Category: Signals News
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The future of research integrity: insights from the audience at Researcher to Reader
Last week, Nicko and I attended the Researcher to Reader conference in London. The event brings together researchers, publishers, and institutions, creating opportunities for interesting conversations and learning. We’re already looking forward to next year’s event. During the conference, we gave a talk on ‘The Future of Research Integrity’. We highlighted historic cases of research…
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Signals launches Expert Contributions: amplifying insights from the community to restore trust in research
Specialized research communities hold knowledge that, if shared more widely, could transform how we identify trustworthy and valuable research. So we’re excited to introduce Expert Contributions, a new Signals’ initiative designed to amplify the insights of researchers, sleuths, and subject-matter experts. These contributions add critical as well as positive insights on individual articles, helping the…
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Signals completes funding round to accelerate its mission to restore trust in research
We’re excited to share that we have completed our first funding round, bringing together a key group of angel investors who believe in our mission to restore trust in research. Their investment enables us to launch the Signals Data Graph and expand our offerings, providing comprehensive support to publishers in the rapidly evolving research integrity…
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Signals Named Finalist for the 2024 Vesalius Innovation Award
We’re excited to share that Signals has been selected as a finalist for this year’s Vesalius Innovation Award! The Vesalius Innovation Award offers a unique opportunity to promote innovation, so it’s great to see research integrity highlighted as a key focus for this year’s award. Upholding trust and credibility in science communication is more critical…
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Nicko Goncharoff joins Signals as Co-Founder
I suppose almost every post in which someone starts a new role mentions how “excited” they are. So I’ve tried to think of a different adjective to describe my feelings about this next step in my career. But really there is no better word. So, with that said, I’m very excited to announce that I’ve…
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New signals to provide insight on the integrity of authors institutions
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…
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Signals Named Finalist for the 2024 ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing
We are thrilled to announce that Signals is a finalist for The ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing 2024. This recognition highlights the importance of the work we are doing to restore trust in research. We are grateful for this acknowledgement of our efforts so far. With three out of the four finalists addressing research…
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Problematic Paper Screener: a new signal to help protect research integrity
Signals from the community Publication fraud is harming trust in research. To help protect the integrity of the scholarly record and restore trust in research many researchers and sleuths comb the literature to identify patterns and markers of fraud in research articles, and some build tools to enhance these efforts. The Problematic Paper Screener, an…
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Signals joins United2Act
We’re pleased to announce that Signals has become a signatory of United2Act. Collective action against paper mills is essential for protecting the integrity of the scholarly record, a vital step in restoring trust in research. We look forward to working closely with the research community to address the paper mill problem and to continue providing…
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Introducing Signals
Trust is at an all-time low More people than ever question whether they can trust our most important institutions. This isn’t a new concern; trust has been in decline for decades. However, we have always been able to rely on the foundational and self-correcting nature of scholarly literature as a source of truth. This is…