Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover triggered academic exodus, study suggests. The researchers found that academics were less active on Twitter after Musk took over in October 2022, with a notable decrease in the number of tweets, including original posts, replies, retweets, and quote tweets.
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PsyPost
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover triggered academic exodus, study suggests
New research shows academic engagement on Twitter significantly declined after Elon Musk's takeover, with verified accounts showing the largest reduction in original content, particularly following Musk's decision to reinstate Donald Trump's account.
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Scientific papers that mention AI get a citation boost, finds an analysis of tens of millions of papers. Scientists might be incentivized to use AI purely as a way to increase their citations — regardless of whether the AI tools improve the quality of the work.
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More than 40% of postdoctoral researchers leave academia, finds study of 45,500 researchers. Those who stayed and landed a coveted faculty position were more likely to have a highly cited paper, changed their research topic between PhD and postdoc, or moved abroad after receiving their doctorate.
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Nature
More than 40% of postdocs leave academia, study reveals
Nature - Publishing highly cited papers helps postdoctoral researchers to land a faculty job.
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Psychology is getting more robust. 📊 Meta-analysis of >240k papers shows how psychology pivoted to publishing starkly stronger findings since the replication crisis began 🔍📈
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Science
‘A big win’: Dubious statistical results are becoming less common in psychology
Fewer papers are reporting findings on the border of statistical significance, a potential marker of dodgy research practices
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