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OpenAlex 2026 Roadmap - OpenAlex blog
@OpenAlex now indexes 477 million works.
Matching curation of #affiliation strings for institutions ; #paywalled membership to curate your own data in #OpenAlex, training/consulting, and pro API keys.
Author name disambiguation for #researchers.
https://blog.openalex.org/openalex-2026-roadmap/

ndocist

@ndocist@oc.todon.fr · 3 days ago

Ulrike Hahn boosted

El Duvelle

@elduvelle@neuromatch.social · 2 weeks ago

An interesting social media datapoint: @rmgrieves and I recently posted about our new research:

Mastodon / Fedi:
Boosts: 18; Quotes: 0; Favs: 19, Comments: 2 (interesting discussions!)
Bluesky:
Boosts: 60; Quotes: 7; Favs: 115, Comments: 6 (interesting questions, 1 troll)
LinkedIn
Boosts: 9; Quotes: 0; Favs (reactions): 46; Comments: 3 (no discussion initiation)
[Twitter/X] (only the journal posted there, I will not link to it)
Boosts: 5; Quotes: 0?; Favs: 9; Comments: 1 but I can't read it.
[Facebook] (yeah I know, that's also the journal)
Can't see any stats for it

Conclusion: #Bluesky currently the place to be for article-sharing and discussion..
We need more #Neuroscientists and #Researchers on Mastodon!

Lastly: Altmetric has always been useful to check mentions of a paper. They've recently added Bluesky, but not Mastodon / the Fedi.. We should keep asking them to add us! More on this below..

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#AcademicChatter

Report for: Tolman's Sunburst Maze 80 Years on: A Meta‐Analysis Reveals Poor Replicability and Little Evidence for Shortcutting

In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric

Hi all, with the great Roddy Grieves we have a new paper out: a meta-analysis showing that the Sunburst Maze experiment of Tolman, Richie & Kalish (1946), often used as one of the pillars of the Cognitive Map theory, hasn't really been replicated despite many attempts. Basically, the original paper shows that rats preferred a "shortcut" path to a reward location and Tolman later argues that this (together with other results) supports the idea that rats have an internal "cognitive map". BUT most replication attempts instead find that rats or humans prefer paths adjacent to their training route, outer paths, cued paths (humans only) or unremarkable paths. A large chunck of the rat studies showed no path preference at all... And this is probably just the top of the iceberg: the studies that have been published (cf. publication bias for "positive" results)! The title says it all I think: Tolman's Sunburst Maze 80 Years on: A Meta-Analysis Reveals Poor Replicability and Little Evidence for Shortcutting Link: https://lnkd.in/dQreKmRb Conclusions: the Sunburst experiment is not a good test of shortcutting and does not actually demonstrate that animals (rats, humans or marmosets) can do map-based shortcutting. What would be a better demonstration of map-based shortcutting? We need to think about that. Does this destroy the cognitive map theory? Not at all - several independent lines of evidence support that theory. Still, it confirms that single papers with shiny findings are rarely enough to establish a scientific fact, and that as researchers it is crucial to give more importance to replications and "negative findings". Check our thread on Mastodon (https://lnkd.in/dDJB57Zb) or Bluesky (https://lnkd.in/dRXs_zwB) and feel free to post any questions or comments!

https://bsky.app

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El Duvelle

@elduvelle@neuromatch.social · 2 weeks ago

An interesting social media datapoint: @rmgrieves and I recently posted about our new research:

Mastodon / Fedi:
Boosts: 18; Quotes: 0; Favs: 19, Comments: 2 (interesting discussions!)
Bluesky:
Boosts: 60; Quotes: 7; Favs: 115, Comments: 6 (interesting questions, 1 troll)
LinkedIn
Boosts: 9; Quotes: 0; Favs (reactions): 46; Comments: 3 (no discussion initiation)
[Twitter/X] (only the journal posted there, I will not link to it)
Boosts: 5; Quotes: 0?; Favs: 9; Comments: 1 but I can't read it.
[Facebook] (yeah I know, that's also the journal)
Can't see any stats for it

Conclusion: #Bluesky currently the place to be for article-sharing and discussion..
We need more #Neuroscientists and #Researchers on Mastodon!

Lastly: Altmetric has always been useful to check mentions of a paper. They've recently added Bluesky, but not Mastodon / the Fedi.. We should keep asking them to add us! More on this below..

1/2
#AcademicChatter

Report for: Tolman's Sunburst Maze 80 Years on: A Meta‐Analysis Reveals Poor Replicability and Little Evidence for Shortcutting

In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric

https://bsky.app

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OpenAIRE

@OpenAIRE@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

New features in #Zenodo has introduced a new process allowing deposited records to be modified or deleted within 30 days, without a support request. After that, a reviewed deletion process helps preserve #citation integrity.

🔗 See what's new and how it helps #researchers: https://tinyurl.com/5x3c5dxd

Zenodo Introduces a New Way to Manage and Correct Published Records

Scientific Knowledge Graph. Scholarly Communication Knowledge Graph. Open scholarly communication infrastructure. European Open Science Cloud. Open Access. Open Data. Open Science

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Researchers Discover Molecular Difference in Autistic Brains

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/molecular-difference-in-autistic-brains/

#HackerNews #Researchers #Discover #Molecular #Difference #in #Autistic #Brains #autism #research #neuroscience #molecularbiology #mentalhealth #science #news

Yale School of Medicine

Researchers Discover Molecular Difference in Autistic Brains

Brains of autistic individuals have fewer of a specific kind of glutamate receptor, supporting an idea that autism is driven by a signaling imbalance.

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Researchers develop a camera that can focus on different distances at once

https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/19-perfect-shot.html

#HackerNews #Researchers #develop #a #camera #that #can #focus #on #different #distances #at #once #technology #innovation #photography #research #camera #advancements

The perfect shot

Researchers develop a camera with spatially selective focusing, allowing the lens to focus on objects at many different distances at once.

OpenAIRE

@OpenAIRE@mastodon.social · last month

New features in #Zenodo!

Zenodo has introduced a new process allowing deposited records to be modified or deleted within 30 days, without a support request. After that, a reviewed deletion process helps preserve #citation integrity.

🔗 See what's new and how it helps #researchers: https://tinyurl.com/5x3c5dxd

Zenodo Introduces a New Way to Manage and Correct Published Records

Scientific Knowledge Graph. Scholarly Communication Knowledge Graph. Open scholarly communication infrastructure. European Open Science Cloud. Open Access. Open Data. Open Science

OpenAIRE

@OpenAIRE@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

The #EOSCEUNode Tools Hub is your one-stop shop for #ResearchSoftware, ready for instant deployment. From #DataProcessing to advanced analytics, access powerful tools for all skill levels.

Ready to get started?

-Watch the Demo Video: See how to allocate a Virtual Machine and set up tools in your User Space.
-Follow the Tutorial: "Tools Hub: Introduction for #Researchers"
-Take the Course: How to use the EOSC EU Node Tools Hub: A Complete Guide

🔗Explore the Tools Hub https://go.egi.eu/aeqTi

OpenAIRE

@OpenAIRE@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Today at the Knowledge Network 2025, Peter Szegedi, #EuropeanCommission, presented how the #EOSCEUNode is supporting national #EOSC nodes, European #DataSpaces, & emerging #AI Factories.

Together, these elements are forming a powerful, interoperable ecosystem where data flows seamlessly, AI models can be trained responsibly, & #researchers gain unprecedented access to high-quality, trusted scientific resources.

👉 Learn more about the EOSC EU Node https://open-science-cloud.ec.europa.eu/

#MrežaZnanja2025

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp

https://www.univie.ac.at/en/news/detail/forscherinnen-entdecken-grosse-sicherheitsluecke-in-whatsapp

#HackerNews #WhatsApp #Security #Vulnerability #Researchers #Cybersecurity #Privacy #News

Universität Wien

Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp

Worldwide enumeration of accounts was possible due to a —now closed— privacy vulnerability

Public Knowledge Project

@PublicKnowledgeProject@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

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#ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm

Welcome to the future of open publishing and endless opportunities!

Egon Willigh☮gen 🟥 and 4 others boosted

ORCID Organization

@ORCID_Org@scicomm.xyz · 3 months ago

🗣️ We are delighted to announce the release of a new Featured Works section of the ORCID record!

⭐ This new Featured Works section is intended to provide users with a way to highlight research outputs, ensuring that a researcher's greatest contributions are noticed and considered when it counts most.

#ORCID #FeaturedWorks #Researchers #ResearchCareer