ResearchHub is a platform for sharing and discussing scientific research papers and posts. It allows users to explore various scientific topics, read papers, and engage in discussions.

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ResearchHub aims to accelerate the pace of scientific research by creating incentives that encourage academics and citizen scientists to openly share knowledge.

It's time to start incentivizing reproducible science.

It's very concerning that centralized systems like Google Scholar can be easily gamed and manipulated by bad actors without appropriate countermeasures from the platform. This is yet another reason why building decentralized science (DeSci) will be necessary. So many institutions and global scientific efforts now emphasize Google Scholar citation metrics and h-index. In fact, in some countries, your entire academic career can depend on these metrics.

More often than not, this reliance starts from the very beginning:
1. Want to be recognized as a productive undergraduate intern?
2. Applying for a graduate student fellowship?
3. Looking for a competitive PhD position?
4. Seeking post-doc opportunities?
5. Working on your tenure-track professorship?

You name it—getting awards, promotions, and recognition in modern academia often boils down to citation-related metrics. Quality is becoming increasingly underrated. Assessing quality is hard, but that doesn't mean we should forgo it.

I hope more people realize how broken the system is and are willing to take further steps in building the DeSci space. While DeSci may not solve everything, it will help keep the power balance in check, ensuring that the overall academic and scientific system is not rigged in favor of certain unscrupulous groups.

What's the solution ?
At this point, it's unclear which solution would work best. However, efforts to develop a reputation-based approach that doesn't just avoid exploitation but instead embraces it to promote healthy research rewards might be a better option. Check out the latest solution from ResearchHub as an example. https://lnkd.in/gsqqKRu8

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How to claim your $RSC author rewards on ResearchHub.👩🔬

🔬 ResearchHub is launching a new reputation and reward algorithm aimed at fixing academia's broken incentives

Here's how we're using novel financial & reputational incentives to overcome Goodhart's law and modernize scientific publishing: 

🎯 The Problem: Goodhart's Law states, "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." This is precisely what has happened with traditional bibliometrics like impact factor and h-index, leading to system gaming and questionable research practices.

💡 Our Solution: Instead of fighting against Goodhart's Law, we're embracing it. ResearchHub is replacing easily-manipulated metrics with direct targets for healthy research behaviors. We're aligning financial incentives with practices that truly advance science.

Key Features of Our New System:
1. 🏆 Introducing REP: Our new reputation metric spans 248 research subfields (thanks to OpenAlex.org), combining citations, upvotes, and other factors to create behavioral targets that encourage transparency, reproducibility, and collaboration.
2. 💰 Financial Incentives: We're distributing $RSC tokens to reward #OpenAccess publishing, data sharing, and study preregistration. This directly compensates scientists for healthy research behaviors.
3. 🌐 Open Science Focus: Unlike traditional journals that charge for access, we're paying researchers to make their work freely available. Let's break down barriers to knowledge!
4. 🤝 Fostering Collaboration: Our system rewards shared insights and collective progress, nurturing a more cooperative scientific community.
5. 🔄 Democratic Iteration: Our system is designed to evolve over time in a democratic fashion. Researchers who hold $RSC can vote on refining these algorithms, ensuring that scientists have control over how their research outputs are judged and rewarded.

Whether you're a seasoned researcher or just starting out, ResearchHub offers a new way to engage with science, build your reputation, and earn financial rewards for your efforts.

Want to learn more? Visit our blog to learn more about how we're using Goodhart's Law to our advantage and accelerating the pace of scientific discovery: 

https://lnkd.in/eJrkRdqD

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🚨Now live on ResearchHub - the v2 for Reputation and ResearchCoin Rewards 🚨

A guide on how to convert your $RSC to $USD 💰
https://lnkd.in/eaYJkSSG

I was testing out how Latin Jazz Music affects lettuce growth. 

Another Music treatment is completed on my & Krystle Ash's experiment funded by ResearchHub & ResearchHub Foundation #Desci 

Name: Effects Of Music On Lettuce Germination And Growth In A Hydroponic System

Experiment: Latin Jazz (Various Artists)

Summary: The lettuce grew less in this treatment compared to the others. However, the temperature for the experimental system was outside of the normal range because of poor cooling.

Link to look at all of the data in detail:
https://lnkd.in/eaGhqjQE

The v2 of ResearchHub's reward algorithm designed to incentivize healthy research behavior launches later this week 🚀 🌲 

Claim $RSC for any #openaccess paper you have published with >1 citation 💰 

Earn more for papers that are:

🤔 pre-registered - 2x
🔎  have open data - 3x

https://lnkd.in/gpzQu5iN

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From Gene therapies to AI integration, they are bridging the gap between today's challenges and tomorrow's solutions.

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Introducing "Latent Space" - a new era in scientific publishing! It's time to expand what counts as intellectual goods beyond traditional research articles, reviews, and textbooks.

Traditional academic outputs have limited what scientists can publish and receive credit for. But what about the valuable work that remains largely unpublished?

Enter the concept of "the adjacent possible" - the exploration of what could be, based on what we already know but haven't yet realized. This includes everything from hypothesis registration to technology roadmaps.

"Latent Space" aims to bridge the gap between informal blog posts and formal research papers by embracing a wide range of intellectual contributions.

This new journal will explore innovative publishing formats and reward contributions with bounties, making science more interactive and publicly engaged. 

By focusing on 'the adjacent possible,' "Latent Space" encourages scientists to share insights and updates that usually go unpublished, helping to reshape how we document scientific progress.

With "Latent Space," we're testing new ways to use bounties, write in public, and reward diverse intellectual contributions. Join us in expanding the boundaries of what scientific work can be!

Link: https://lnkd.in/e3EaR9wU

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