X'na NaJu @Xna_NaJu@qoto.org

The Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years without cutting down trees. In the 14th century, the extraordinary daisugi pruning technique was born in Japan. The cedar trees are pruned as if they are giant bonsai trees; the wood grows uniform, straight and without knots, perfect for construction. No trees are ever cut down.

@Hyolobrika @academicchatter #Academic #journals were (or should) be simple media to distribute #research findings sorted into topics. However, they have turned into popularity and #privilege clubs ("coolest" paper that makes most "#impact" and recently those who can afford the outrageous APCs). "#PeerReview"/door keeping can be used both, for quality control, or to maintain and build privilege.
Ranting on peer review is like hating a hammer because you can also kill with it.

Friendly reminder: As academia is structured so heavily towards negative feedback and criticism, it's important to celebrate all your achievements, however minor 🎅

@academicchatter #AcademicChatter

🤘🎤 Taxonomía del Rock 🤘🎸

Algunos de los géneros más populares (y queridos ❤️) :

I follow a couple webcomics, and today they all celebrated 100th birthday of Charles Schulz, creator of “Peanuts”

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Stanford University is investigating its president for manipulating images in their papers.

"...these cases aren’t rare" says @retractionwatch @armarcus @ivanoransky

"A retraction for image manipulation happens about once every other day"

That amount is likely the tip of the iceberg given that image fraud is usually discovered by unpaid research sleuths, not publishers.

@academicchatter #sciencereform #researchintegrity #academicchatter #science
https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/02/image-manipulation-in-science-is-suddenly-in-the-news-but-these-cases-are-hardly-rare/

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