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In #SRBR2024 #Wikithon, we'll be looking at editing chronobiology pages. In this paper, @rona_av @omerbenj examine edits to "Circadian clock" and "Circadian rhythm" and reveal how arguments and paradigm shifts are encoded in the pages' metadata: buff.ly/3SHjjyH

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“Imagine we could see a scientist’s revisions on their papers. That would be the equivalent of what we’re doing... it's like an MRI of the scientific consensus” - @PolaLem @timeshighered on our Wikipedia & CRISPR study - now out on @PLOSONE w @rona_av timeshighereducation.com/new…
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What did you last learn on #Wikipedia? For us, it was we can use the open encyclopaedia as a tool to research the history of science How? See our new preprint, using the #CRISPR field as case-study biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… @omerbenj @research_lpi

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26 Jul 2022
A chance seating next to Rona Aviram at #ESBR lead to discussion of the clock metaphor and her brilliant article on the topic. A Metaphor That Keeps on Ticking: The ‘Clock’ as a Driving Force in the History of Chronobiology Research doi.org/10.3998/ptpbio.16039…

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For our second talk at #tw2022 #COVID&Science Communication #covidcom we will see the duo @rona_av& @omerbenj presenting how the growth of COVID-19 information is presented on Wikipedia. Register at t.ly/oYj2! @FIREPhD @lpiparis_ @MasterAIV
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Hey Twitterverse! We have available Ph.D. and Postdoc positions in our lab. The students will work on circadian exercise, clocks resetting, oxygen physiology, and more. Please RT :) Find more information available on the website -weizmann.ac.il/Biomolecular_… #PhD #postdoc #circadian
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My latest study is out! How did Wikipedia fend off COVID-19 disinformation? Our biblometric study reveals a key aspect that helps explain why Wikipedia did so much better than Facebook and Twitter @JonathanSobel1 @rona_av @GigaScience @WikiResearch @CriResearch @Wikimedia
#CitationNeeded? #Wikipedia bibliometrics during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. New from @jonathansobel1 studying how wikpedians fended off #COVID19 disinformation during the start of the pandemic doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/…
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Our interview by @MotionPod on our #Wikipedia research related to #Covid_19 sources is out. We had a great time discussing #preprints and peer-reviewed papers and I hope you will enjoy the end result. x.com/MotionPod/status/14050… biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… @rona_av @omerbenj
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Thanks also to our inaugural guests Bart Vos, @omerbenj, @rona_av, and @JonathanSobel1!
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Had the great pleasure of going on this super exciting new podcast together with academic partners @JonathanSobel1 & @rona_av to discuss our latest research on Wikipedia and coronavirus! Follow them and check out episode 2 when its out!
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In Episode 2 we learn why referencing Wikipedia might not be such a bad idea! We speak to Omer Benjakob @omerbenj, Jonathan Sobel & Rona Aviram who have investigated COVID-19 Wikipedia pages and their reference sources. We discuss how Wikipedia maintains reliable info on a...
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30 Sep 2020
Proud to share this new paper by Gal Manella and myself
29 Sep 2020
New! “A Metaphor That Keeps on Ticking: The ‘Clock’ as a Driving Force in the History of Chronobiology Research” by Rona Aviram and Gal Manella → doi.org/10.3998/ptpbio.16039…
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