We’re celebrating @isabelizimm as she steps down from her active editor role at pyOpenSci

From Editor in Chief to triage team, Isabel has guided countless reviews with clarity, kindness, and a deep commitment to open science.

She now becomes an Emeritus Editor—still part of our community, always appreciated.

Thank you, Isabel!

@joss The journal of Open Source Software is looking to grow our editorial team. In my track we are especially looking for folks in the domains of biomedical science and #bioinformatics !

More info here: https://blog.joss.theoj.org/2025/08/call-for-editors

Let me know if you have any questions.

We're following the latest on action to ensure free, immediate access to federally funded research. See how the OSTP Memo on #PublicAccess is becoming a reality w/ our list of updated policies & resources for 20+ federal agencies. #OpenAccess #OpenData #OpenScience https://sparcopen.org/our-work/2022-updated-ostp-policy-guidance/

Switzerland strengthens its commitment to the Barcelona Declaration

We’re glad to welcome the @uzh as a new signatory, joining CERN and the Swiss Reproducibility Network. Together, they highlight Switzerland’s growing commitment to making research information open and transparent.

Join us ⋅ Rejoignez-nous ⋅ Unisciti a noi ⋅ Schließen Sie sich uns an ⋅ As da vegnir cun nus

Get involved: https://barcelona-declaration.org/

Just out!

We, researchers and open science practitioners from developing countries, share a step-by-step guide to adopting open science in resource-constrained contexts.

Alongside it: a toolkit with repositories, FOSS tools, training, funding, checklists, community-building resources... We highlight both barriers and unique strengths from our regions.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251357565

Toolkit: https://osf.io/gu7v4

Hello Mastodon!

We are KISHIB – Digital Corpus of Ancient West Asian Seals and Sealings.

Our project documents thousands of Mesopotamian seals and sealings in digital form, making them accessible for research and the public.

Expect insights into archaeology, digital methods, and the fascinating world of cylinder seals!

Spreadsheets are a researcher’s everyday tool, but are we using it optimally?
A recent Nature article highlights how fragile formulas, inconsistent data entry, and mislabelled columns can quietly undermine research integrity.
It also suggests six key questions every researcher should ask when working with spreadsheets.
Check out the article to hear what DRA co-founder Heidi Seibold and other data experts have to say"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02511-z

We welcome a new project to OpenSustain.tech #climate #sustainability #opensource #opensustain #openscience https://github.com/8Ginette8/gbif.range

We welcome a new project to OpenSustain.tech #climate #sustainability #opensource #opensustain #openscience https://github.com/project-gen3sis/R-package

We welcome a new project to OpenSustain.tech #climate #sustainability #opensource #opensustain #openscience https://github.com/esassoc/qanat-community

Natural Product Occurrence of the Day

15,16-dihydroswartziarboreol C [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105217415] is a molecule
found in a plant, Swartzia langsdorffii [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15483944]
according to: [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81121715]

This occurrence is available for curation on Wikidata [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105217415#P703]. If you spot an error, feel free to improve it!

New preprint!
We introduce the Rosa-Margin Hypothesis (RMH): when the ventral CA1 safety margin (ΔVmargin) narrows <5 mV, ordinary network transients can trigger involuntary replay of emotional memories.

This mechanism may underlie schizophrenia, depression & PTSD. Testable readouts: MEG γ-burst ↓, HRV ↑.

[OSF link] https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/e4cwb_v1
#Neuroscience #Psychiatry #Schizophrenia #Depression #PTSD #OpenScience

#KIMissbrauch

Wissenschaftliche Fälschungen nehmen stark zu.

Netzwerke erstellen mit Hilfe von #KI gefälschte Studien in großem Stil und verkaufen sie teuer an Forschende unter #Publikationsdruck.

Besonders betroffen ist die #Biomedizin. Fake-Artikel landen auch in seriösen #Fachzeitschriften und gefährden die Glaubwürdigkeit der gesamten #Forschung.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forschung/organisierter-wissenschaftsbetrug-100.html

Unser Whitepaper „Dokumentationsstandards und der Besitznachweis in Sammlungen – ein vergleichender Überblick“ ist online!

Jetzt kommentieren & diskutieren auf dem neuen #NFDI4Objects Community Hub: https://community.nfdi4objects.net/assemblies/commons/f/1/proposals/13

Kommentierungsphase bis 16.9. – wir freuen uns auf Beiträge, Likes & Shares!

Die Allianz der Wissenschaftsorganisationen die Strategie für die Weiterentwicklung des wissenschaftlichen Publikationswesens 2026–2030 veröffentlicht:

Stärkung von #OpenAccess
#DEAL-Verträge neu verhandeln
Nachhaltige Finanzierung für #DiamondOpenAccess
Politische Unterstützung der #OATransformation

Zum Strategiepapier auf Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15853225

Weitere Infos in unserer News: https://open-access.network/services/news/artikel/open-access-und-wissenschaftsgeleitete-publikationslandschaft-staerken

Join this year’s #OpenScience Conference #OSC2025 in Hamburg (or online)! You can look forward to a fantastic programme at the intersection of open science and AI. It includes a keynote by Erik Schultes, 10 solution and discussion sessions, and 22 posters and demos. In light of recent developments, we've also added a dedicated session on safeguarding research.

Register here: https://open-science-conference.eu"

In software engineering, it's well established that it's worth the effort to automate testing and deployment, but in research, it's not. That is, research computations are almost never fully automated. There's almost always some list of manual steps like data transfer or interactive work involved.

One might argue that software is typically changed and deployed many, many more times than a research study is. However, if we were to consider things like internal reviews of datasets and figures, the number of times a research study is "deployed" may be large enough to justify automation.

How can an alternative to Google & Co. be created? With your own open web index, such as the one developed in the @openwebsearcheu research project. @Golemde asked project manager Michael Granitzer from the University of Passau and coordinator Stefan Vogt from the @osf how the open web index OWI can now become a #European #search engine. Exciting – because we all want to emancipate ourselves from #USA #services https://besserwissen.podigee.io/136-openwebsearch (in German).

Im Oktober wird es in Münster einen #Hackathon für #Zotero-Plugins mit Blick auf die Replikation bzw. Reproduzierbarkeit wissenschaftlicher Forschung geben!
Infos und Anmeldung (bis zum 7.9.) unter https://indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3626/.
Organisiert wird die Veranstaltung von @aufdroeseler und weiteren Kolleg:innen des MüCOS (Münster Center for #OpenScience).
#ReplicationStudies

Natural Product Occurrence of the Day

2-(2,4,6-trimethyl-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-5-yl)acetic acid [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115951805] is a molecule
found in a plant, Pteridium aquilinum [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213548]
according to: [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115951803]

This occurrence is available for curation on Wikidata [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115951805#P703]. If you spot an error, feel free to improve it!