now officially
#opensource
🚨
The scientific record is too important to be hidden behind paywalls
Science should be open, not only for reading, but also for reusing ♻️
We are grateful to follow in the footsteps of
#openscience
🙏
⬇️⬇️
We are pleased to share that ResearchCoin $RSC is now live on
@base
.
More details on addresses, pools, and bridges can be found later in this thread. 🧵
There are 2 important reasons for why this is a pivotal next step for
@ResearchHub
and our community.
Fantastic discussion from
@lexfridman
and
@brian_armstrong
about academia's broken, citation-based reputation economy and how
@ResearchHub
can help unlock a new era of innovation
The
#DeSci
talk starts at the 2:04:09 mark
Here's my conversation with
@brian_armstrong
, CEO of
@Coinbase
, who are an important part of helping cryptocurrency define how money, power, energy, information, freedom, and government function in our modern world.
Less than 12h after
@yugacohler
asked this question the
@ResearchHubF
crowdfunded a $1k bounty in $RSC for the publication of an up-to-date literature review on the health impacts of nicotine pouches
Click below to follow the progress🍿
🧵Get Funded on ResearchHub!
@ResearchHub
is experimenting with a new feature to help fund scientific research!
Our community is planning to fund five separate $5k grants for novel
#preregistered
research projects
⬇️ Click to submit your application ⬇️
PREMIERE:
The ✨ Decentralized Science ✨episode
w/
@brian_armstrong
and Patrick Joyce (
@joycesticks
) from
@ResearchHub
Science is a consensus technology. So is crypto. How can we use crypto to fix science?
Find out 👇
Starting today
@ResearchHub
is giving away 1M $RSC per week to users who share, curate, and discuss academic science 🧬🚀
Click below to read more and learn how to claim your share👇
Here's a product update from the
@ResearchHub
development team's last sprint
Our focus for the past two-weeks has been:
👩⚕️ The editor program
📄 Our electronic lab notebook
🐛 Bug fixes
Click below to check it out ⬇️
1/3 Come join our friends at
@vita_DAO
in helping to facilitate the creation of a community driven Review Paper as a commentary on the current landscape of longevity biomarkers and their strengths/weaknesses.
Imagine getting research funding within 2 hours...🤔
Well, that became a reality for
@Delyea_Cole
who used
@ResearchHub
to fund his ongoing plant-music experiment. 💰--> 🌱
Find out more in the latest episode -->
#scicomm
#AcademicYouTube
@ResearchHub
is hiring engineers and designers to accelerate the pace of scientific research 🧬🚀
If you would like to join a distributed team leveraging web3 tools to modernize the infrastructure for academic funding and publishing - apply below ⬇️
We are excited to announce that 6 outstanding applicants were selected to participate in an alpha-test of
@ResearchHub
's new Grants feature! 🏗️🪙🧑🔬
Each scientist will have the chance to raise up to $5k in RSC for their
#preregistered
research project
Join
@ResearchHub
& the
@ResearchHubF
tomorrow at 9:00 am PT for an X space focused on:
🧑🔬 The progress our team made in 2023
🛣️ ResearchHub’s roadmap heading into 2024
🙋♂️ Questions and feedback from our community
We are excited to announce that 6 outstanding applicants were selected to participate in an alpha-test of
@ResearchHub
's new Grants feature! 🏗️🪙🧑🔬
Each scientist will have the chance to raise up to $5k in RSC for their
#preregistered
research project
🚨 Improved feature alert 🚨
The
@ResearchHub
dev team just shipped a v2 of our paper upload flow! 📄👆
This v2 includes:
⚡ a simplified URL/DOI input
⏳ a new progress bar that shows where you are in the upload process
🔎 the ability to browse RH while your paper is uploaded
📢 Announcing the ResearchHub referral program 👋
Users can earn 125 $RSC by inviting their friends to join and contribute to the
@ResearchHub
community
Click below to learn more and receive a unique personal referral link👇
Want to learn more about a new field of science? Use the $RSC you earn on
@ResearchHub
to find & reward an expert tutor🔎🧠
s/o to
@JosephJacks_
for the fascinating use case of ResearchHub's bounty feature
✨ Get paid serious money to take me from basic to post-doc ++ levels of wisdom in physics 🤓
To make this happen, I’m personally investing 52,000 $RSC over the next year.
Every week, I’ll accept a tutor (repeat tutors are welcome) and pay 520 $RSC tokens in exchange for 2…
So, like…what’s the job that allows you to actually do research for a living? Not going to meetings, overseeing other people’s research, emails, reviewing other people’s ideas, etc…but actually DOING your OWN research?
Asking for a friend*
*me
Thanks to
@jeffyfish9
the
@ResearchHub
community was just added as a matching recipient of the $500k
#DeSci
fund within
#GR15
🎉
Even the smallest donation will have a meaningful impact on the final amount our community is able to raise 🙏👇
The 2024
@PurdueBME
Biomedical Engineering Research Symposium is kicking off today!
@ResearchHub
is awarding $3000 in prizes for the best contributions both live in person and online
We are happy to support innovation in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue 💛🧬
At
@ResearchHub
we are exploring new ways to generate reproducible science
One approach we’re excited about is funding novel
#preregistered
experiments
Check out
@Delyea_Cole
’s experience getting his latest study funded by posting a
#preregistration
to
What an absolutely thrilling experience!!! 🤯💯🧪
In under an hour of posting my preregistration on
@ResearchHub
, I received funding for all of my equipment, reagents, and time needed to perform a study on the effects of music on plant growth (>$1800)!!
(a thread)
#SciCon2022
Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) Competition: how does it work? If you have any questions, let us clarify them for you... (1/11)
Register here:
@ResearchHub
is experimenting with using $RSC to fund preregistered research projects
Join us tomorrow at 9am PT for a conversation about this new feature with a few grantees from our inaugural cohort!
Interested in learning about how scientists attempt to measure the complex process of human aging?
Check out this comprehensive review paper authored by members of
@vita_dao
describing the latest and greatest in longevity biomarkers
🕒 Over the last 1.5 years,
@vita_dao
has been working on a comprehensive review of the current longevity biomarker landscape.
💛Now published on
@ResearchHub
🔍 We invite scientists and domain experts to leave their comments on the manuscript. Quality…
Looking to casually attend
#SciCon2022
for the plenary talks? No problem, we'll be periodically announcing new speakers until the start of the talks. First up will be a fireside chat with ResearchHub co-founders:
@brian_armstrong
and
@joycesticks
Register:
Interested in learning more about funding scientific research using $RSC? 🪙🧑🔬
Come join a space with the scientists who are eligible for crowdfunding on
@ResearchHub
during the month of April
Congratulations
@dahliafoo
for being the first scientist to publish a
#preprint
on
@ResearchHub
🎉🦭
Click below to read Dr. Foo's manuscript describing the rising mortality of sea lion pups on Campbell Island, New Zealand ⬇️
🚨New feature alert🚨
Now anyone can publish scientific content directly to
@ResearchHub
from our collaborative electronic lab notebook 📝🧬📖
Click +New below to publish your first post ⬇️
With the
#SciCon2022
competitions now set in motion, we're extremely proud to announce all the speakers/panelists for the plenary talks which will mainly span Saturday July 23 and Sunday July 24.
Find details of all speakers here 👉
Interested in accelerating the pace of scientific research? 🏎 🧬
Join us in
@ResearchHub
DAO community slack channel to discuss the project and all things scientific research:
Join
@ResearchHub
& the
@ResearchHubF
tomorrow at 9:00 am PT for an X space focused on:
🧑🔬 The progress our team made in 2023
🛣️ ResearchHub’s roadmap heading into 2024
🙋♂️ Questions and feedback from our community
Join us for an
#AMA
on April 28 with George Kappos
George is an information security researcher at
@ucl
and an analyst for
@chainalysis
We will discuss
#privacy
coins and his paper - An empirical analysis of anonymity in
#Zcash
Congratulations to the
@DeSciLabs
team and community on launching an open beta of DeSci Nodes 🎉🙌
This is a big-time step forward for the entire
#DeSci
ecosystem 🚢🚢🚢
Check out the official node for the ResearchCoin white paper below:
We're excited to announce the open beta release of
#DeSci
Nodes, a powerful application that connects all parts of your research into rich, contextualized research objects.
#OpenScience
#OpenAccess
#OpenData
Our Space discussing
@ResearchHub
’s new Grant feature just kicked off!
Join us if you would like to learn more about the projects that received funding
Join us for a chat with
@ringo_ring
about building tools for the open science community
On July 22 at 11am PT we will discuss:
🤔 what it was like building
@sci_hub_
📖 modern day scholarly publishing
🌍 the future of
#openscience
⬇️Register here⬇️
Interested in accelerating the pace of scientific research?
Join us in
@ResearchHub
's community slack channel to discuss the project and all things academic science:
Fantastic video from Mark Handley describing his experience using
@ResearchHub
to fund his latest research project
🔽 Check out the
#preregistration
Mark used to raise 11k $RSC from the
@ResearchHubF
community 🔽
Gautret et al. observe that
#COVID19
patients treated with a combination of
#Hydroxychloroquine
and azithromycin experienced significantly reduced
#SARSCoV2
viral loads by the 6th day of treatment
Join us for an
#AMA
on March 31st hosted by
@balajis
We will discuss the Chinese National Health Commission’s guide to diagnosis and treatment for
#SARSCoV2
and how it should be integrated into public health responses to
#COVID19
@OpenAlex_org
is a foundational piece of open science infrastructure that helps to makes apps like
@ResearchHub
possible!
Congratulations to the
@OurResearch_org
team on the well-deserved funding 🎆🎇
Excited for five more years of API calls 🤝
We're excited to announce ResearchHub will be hosting a full day scientific event at ETH Denver (
@EthereumDenver
) on Wednesday March 1st, 2023!
More details with the venue, times and schedule to come soon.
#ETHDenver
#ResearchHub
(1/3)
Ferguson et al. model the potential impact of
#COVID19
infections within the US and UK assuming an R0 between 2.2-2.4
They predict that 81% of the population will eventually be infected with
#SARSCoV2
with the peak occurring in late June, 2020
The
@researchhub
community would like to announce
#SciCon2022
- a virtual conference with the theme of metascience meets decentralized science!
SciCon will consist of two metascience-focused competitions + relevant speakers and workshops
Learn more 👇
Details around ResearchHub's DeSci Denver Networking & Scientific Event coming soon, where we will host a day of Research Talks, DeSci Breakout session, and Networking Event.
Here's how to prepare your
#DeSci
Project Page for our event at
#ETHDenver
using ResearchHub 👇
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#preregistration
is the practice of sharing an outline of a research study before it is conducted
Scientists preregister their work to combat p-hacking and publication biases
Now users can receive $RSC funding for their next study by posting a preregistration on
@ResearchHub
This week's
@ResearchHub
DAO community call was all about
#metrics
We reviewed how active users + active contributors are tracked, and asked for suggestions on other potential metrics to keep our eyes on 👀
🔉Announcing the results from week 1 of the 1M $RSC giveaway🔉
Since last week, thousands of new users have signed up and contributed to the scientific discussion on
@ResearchHub
👇Click below to read more about the results from week 1👇
Epigenetic clocks are tools that help scientists quantify the biological age of a cell
They are helpful for collecting early data on the efficacy of
#longevity
interventions
In his new review,
@ArtirKel
covers the state of the art in epigenetic clocks
Wondering what we’re up to here at ResearchHub? We’re proud to let you know through our latest video 🎥
Find out what the current issues are in research and the suite of features we have at ResearchHub that will help fix it 🔧
Gm
#BUIDLERs
👋
Want to earn $RSC for helping to grow the
@ResearchHub
community? 🧬 📈
Introducing the ResearchHub bounty program on
@deworkxyz
⬇️ Click below to check out what bounties are currently available ⬇️
Erik
@erik_vanwinkle
from
@DeSciLabs
discusses converting intellectual capital to social capital - rebuilding communication pathways between scientists and the general public.
#SciCon2022
#DeSci
Watch here 👇
3/3 Additionally, members at
@ResearchHubF
have contributed an additional 40,000 $RSC in an effort to further incentivize the creation of the paper. Consider publishing through our electronic lab notebook directly onto the platform!
As measured by GDP, economic progress has slowed down over the last 40 years.
Bhattacharya and Mikko argue that this slowdown is a consequence of the
#citation
based economy in academic research that discourages scientific risk-taking.
#metascience
Here's a product update from the
@ResearchHub
development team's last sprint:
👩⚕️ Automating the editor program
🏠 Updating the design of our homepage
👐 Improving open-source infrastructure
Click below to check it out ⬇️
Major depressive disorder (
#MDD
) is the most common diagnosis among cases of suicide
Mamdami et al. identified 10 genes that show promise as potential
#biomarkers
for suicide risk in people with MDD
s/o to
@jeffyfish9
for his
#PeerReview
of this paper
The biggest issues in
#academia
are downstream of an antiquated, citation-based incentive structure
#DeSci
provides the tooling required to build more effective incentives for researchers
@maxparasol
describes the early days of the DeSci ecosystem👇
🚨Reminder for today's
#DeSci
journal club🚨
Join
@ResearchHub
at 2:00pm PT for an AMA with Dr. Yu Wang discussing his paper entitled:
"A cloud science community powered by digital tokens"
If you would like to ask a question - post it here ⬇️
Here's a product update from the
@ResearchHub
development team's last sprint
Our focus for the past two-weeks has been:
🐛 Bug fixes
👩⚕️ The editor program
📝 RSC vesting smart contracts
Click below to check it out ⬇️
Join us today at 12pm EST/10am PST for the first guest talk of the
@ResearchHub
Reputation Hackathon!
David will talk about how Dune has built a permission-less reputation system for data analysts, why that matters, and what we can learn for
#DeSci
Aczel et al., 2021 attempted to estimate the total annual cost of peer review
They found that over 100 million hours were collectively spent reviewing articles in 2020
In total, this represents $2.5b of free labor
"Only one of Einstein’s papers was ever peer-reviewed ... and he was so surprised and upset that he published his paper in a different journal instead."
Coffee drinker? On October 19th at 2pm PT, the ResearchHub Foundation will be hosting Dr. Oliver Brown to discuss his paper "The impact of coffee subtypes on incident cardiovascular disease, arrhythmias, and mortality [...]" Find out more here 👇
Stop by this amazing Twitter space hosted by
@Web3WomenInSci
if you are interested in learning about the flaws in
#academic
publishing and how token incentives can play a role in creating a better system 🧬 🚀
We are considering building a feature to facilitate $RSC incentivized peer-review on top of
#preprints
posted to
@ResearchHub
If you would like to contribute ideas/feedback for a decentralized
#peerreview
feature, please share them here:
🏛🏛🏛 Our community governance proposal “Research Improvement Proposal-3 (RIP-3): SciCon 2022 Event + Budget Approval” has passed!
$RSC holders voted and we will be preparing for the first ResearchHub conference slated for late July centered around Metascience.
🚨
@ResearchHub
's
#ETHDenver
networking & scientific event is nearly sold out🚨
We added another 50 free in-person tickets + will set up a live stream of the event to accommodate this demand
Make sure to sign-up below if you would like to attend ⬇️⬇️
🚨New feature alert🚨
Now users can share their favorite hypotheses on
@ResearchHub
🤔
Once posted anyone can add research papers as
#academic
evidence that either supports ✅ or refutes ❌ the hypothesis
⬇️ Check it out ⬇️
DNA methylation clocks are used as biomarkers of human aging
Kennedy and Budovskaya explored the effect of an a-ketoglutarate (AKG) formula on human DNA methylation clocks
They found 7 months of AKG supplementation wound back the clock by 8 years
Frustrated with the current state of
#academia
?
Want to contribute your time and energy to creating a modern alternative?
Then stop by the
@deworkxyz
#DeSci
Hub and learn how you can help build the future of scientific research!
🔉ResearchHub Referral program update🧬
Now users can verify their academic credentials by uploading proof of graduation (or enrollment) from an advanced degree program
Anyone who refers a friend with a Master’s/PhD will earn 1000 $RSC for both parties
Want to help
@ResearchHub
accelerate science? 🧬🤝
Then share your feedback on our mission and product by completing our community's new user UX survey!
)
Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in
#SciCon2022
to make it a massive success for our first event!
As always, we'll have our weekly Community Call today (2pm PST/5pm EST) and we'll recap all things SciCon.
Come join 👉
Why was ResearchHub created? Let's take a look at some excerpts from the original whitepaper drafted in July 2020 by
@brian_armstrong
, and
@joycesticks
🧵 (1/8)
(6/7)
💰 Funding Details
- Grants are denominated in $RSC and distributed on the ResearchHub platform
- Acceptance decisions will be made by a panel of multidisciplinary scientists that will evaluate the content of grant applications + the suitability of the proposing team
Here's a fantastic early example of how
#DeSci
can play a role in
#PeerReview
@riccardogoldo
,
@jenhu618
, and
@_CenGizHan_
share post-publication peer reviews on a paper that describes a wearable sweat sensor powered by human motion
Check it out 👇
The funding of academic research can create conflicts of interest that impact research integrity
McCrabb et al. surveyed researchers who received government grants and found that 20% were pressured by funders to delay, alter, or not report their results
Curious about how
#DeSci
can encourage the practice of
#OpenScience
?
Free tomorrow at 2pm PT?
Join the
@ResearchHub
community for a journal club and AMA featuring Dr. Yu Wang presenting his paper:
“A cloud science community powered by digital tokens”
Join the
@ResearchHub
team on December 15th during
@TaipeiWeek
for a series of conversations on:
💬The incentives that rule modern scientific research
📖 The exponential growth of
#OpenScience
🏗️Perspectives on building in
#DeSci
Have you signed up for
#SciCon2022
yet? ResearchHub's first online conference will be centered on the theme of “Metascience meets Decentralized Science”. There are two competitions starting July 15 and plenty of plenary talks on July 23/24. Learn more:
Here's another product update from the
@ResearchHub
eng team. The last month we focused on:
📝 Retooling the paper upload flow
🧑🔬 A v1 peer-review feature
✅ Improving content moderation
Click below to learn more 👇
Lonis Hamaili
@_Lonis_
from Dework walks us through how decentralized project management tools help facilitate community success for DeSci DAOs
#SciCon2022
Watch here 👇
Registration is now open for
#RHHackathon2023
! Here is a bit of background on why we decided to host this competition:
Reputation matters for everyone. Reputation is a measure of the quality and integrity of a scientist’s work.
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Did you miss out on
#SciCon2022
? We've got your covered – every speaker and panelist discussion was recorded, uploaded and timestamped on the ResearchHub YouTube channel 👉
Take a look into this thread! (1/5)
🚨 Introducing the ResearchHub power user program 🚨
The
@ResearchHub
DAO has proposed the power user program as a way to experiment with new $RSC incentives for scientific content creation
⬇️ Click below to learn more and contribute as a power user ⬇️