Frédérique Bordignon @fredbordignon@qoto.org

@raphavisses

It will be worth maintaining the focus on the fundamental scientific problem, which all this intimidation is intended to distract from:

What is the evidence that the nanoparticles are able to access the cytoplasmic compartment in living cells? None of the claimed applications can work without this implausible and unproven step.

great piece by Frédérique Bordignon @fredbordignon "OpenAlex : révolution ou défi pour la bibliométrie ?" / "OpenAlex: revolution or challenge for bibliometrics?"
https://carnetist.hypotheses.org/2182

I don't agree with much in this blog. I don't think Gay's plagiarism was particularly notable, but the problem was the political circus, which the press can create about almost anything, how one eats a bacon sandwiche included (Ed Miliband). And discouraging critiques of *published* work is just ridiculous.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2024/01/04/the-weaponisation-of-forensic-research-auditing-will-not-resolve-systemic-research-misconduct/#comment-1276105

"Hyper! Hyper!" – In their special topic introduction Jascha Bareis, Maximilian Roßmann, and Frédérique Bordignon provide an overview of the core characteristics of #technologyhype and present approaches for studying, critiquing, and dealing with it.

https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.32.3.11

#technologyassessment #openaccess #hype #overpromising #expectations #emergingtechnologies

Learned something really cool and mappy today: the Museum of London's logo is made up of LAYERS! Each layer in the logo shows a new phase of London's geographical expansion throughout history!

https://the-dots.com/projects/museum-of-london-logo-design-344878

LeMonde series on data sleuths etc continues, with a portrait of Guillaume Cabanac

https://www.lemonde.fr/series-d-ete/article/2023/08/15/guillaume-cabanac-le-sisyphe-de-la-depollution-de-la-science_6185437_3451060.html
#papermills #fraud #sleuths

Dear Elsevier
How exactly is it possible that in June 2023 you are still accepting articles by Rafael Luque?

Just heard on BBC World Service, from an advisor to the Ukranian Minister of Defence:

«On February 23 2022, everyone though Russia had the second most powerful army in the world. Yesterday it was apprarent they had the second most powerful army in Ukraine. Today it seems the Russian army might be the second most powerful in Russia»

(He started the interview saying they were running out of popcorn.)

Would you like to do a PhD with Giulia Fadda and me? Or do you know anyone who might? Contact us ASAP (deadline 04/06/2023) Please share. #phd https://doctorat.campusfrance.org/en/CF202332446

Did you know that you can take a look at the submissions for the #sti2023 conference already? After a quick check, they have been published on the Orvium platform as preprints, where you can access them.

https://dapp.orvium.io/communities/641026cb2ebc4cd35f485898/view

The care of things (and Gephi)

15 min read.
https://reticular.hypotheses.org/7705

I enjoyed reading @jeromedenis & David Pontille’s book about maintenance. Not a review, but ideas I took from it that helped me understand better what is going on with Gephi’s maintenance.