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Moving into 2026, I have been reflecting on the current state of the world, scientific advances, and a general increase in metascience interest. The motivations discussed in my original post announcing the motivation for Metascience Hub have only grown throughout 2025: AI's impact on science and society, decrease in public trust, and the slow pace of institutional adaptation. The perspective that I hadn't had at that point in time, however, was in the discussions held at th

There is a mental health crisis in academia. In 2018, Teresa Evans et al. reported a significantly higher incidence of anxiety and...

Quantifying the impact of research is a practice used to assess academic journals, researchers, and individual communications. In theory the higher the impact, the more important the work. Citation metrics are often used to assess candidates for academic positions or funding, and therefore researchers use journal-level metrics to decide the journals in which they want to publish their work. This article will dive into the definitions of certain citation metrics and their rele

Metascience Hub is a platform of advice, information, and resources for researchers and research managers. Metascience, the scientific...