A new preprint, “Academic Publishing in Occupied Territories: Challenges to Research Integrity and Academic Trust,” uncovers the complex legal and ethical challenges surrounding the unlawful appropriation of Ukraine-born academic journals by the occupation authorities of the Russian Federation.

By applying bibliometric methods, the study examines visibility and impact of these journals.

@hauschke

#AcademicPublishing #ScholarlyCommunication #Geopolitics

https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/uh3r5_v1

An interesting study on humour in scientific talks (531 presentations, 870 jokes):

67% of jokes failed.
Only ~9% got real laughter.

Men joke slightly more, and native English speakers are more likely to succeed.

🙂 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.3000

O yes... Joking in a foreign language is hard, and even in your own, it only works if the audience truly gets it.

#AcademicHumor #ConferenceLife #AcademicLife #ResearchCulture #ScholarlyCommunication

New post on Gavia Libraria, in #ScholarlyCommunication:

Disincentivizing AI slop

https://gavialib.com/2026/03/disincentivizing-ai-slop/

🍀 Sometimes the best research discoveries feel a little like luck.

When scholarship is shared openly, it becomes easier for scholars, students, and communities to find the ideas that inspire their work.

That’s the power of open knowledge.

#KnowledgeCommons #OpenResearch #OpenAccess #Humanities #ScholarlyCommunication

This week, Andrea Mannocci (CNR-ISTI) will present the @OpenAIREGraph at the 140th GIST Seminar organised by the GRIPS Innovation, Science and Technology Policy Program in Tokyo.

The talk will explore how open scholarly data powers research intelligence and Open Science monitoring.

📅 12 March 2026 | 10:30–12:00 CET
📍 GRIPS, Tokyo (hybrid)

More info: https://www.openaire.eu/community/events/eventdetail/1602/the-140th-gist-seminar-openaire-graph-supporting-research-intelligence-through-open-data

#OpenScience #OpenAIRE #ResearchData #ScholarlyCommunication

📢 Today, we announce Kathleen Shearer, ED of @coar_repositories as the Closing Keynote Speaker at the #WACREN2026

👉 https://wacren2026.wacren.net/?profile=keynote-2

For 20 years, Kathleen has helped shape a more interoperable and collaborative research communication ecosystem through #openrepositories and shared standards.

Her closing keynote will highlight how #openinfrastructure and trusted #scholarlycommunication ecosystems are strengthening Africa’s capacity to contribute to the global knowledge economy. 👏 👏

A real case of how administrative interpretation can block international research collaboration. A Ukrainian researcher was deemed ineligible because a municipal (public) university was not considered “state” 🤯 under a specific interpretation.

This raises important questions about consistency and transparency in international funding schemes.

More details: 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nazarovets_nwo-nrfu-researchpolicy-activity-7432388975899852800-19Un/

#OpenScience #ResearchPolicy #HigherEducation #NWO #NRFU #Science #Transparency #ScholarlyCommunication