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David Day

@dday_au

Work psychologist; Skeptical enthusiast

 Claremont, CA
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Joined February 2011
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How long can the peer review system be sustained @PaulESpector? nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Plagiarism in peer-review reports could be the ‘tip of the iceberg’

Nature - Researchers say swathe of copied text could indicate a widespread problem.

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I am delighted to share with you all...Tweeting your research paper boosts engagement but not citations nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Tweeting your research paper boosts engagement but not citations

Tweeting your research paper boosts engagement but not citations

Nature - Analysis of a random selection of papers shared on social media showed no causative link between posting and citations.

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More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 — a new record. So far this year, Hindawi journals (a Wiley subsidiary) have pulled more than 8,000 articles. Science marches on.... nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 — a new record

More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 — a new record

Nature - The number of articles being retracted rose sharply this year. Integrity experts say that this is only the tip of the iceberg.

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Publishing a new paper every FIVE DAYS?? Oh certainly there is no problem there. My @ass_deans would love it. Surge in number of ‘extremely productive’ authors concerns scientists nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Surge in number of ‘extremely productive’ authors concerns scientists

Surge in number of ‘extremely productive’ authors concerns scientists

Nature - Some researchers publish a new paper every five days, on average. Data trackers suspect not all their manuscripts were produced through honest labour.

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I’m on sabbatical all year but friends and colleagues keep asking what I’m doing. Stock answer: whatever the hell I want to do. Three cheers for sabbatical!
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Is 2-3% fake a big problem? Caveat emptor! How big is science’s fake-paper problem? nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
How big is science’s fake-paper problem?

How big is science’s fake-paper problem?

Nature - An unpublished analysis suggests that there are hundreds of thousands of bogus ‘paper-mill’ articles lurking in the literature.

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This is more about D.A than F. G. but if you are a scientist it should make you think. Or feel sick. Or both. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
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Got my copy ⁦@tcboyle⁩
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YOWZA! That hurts.
Fred Oswald (@FredOswald) profile pictureFred Oswald
@FredOswald18 Jul 2023
log-odds makes this symmetric…but then it is harder to interpret hope this helps:
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Dear Felllow "PotHead" @FredOswald: Another sign of the coming Armaggedon nytimes.com/2023/06/15/busin…
The Instant Pot Was Beloved. Now Its Maker Has Filed for Bankruptcy. (Published 2023)

The Instant Pot Was Beloved. Now Its Maker Has Filed for Bankruptcy. (Published 2023)

Since sales surged during the pandemic, Instant Brands has struggled to find new fans for its beloved Instant Pot and other products.

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Learned a lot in this erudite review by @Shteyngart not the least of which that the painter Marc Chagall was born in the former USSR as Moishe Shagal. Huh! nybooks.com/articles/2023/02…
Beyond the Pale | Gary Shteyngart

Beyond the Pale | Gary Shteyngart

How the Soviet Jew Was Made by Sasha Senderovich is a scholarly work, but it also presents urgent perspectives for any post-Soviet Jewish American who has

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Additional proof that scientists can't write and may not be so hot at reading as well nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Abstracts written by ChatGPT fool scientists

Abstracts written by ChatGPT fool scientists

Nature - Researchers cannot always differentiate between AI-generated and original abstracts.

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What's next in the wild -- and apparently lucrative (to some) -- world of scientific publishing? nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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It's been said that it is followers that determine the success of a leader. But how have followers been studied in leadership research? Our just published review addresses that question. Open access in The Leadership Quarterly for 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/c/1gNF-…
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A5 Wagu just tastes like fat I used to cut off the ends of a Sizzler steak #firstworldproblems
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Surprise from ⁦@tcboyle⁩ . Congrats!
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Let's hear from someone who left industry to return to academia. Biggest reason: "...a desire to regain the independence I lost in the private sector." nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
The career insights I’m bringing back to academia after a year at Google

The career insights I’m bringing back to academia after a year at Google

Nature - Oliver Müller’s brief tenure at the technology giant taught him that many skills acquired in academia are highly valued.

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Prescient.
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Big congrats to Dr. Sherylle Tan of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College! Great work and we’ll-deserved recognition. You rock!
Dr. Sherylle Tan (@sherylletan) profile pictureDr. Sherylle Tan@sherylletan5 Oct 2022
Join me at @The_ILA 24th Global Conference. Friday, 10/7: I am presenting online with @LisaDeFrankCole (tinyurl.com/2mbu8ycq). Sunday, 10/16: I am presenting in Washington, DC with Lisa DeFrank-Cole & @julie_gmu (tinyurl.com/2lax2nca) #womenandleadership #ILA2022Global
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Yeaaah, too hard. So start a petition and fire the prof.
The New York Times (@nytimes) profile pictureThe New York Times
@nytimes4 Oct 2022
NYU dismissed a chemistry professor after students said his class was too hard, igniting a debate about the relaxing of academic standards. nyti.ms/3STJqkh
Maitland Jones stands in a garden. He is wearing glasses, a blue shirt, a blazer and jeans, with a hand tucked in one pocket. White text reads: "At NYU, Students Were Failing Organic Chemistry. Who Was to Blame." Photo: Janice Chung for The New York Times

ALT Maitland Jones stands in a garden. He is wearing glasses, a blue shirt, a blazer and jeans, with a hand tucked in one pocket. White text reads: "At NYU, Students Were Failing Organic Chemistry. Who Was to Blame." Photo: Janice Chung for The New York Times

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