Michael Willis

Grateful to @EditorialOrigin for the opportunity to contribute a few thoughts on how journals, editors and publishers can support authors based in what's often termed the 'Global South' origineditorial.com/original-thoug…

How does #genAI help academics use their time differently? 'We found scant evidence of generative AI being used to decelerate and exploit the ‘gift of time’ for, among other things, higher order thinking and intellectual growth'

Survey of >400 UK academics exploring their perception and use of #genAI in academic activities. See also authors' summary at blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial… #phdchat #AcademicTwitter link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Telling the world about your research! A thought-provoking Webinar coming up soon w/ #HUMA Director @divinefuh, Prof. @marinajoubert @CREST_SU & Researcher Bianca Davis @IntlYoungerChem Tuesday, Jan 30th hosted by @WileyGlobal Register to join: register.gotowebinar.com/regi.../866931…

If you're an early career researcher in South Africa/ Namibia/Botswana, don't miss our @wileyinresearch webinar on 30 Jan, 'Telling the world about your research', with three amazing experts on #scholcomm #scicomm @divinefuh @marinajoubert @bee_the_chemist. DM me for more info!

Ensuring research integrity is fundamental to our mission. That’s why we’re proud to champion United2Act. This new initiative connects publishers, funders, research institutes and other stakeholders to take action and fight fraud. Find out more: ow.ly/4SQY50QsvWT

United2Act Consensus Statement released today, outlining 5 key areas of action against impact of #papermills on academic research & publishing #integrity. Brings together research bodies, universities, publishers & others, supported by @C0PE @STMAssoc publicationethics.org/about/press/pa…

Kids are never too young to learn about the world of publishing! (other careers are available)

Reflections by my colleague @DWFlanagan on how #genAI will transform scholarly publishing financialexpress.com/business/digit…

Come and be a part of our first webinar session in 2024! We will discuss the topic, 'Building gateways to open science in Africa' and @thescientistgh from @africanrepro will be our guest speaker. January 18, 2024 2pm WAT – 3pm CAT – 4pm EAT Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

An African proverb I learned today: 'When an old person dies, a library burns to the ground'

The BMJ Christmas edition - always a highlight of this time of the year

Nice infographic about how to tackle the challenges of #infodemiology, information and misinformation (thanks @Kirstin_Krauss for drawing my attention to this) who.int/news-room/spot…

Interested in #engineering? @TfL recently published its 'Engineering Icons Tube Map', celebrating a few hundred famous and/or not so famous - but highly influential - engineers. Check it out at londonblog.tfl.gov.uk/2023/11/01/eng…

Il était une fois ... The dream of machine translation as formulated 74,5 years ago. Author of "Scientific Babel", Michael Gordin discusses the pre-history of Deep Learning and AI in science during the 2nd Helsinki Initiative Webinar on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication

The Christmas book tree sponsored by Hatchards books at St. Pancras Station. The little booths at the bottom have speakers that read you a story while you wait for your train.

New @CochraneLibrary systematic review on peer reviewer training: no clear evidence that it improves quality of #peerreview, but limitations to evidence and how to measure 'quality' cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

@Stagecoach_Ox Seems that the 2/2A link should be …n-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/Oxf…

We’ll be making some changes to a couple of our service in Oxford. This will affect services 2/2A and the S9 from Sunday 3rd December. These changes are set to improve our timekeeping. Check online for full details and new timetables>stge.co/3R7hCL5

Draft recommended practice from @NISOInfo for handling comms about retractions/removals/expressions of concern is open for feedback at niso.org/standards-comm…. My @wileyinresearch colleague Joyce Griffin has written about it at wiley.com/en-us/network/… #publishingethics

Tackling structural inequities in research publishing needs to be a collaborative and collective endeavour: at @wileyinresearch we wrote a White Paper explaining why and how this might be achieved #openaccess #globalsouth wiley.com/en-us/network/…