A nice surprise: the CUNY AI Lab has launched an AI Use Disclosure tool based on the GAIDeT (Generative AI Delegation Taxonomy) framework.

👉 https://tools.ailab.gc.cuny.edu/ai-disclosure/

Researchers can now generate publication-ready, structured disclosures of how generative #AI was used across different stages of the research workflow: from idea generation and literature review to data management and writing.

#OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #GenAI #AcademicPublishing #GAIDeT #MITLicense

Nature's latest feature argues that the EU is trying to turn the current turmoil in US science into a historic opportunity:

👉 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01955-1

A few striking facts:

• Europe publishes more research papers than the US.

• Horizon Europe could grow to €175–200 billion.

• Nearly 45% of EU research output involves international collaboration.

• Countries from Canada to Japan and Australia are joining parts of Horizon Europe.

#SciencePolicy #HorizonEurope #ResearchFunding #OpenScience

My latest article has been published in Research Integrity and Peer Review. The paper examines how scientific misconduct, questionable research practices, research climate, and supervision are studied across disciplines & research systems.

 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-026-00214-1

One key takeaway: research integrity risks are shaped not only by individual behaviour, but also by research environments, supervision, evaluation systems.

#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicIntegrity #MetaResearch #SciencePolicy

Who are the "ideal immigrants"? A massive study in @scienceadvances pooled data from 100 immigration experiments across 36 countries and 1.5 million immigrant profiles.

 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz2271

Perhaps most interestingly: people care much more about WHO an immigrant is than where they COME FROM. In short: your CV often matters more than your passport.

#ScienceAdvances #Migration #Immigration #PublicOpinion #PoliticalScience #SocialScience

Analysing more than 30K cell biology papers 📄, the authors found that after performance-based evaluation systems began emphasizing first and corresponding authorship, the number of co-first and co-corresponding authors increased substantially.

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101838

Interestingly, team sizes did not grow in the same way = credit was simply redistributed among more researchers.

#Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation #Authorship #AcademicPublishing #ResearchPolicy

A new preprint introduces SI-hacking (Special Issue hacking): when guest editors turn a special issue into a publication venue for themselves.

 https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563

Yet over 1,000 "hacked" special issues are still published every year. Strikingly, #MDPI accounts for 85% of all SI-hacked special issues in the dataset, while #Frontiers contributes another 13%.

#AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #PeerReview

Most university rankings focus on Harvard, Oxford, and a handful of global stars. A recent paper takes a different approach - compares entire #HigherEducation systems:

📄 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101839

One interesting finding is that countries such as the UK, Spain, and Italy show a more evenly distributed level of institutional performance, whereas systems like the US and China rely more heavily on a smaller group of elite universities.

#UniversityRankings #ResearchEvaluation #Scientometrics

Bad papers, incorrect references, and superficial reviews existed long before #ChatGPT. AI did not invent poor scholarship – it simply made it scalable.

In our new paper, we argue that the debate should move beyond AI slop toward the broader concept of academic slop: low-quality scholarship produced without sufficient care, whether by humans or machines.

 https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2026.2685154

#AcademicSlop #AISlop #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #GenerativeAI

Today I had the pleasure of presenting my fellowship research at the weekly interdisciplinary #VUIAS seminar.

 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.35582.55364

One of the key messages was simple: metrics often reveal symptoms, but understanding integrity problems requires looking at research environments, incentives, and organisational cultures.

#ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #ResearchEthics #OpenScience #AcademicIntegrity #ScholarlyCommunication #HigherEducation #Science

Russian disinformation does not succeed because people simply believe lies. It succeeds because it exploits existing fears, prejudices, and social divisions.

 https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v31i5.14649

A recent study shows how false stories about Ukrainian refugees were designed to activate stereotypes, fuel hostility, and turn vulnerable groups against one another. The goal was not only to spread misinformation but also to weaken solidarity and trust across Europe.

#Disinformation #Propaganda #Ukraine