Signals

Author: Elliott Lumb

  • You don’t know what you don’t know: how Signals helps publishers understand research integrity in their journals

    You don’t know what you don’t know: how Signals helps publishers understand research integrity in their journals

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    Elliott Lumb

    One of the most interesting parts of building Signals is that we have a comprehensive view of research integrity across the publishing landscape, and can pinpoint specific issues impacting journals and publishers. The Signals Data Graph, which networks billions of nodes of publication data, enables us to see which journals have no or few research…

  • New signals to provide insight on the integrity of authors institutions

    New signals to provide insight on the integrity of authors institutions

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    Elliott Lumb

    Institution integrity We’re excited to release a set of new signals related to authors’ institutions.  To help protect the reputation of journals and speed up author checks, Signals now highlights when authors are affiliated with institutions with high rates of ‘problematic retractions’ (retractions due to fraud, including papermills).  These signals help editors to make informed decisions…

  • Florin Asăvoaie joins Signals as Lead Engineer

    Florin Asăvoaie joins Signals as Lead Engineer

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    Elliott Lumb

    We’re excited to announce that Florin Asăvoaie has joined Signals as Lead Engineer. Florin was the Solutions Architect of Hindawi’s Phenom publishing platform, acquired by Wiley in 2021, and is the technical & product development advisor for sustainable software products. With his engineering expertise and industry experience, Florin is already making an impact, accelerating our…

  • Tiago Barros joins Signals as Founding Member

    Tiago Barros joins Signals as Founding Member

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    Elliott Lumb

    We’re excited to announce that Tiago Barros has joined the Signals team as Founding Member. Tiago will bring his expertise in publishing, peer review and creating products for publishers and researchers to our team. Previously, Tiago had different roles in publishing and tech startups, including VP of H1 Connect at H1, Managing Director of Faculty…

  • Signals Lead Analyst, Christos Petrou, guest post in Scholarly Kitchen

    Signals Lead Analyst, Christos Petrou, guest post in Scholarly Kitchen

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    Elliott Lumb

    Signals Lead Analyst, Christos Petrou, has written a guest post for the Scholarly Kitchen on retractions and research misconduct. A few key takeaways include: Read the full article in The Scholarly Kitchen:

  • Christos Petrou joins Signals as Lead Analyst

    Christos Petrou joins Signals as Lead Analyst

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    Elliott Lumb

    We’re pleased to announce that Christos Petrou will be joining Signals, alongside founders Andrew Preston and Elliott Lumb, in our mission to restore trust in research. Christos will join Signals as Lead Analyst. His deep understanding of scholarly communication and analytical expertise will help us identify new signals and enable us to provide publishers with…

  • Correcting the record: retracting papermill articles

    Correcting the record: retracting papermill articles

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    Elliott Lumb

    In 2023, the scholarly literature had the highest number of retractions ever seen in a single year, driven by over 8000 retractions at Hindawi. The large set of retractions were fraudulent articles created by papermills and published after Wiley acquired Hindawi in 2021. The consequences of this have been huge for Wiley, and the industry…