Three years ago, #SpringerNature invited us to lead a book series inspired by our courses. We called it "Decoding Evolution", and the first volume is nearly ready—thanks to the amazing work of Filippo and Nelson!

#DeepLearning

Excited to speak at #uoregon’s Coffee & Code!
📊 Cultural Data Science: Bridging Data, Code, and Culture
How can R, art history & data analysis come together?
🗓 May 30 · 12pm PT · Hybrid
📘 Coincides with my new book launch via #SpringerNature
🔗 https://uoregon.libcal.com/event/14717214
#DigitalHumanities #RStats #CulturalAnalytics #ArtHistory #OpenData @Mulderc

Discover Cultural Data Science – An Introduction to R by Harald Klinke
A hands-on guide to digital methods in image-based humanities, combining quantitative and qualitative analysis for a global DH audience.
Now part of the Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences series.

Order now: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031881305
Promo code: SPRAUT (20% off)

#DigitalHumanities #CulturalData #RStats #DataScience #ArtHistory #OpenScience #QuantMethods #SpringerNature

#EltonJohn is right about #AI, but for scientists it’s already too late because #Elsevier and #SpringerNature have already used our original works to train #ScopusAI and #Curie

(Marie Sklodowska-Curie is also presumably turning in her grave about her name being stolen too).

#scholarlyPublishing

A busy week! some activities less futile than others...? stay tuned for updates
* last week of semester 🐘
* submitted revised paper to journal (and arXiv) after minor corrections, thanks to #Reviewer2
* submitted abstract for #ICM2026 short talk
* working with co-organizer to finish #NSF conference grant application
* got first book royalties statement from #SpringerNature

Springer Nature Says It Has Reached 50 Percent Open Access

Frank Vrancken Peeters at Springer Nature goes over key points of progress behind a key milestone for the scholarly publisher.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/springer-nature-says-it-has-reached-50-percent-open-access/

#AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #PublishingResearch #ScholarlyPublishing #SpringerNature
@indieauthors

Springer Nature supports Ukrainian researchers during the war by providing a 100% APC waiver. Grateful for this opportunity and for making research more accessible. 👏 First time benefiting from this initiative!

#OpenAccess #SupportUkraine #AcademicPublishing #SpringerNature

Endspurt: Noch bis Freitag läuft eine NRW-weite Umfrage zur Qualität einiger wissenschaftlicher Verlage: https://www.ulb.uni-muenster.de/fachblog/archiv/9003
Wir wünschen uns zahlreiche Teilnahmen, um unsere Überlegungen zu Services v.a. rund um #OpenAccess weiter verbessern zu können!
#DeGruyter #Elsevier #Frontiers #MDPI #SpringerNature #TaylorFrancis #Wiley

Publishers Ramp Up Pressure vs. Anna’s Archive, Sci-Hub, Z-Library & Libgen

https://torrentfreak.com/publishers-ramp-up-pressure-vs-annas-archive-sci-hub-z-library-libgen-250203/

#ThelatestnewsonAnna'sArchive #PublishersAssociation #SpringerNature #SiteBlocking #Anti-Piracy #Elsevier #sci-hub #libgen

I just heard that #SpringerNature is charging for "Rapid Service Fee".

I wonder if this is not an example of business criteria interfering on editorial decisions. Something that #OA2020, 2023, let very clear to publishers that it wasn't a good practice.

Anyway. I consider that a really adequate example of #enshittification.

#enshitification #OpenAccess #scholarlyPublishing #Springer

📚 Avance importante en #PublicaciónAcadémica: #SpringerNature firma acuerdo con países de ingresos bajos y medios de África, Asia y Medio Oriente para publicación Gold #OpenAccess en revistas Nature.
Aunque #AméricaLatina no está incluida (aún), esto marca un progreso hacia una publicación académica más equitativa. 🌍
#CienciaAbierta #EquidadEnInvestigación #CienciaGlobal

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20230118190925833

#OpenAccess deal between #SpringerNature and low and middle-income countries

https://opensocial.at/display/59c238fc-2067-9a5a-94ba-8be129119249

🐘⛽🤦

via https://www.facebook.com/groups/reviewer2/permalink/10161987938705469/

#Mistranslations #PublicationEthics #Retractions #PeerReview #ChineseTranslation #SpringerNature

WTF #springernature WTF Are we #scientists insane to keep this degenerated publishing system alive?

Would you pay to have #AI summarize and promote your research? Would you pay to prevent that from happening?
https://futurism.com/springer-nature-ai-media-kit

"#SpringerNature…is approaching the authors of papers in its journals with AI-generated "Media Kits" to summarize and promote their research. In an email to journal authors…Springer told the scientists that its AI tool will "maximize the impact" of their research, saying the $49 package will return "high-quality" outputs for marketing and communication purposes…[But] the tool's "high-quality" outputs can't always be trusted. On an accompanying webpage linked in the email, Springer warns that "even the best AI tools make mistakes" and urges authors to painstakingly review the AI's outputs and issue corrections as needed for accuracy and clarity."

#ScholComm

"User tracking that would be unthinkable in a physical #library setting now happens routinely through #publisher #platforms." zenodo.org/records/1388... #Elsevier #Privacy #Publishers #ScienceDirect #SpringerNature #SpringerLink #Surveillance

Navigating Risk in Vendor Data...

New study: "User tracking that would be unthinkable in a physical #library setting now happens routinely through #publisher #platforms."
https://zenodo.org/records/13886473

#Elsevier #Privacy #Publishers #ScienceDirect #SpringerNature #SpringerLink #Surveillance

I have made it a personal policy not to do unpaid work for commercial, for-profit publishers any more. So, #SpringerNature, #Elsevier et al., if you'd like me to review your papers, you'll have to pay me. Otherwise, no deal.
#AcademicPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #PeerReview

If you ever thought Scientific Reports was a bit of a dodgy cash 🐄 for Springer Nature....

Open letter from fraud sleuths raises concerns over research integrity at Scientific Reports | News | Chemistry World

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/open-letter-from-fraud-sleuths-raises-concerns-over-research-integrity-at-scientific-reports/4020398.article

#academicchatter #ResearchIntegrity #springernature #publishing

Watch the latest @mdr_th with Christina Zielinski, talking about how tumor cells can be influenced by salt.
See the report in German beginning at minute 17:24

👉 https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/mdr-thueringen-journal/mdr-thueringen-journal-vom-26-september/mdr-thueringen/Y3JpZDovL21kci5kZS9zZW5kdW5nLzI4MjMwMC80Njg5NTItNDQ5MzA2

#cancer #immunotherapy #Salt #TableSalt #NaCl
#CancerResearch
#CancerTherapy #TCellTherapy
#NewPublication
#SpringerNature
#MedicalResearch
#LeibnizHKI

#DFG #BMBF #CarlZeissStiftung