#Peer

Geology Johnson

geology_johnson

just read a peer reviewed paper in an @elsevier journal that claims COVID-19 is caused by magnetic anomalies in serpentinized proterozoic cratons and that nephrite-jade amulets will protect you from

Schwab

schuab_dib_

"Slow cooling lava forms columnar basalts, look at this drawing!"Is that a real place?"No!"Has any of what you're saying been observed in nature? "No, not in the entire history of

Brahmajee Nallamothu

bnallamo

Would you sign your name to your peer review?Since March 2019, @CircOutcomes has offered “Signed Reviews” as a voluntary program.Here’s what we've found so far...1/ It is uncommon but not

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Short Thread: VA study on Hydroxychloroquine for COVID19 getting a lot of attention.President Trump has been touting HCQ as a possible miracle drug.Study from the VA finds HIGHER mortality for

Anna Rogers

annargrs

A few takeaways on preprints and peer review from a great discussion group at the @turinginst, hosted by @f_nanni @makethecatwise. Thanks for the invitation, guys! 1/n (a) when we preprint

Jacob Eliosoff

JaEsf

I love UX/tps but they are after all secondary for crypto. "PayPal 2.0" used to be understood as a gibe. Now you hear "PayPal has higher tps!" UX is key

Women in Statistics and Data Science

WomenInStat

Should we start with mentors and support systems? A single mentor won't cut it. You'll have questions your mentor can't answer. Your mentor will have times when they're busy/stressed. I

Politics, Groups, & Identities

PGI_WPSA

ATTENTION! We have an exciting new announcement for grad students & junior scholars! @PGI_WPSA is starting a peer-to-peer mentorship group for publishing! @POCalsoknow @1stGenScholars @LGBTQCaucus@theWPSA @APSAtweets @SPSAnews @womenals

Alex Howard, MS, SCAT, ATC

ahoward_atc

I saw a post the other day about academia that said “We’re all smart. Distinguish yourself by being kind.” Obviously very relevant to the education world, but it should also

cfryar

seefryar

US-based academics, if there’s been a recent uptick in “complaints” about academic jobs on your TL, know that that uptick is likely bc of national strikes of UK university workers

Meghan Roberts 🦦

MeghanKRoberts

I’m going to share some thoughts on my process but please do weigh in with thoughts. 1. IME presses send questions to guide your reading, largely to evaluate the soundness

(((James Acton)))

james_acton32

I strongly agree with this. And I have a theory that part of the reason why academic writing is often bad is because of peer review... (1/n)https://twitter.com/MorganLKaplan/status/1262769758761627648 I'm a think

Dr Claudia Stoicescu

ClauStoicescu

It hurts to *regularly* have to decline journal requests to peer review fascinating research on gender & drug policy. But as someone who isn't currently employed in a secure long-term

Mat Velloso

matvelloso

Yes, Amazon, I totally want a proprietary network to circumvent all my network security to go create a rogue peer to peer based network with my neighbors, that's definitely a

Mohamed Elmankabady (He/Him) 🇨🇦🇪🇬♏

ElmankabadyMo

1/: A story about checking ones privilege: One of my courses this year has a component that is a peer evaluation (and one of the two professors teaching the course

Raychelle Burks

DrRubidium

#BLACKandSTEMThe Ivory Tower is a lonely place to be. Especially now. You may find yourself called upon to comment, to explain, to pacify. That is not your responsibility, but a