Kirsten the (ex) Librarian @librarykirsten.bsky.social Formerly Research Intelligence Librarian and NHS librarian. Co-founder of Fair Library Jobs. UCU member. Equity, pedantry, cats. She/her.
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Paula Kennedy @paulakennedy.bsky.social Head of Publishing @uolpress.bsky.social. Interested in all things books, humanities and open access (amongst other things…). Chair of @oipassoc.bsky.social. T1D.
Platform for Large-scale Analysis of Networks @planet-nl.bsky.social PLANET-NL is an academic community of expertise centered around large-scale network data analysis | Based at Amsterdam & Leiden University | Hosted @iasamsterdam.bsky.social
https://www.planetnl.org/
Sunbelt 2025 - Paris @sunbelt2025paris.bsky.social Sunbelt 2025 June 23-29. “Social Networks, Mechanisms, and Algorithms”.
Lyrasis @wearelyrasis.bsky.social Lyrasis is a leader in open technologies, hosting, data-migration, content licensing, and community supported software programs for libraries, archives, museums and research organizations worldwide.
https://hootbio.com/lyrasis
Martina Dvořáková @martidvorako.bsky.social Editor @ Masaryk University Press, secretary to the @aeup-eu.bsky.social board, #DiamondOA advocate, passionate #coffeelover.
Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social Retired, Local Historian, Snapper, Newcastle City Guide. Author of Newcastle in 50 Buildings, River Tyne, 50 Gems of Northumberland by Amberley Publishing.
Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social Portfolio growth/ #openscience @AIP Publishing; PhD dropout; co-author of DefendResearch.org declaration 👊#censorship;#openscience advocate #PostsAreMyOwn #DefendResearch
Basta YA!
ORCiD: 0000-0003-1803-6186
Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social Home of the higher education debate
www.wonkhe.com
Editor in Chief @markleach.bsky.social
Ton Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social Vader, ondernemer, techniek. Zoekt dingen uit. Recordhouder langste draadjes op Twitter. Heeft narcistjes & sociopaten rap door
Politiek, rechtvaardigheid, natuur, auto's, F1, astronomie, fysica, eten & drinken, MTB & fietsen. En nog honderden interesses
Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social Metascientist @ uidaho. Behavioral sciences, stats, modeling, phil of science. Cat slave, cook, sailor (see: https://bsky.app/profile/kumrusails.bsky.social), photographer, clarinet student, adventurer, nature lover. Allergic to unsolicited advice.
Open Research, University of Sheffield @openresshef.bsky.social Providing information and advice about making your research open at the University of Sheffield.
We are unable to receive DMs. Contact us via links below:
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Stephen Pinfield @stephenpinfield.bsky.social Professor of Information Services Management at the University of Sheffield, UK, interested in open access, open science, research policy, library and information services.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4696-764X
Kathleen Gregory @kathleen-gregory.bsky.social Researcher at CWTS, Leiden University. Librarian at heart. Scholarly communication | open science | (research) data practices | research assessment
F1000Publishing @f1000.com We foster a culture of innovation to accelerate the reach of knowledge and put it in the hands of those who will shape the future.
Part of Taylor & Francis Group.
Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social A free recommendation process of scientific preprints based on peer reviews: https://peercommunityin.org
A multi-disciplinary diamond open-access journal: https://peercommunityjournal.org @peercomjournal.bsky.social
André Brasil @andre-brasil.bsky.social Researcher at CWTS Leiden | UNESCO Co-Chair on Diversity and Inclusion in Global Science | Research Fellow at RoRI | Research Evaluation, Scientometrics, Open Science, Science Policy.
CWTS | Leiden University @cwts.nl Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) @unileiden.bsky.social
Engagement & Inclusion | Evaluation & Culture | Information & Openness
🌐 cwts.nl
📌 Leiden, the Netherlands
Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social Scientific Director Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University; Open Science Ambassador Leiden University; Co-chair Research on Research Institute (RoRI); President ASAPbio; Editor-in-Chief MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review)
KALEIDOS Project @kaleidosproject.bsky.social EU-funded project based on Knowledge Valorisation.
Fostering new collaborations and #innovations in #research #management for the future.
Open Research Funders Group @orfg.bsky.social The Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) is a partnership of funding organizations committed to the open sharing of research outputs and other forms of scholarship.
Hanne Oberman @oberman.bsky.social PhD candidate in Utrecht @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social | they/them | rstats | missing data | dataviz | open science @opensciutrecht.bsky.social | @rainbowr.org 🌈 | hanneoberman.github.io
Vanessa Fairhurst @vanessafairhurst.bsky.social Head of Community at PREreview.org.
Working to make the scholarly research eco-system more equitable.
Previously involved in building community at Crossref and INASP.
the modern peer @themodernpeer.com the modern peer is a scientist-led blog dedicated to making academia and scientific publishing more transparent and accessible.
Subscribe here: https://www.themodernpeer.com
And reach out if you would like to contribute with a guest post!
Jennifer Bayjoo @epicbayj.bsky.social Librarian, crafter, assassin, and Coronation Street aficionado ✌🏽
she/her
Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social Open Book Collective, #ebookSOS, WikimediaUK, NLISN. Easily swayed by rainbows, cupcakes, cats, Cheetos, unicorns, and all things sparkly and fabulous.
Masud Khokhar @masudk.com Higher Education, Libraries, IT, Leadership, Digital, and Inclusion. Chief Digital and Information Officer at @universityofleeds.bsky.social. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masudkhokhar/ All views are mine. Love Cats & Coffee!
Claire Knowles @cgknowles.bsky.social Acting Director of Library Services, University of Leeds | RLUK Digital Shift | IIIF Executive Committee | Open Research | Research Culture | Digital Creativity | Knowledge Equity | Coffee and Cake | Personal views | ORCID 0000-0002-6969-7382
Josh Sendall @jsendall.bsky.social Acting University Librarian & Keeper of the Brotherton Collection @UoLLibrary @LULGalleries & Trustee @UKSG #OpenScience #MadeByDyslexia - personal views
William J Nixon @williamjnixon.bsky.social Deputy Executive Director of Research Libraries UK & Ireland (RLUK). Convening, Representing, Supporting, Advocating & Collaborating. Own Views.
Open Science Fair @osfair.bsky.social Join us for the 5th Open Science Fair conference, an international event for all topics related to #OpenScience
Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social writer (Rebel Code, Digital Code of Life, Walled Culture - free ebook download - https://walledculture.org/the-book/), journalist, blogger. On #DigitalRights, #privacy, #surveillance, #openness, #copyright, and #patents. email: glyn.moody@gmail.com
Walled Culture @walledculture.org Walled culture describes a journey behind the copyright bricks, to discover how culture is being caught behind a variety of walls.
Nature @nature.com Research, news, and commentary from Nature, the international science journal. For daily science news, get Nature Briefing: https://go.nature.com/get-Nature-Briefing
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
Niels Stern @nielsstern.bsky.social Managing Director of OAPEN Foundation - @oapenbooks.bsky.social - providing open infrastructure services for scholarly books. Not-for-profit. Not-for-sale. POSI adopter. Co-director of DOAB @doabooks.bsky.social
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social The librarian formerly known (on twitter) as @Phdgeek. Into nerdy stuff, open research, EDI campaigning, powerlifting and climbing. 🏳️🌈
DORA @dorassessment.bsky.social San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment. Advancing practical and robust approaches to research and researcher assessment globally and across all scholarly disciplines. Sign the Declaration at https://sfdora.org/sign and join the movement.
ALMASI project @almasiproject.bsky.social The ALMASI project is funded by Horizon Europe to provide the research community with an aligned, nonprofit, high-quality, and sustainable scholarly communication ecosystem across three world regions: Africa, Europe, and Latin America.
European Diamond Capacity Hub @eudch.bsky.social A collective that provides services for Diamond OA Publishers, Service Providers, Tools and Technology Providers.
🔗 https://edch.eu/
Association of European University Presses @aeup-eu.bsky.social The Association of European University Presses aims to enhance the visibility of member presses, facilitate communication between them, share knowledge about and support for scholarly publishing.
Mercian Collaboration @merciancollab.bsky.social The Mercian Collaboration is a professional network of Higher Education libraries in the UK's East & West Midlands.
https://merciancollaboration.org.uk/
Our #Mercian25 Conference will be held in the TechnoCentre in Coventry on 10th September 2025.
SCURL @scurlscottish.bsky.social Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries
WHELF @whelfed.bsky.social https://whelf.ac.uk/
Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum – promotes collaboration, encourages exchange of ideas, provides forum for mutual support & facilitates new initiatives.
Academic Libraries North (ALN) @academiclibsnorth.bsky.social A consortium of HE libraries in the North of England. https://www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/
Paul Naish @paulnaish.bsky.social Executive Publisher at T&F. ❤️ 🐕 🍩 🍨 ☀️ #scicomm #physicalsciences #mathematics #statistics #datascience #history #science #STS
Graham Stone @graham-stone.bsky.social Head of International Projects @oapenbooks.bsky.social | European | Hill wanderer | Geocacher | Beer & wine drinker | Vegetarian Librarian | All views my own
Ilkay Holt @ilkayholt.bsky.social I am into #openaccess, #openresearch, #openGLAM. Currently #ScholComm Lead at the British Library and involved in several community works such as Open Repositories, Creative Commons's Open Culture Platform, CHOSN, ORCC, LIBER OAWG 🐾
Ronald Snijder @ronaldsnijder.bsky.social Should be reading books, instead of Blueskying... And yes, these are weird glasses.
Invest in Open Infrastructure @investinopen.bsky.social We work to increase investment in + adoption of open infrastructure to further equitable participation in research. Mastodon: investinopen@indieweb.social
@thinkchecksub.bsky.social @thinkchecksub.bsky.social 
Thoth Open Metadata @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social 👋🏽 Thoth is an open metadata management and dissemination platform for #OAbooks. Developed under the remit of @copim.bsky.social, we're now a non-profit CIC registered in the UK.
🐘: https://hcommons.social/@Thoth_metadata
🕸: https://thoth.pub
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social Sharing our collections, celebrating our community and letting you know about our free events! Home to @lsepress.bsky.social and proudly #PartOfLSE.
lse.ac.uk/library
Mijke Jetten 🌱 @jettenmijke.bsky.social Work: FAIR data stewardship🎡 & community building🤹♂️ at Health-RI & ELIXIR-Netherlands
Personal: vegan🌱, climbing🧗♀️, streetart🎨, cat lover 🐈⬛, electric guitar🎸& metal head🤘
🦄 Unicorns do magic & Look at these incredible VW T3s 🚐 that used to be ours 💛♥️
Jonathan England @englandjonathan.bsky.social Open Science Learning & Development specialist | former behavioural ecologist | Gamification | Social Justice | Neurodivergent | Boardgamer | Tea drinker | 🏳️🌈 they/them
Sofie Wennström @sofiewennstrom.bsky.social Analyst at Stockholm University Library. Specialist in academic publishing of open access books and journals. Currently leading a Nordic project about Diamond OA. Chair of OASPA. Co-chair of the LIBER Open Access Working Group.
OpenAIRE @openaire.bsky.social Supporting #openscience in Europe
DARIAH-EU @dariaheu.bsky.social The Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities - Creating, connecting and sharing knowledge about culture and society. 
European Citizen Science Association @ecsa.ngo Official ECSA account. Follow us for the latest news and updates as we support and share #CitizenScience in Europe and beyond.
ECSA social media code of conduct: https://bit.ly/45FBQBz
SciELO @scielo.org Scientific Electronic Library Online is an open science research communication infrastructure program.
🔗 https://scielo.org
This account is managed by SciELO Brazil.
Rob Johnson @rschrobuk.bsky.social Managing Director at Research Consulting. I help universities, funders, publishers and not-for-profits manage, disseminate and deliver impact from research.
Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca PKP, a Core Facility of SFU, is a community-governed organization dedicated to increasing the quality, access, and reach of non-commercial #ScholarlyPublishing — the trusted and original home of #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS), OMP, and OPS: https://pkp.sfu.ca
DANS @dans-knaw-nwo.bsky.social Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data. We help researchers make their data available for reuse. This allows researchers to use the data for new research and makes published research verifiable and reproducible. 
Aysa Ekanger @aysaekanger.bsky.social Open access advisor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, organiser of the Munin conference, coordinator of Septentrio Academic Publishing, co-editor of Nordic Perspectives on Open Science
Martine Pronk @martinepronk.bsky.social Executive Director LIBER Europe
ScienceOpen @scienceopen.bsky.social Make science open! ScienceOpen is a free professional networking platform specialising in research discovery and impact.
📍 Based in Berlin and Boston.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ScienceOpen
Image credit: Jonas King. Nikon Small World competition
Research Data Alliance (RDA) @researchdataall.bsky.social The Research Data Alliance builds the social and technical bridges that enable the global, open sharing and re-use of data.
Become a member today: https://www.rd-alliance.org/
SPARC Europe @sparc-eu.bsky.social SPARC Europe advocates change in scholarly communications for the benefit of research and society.
https://sparceurope.org/
European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu EUA is a community of over 900 members and affiliates. It represents universities and national rectors’ conferences in 48 European countries, as well as affiliated organisations and networks based both in and beyond Europe. https://www.eua.eu/
Joanna Ball @joannaball.bsky.social Managing Director @DOAJ | Open access, open infrastructure | Librarian | DK/UK | My views
4TU.ResearchData @4turesearchdata.bsky.social Publish, find & manage research data. Secure repository services for science, engineering & design fields. Dutch technical university initiative | Open to all! data.4tu.nl
SCOSS @scossfunding.bsky.social A global initiative established to help ensure the long-term sustainability of the world’s Open Science infrastructure.
OPERAS Research Infrastructure @operaseu.bsky.social Distributed Research Infrastructure for open scholarly communication in the European Research Area for Social Sciences and Humanities.
Visit OPERAS website: https://operas-eu.org
ScholCommTom @scholtom.bsky.social Copim 'Open Book Futures' Project. Helping presses flip to OA monographs through 'Opening the Future' 🔗openingthefuture.net
Academic publishing, scholarly comms, HE, open access.
@copim.bsky.social @openingthefuture.bsky.social
Research Data Alliance Europe @rdaeurope.bsky.social The European plug-in to the Research Data Alliance: building the social and technical bridges that enable global open sharing of data. 
ATRIUM Research @atrium-eu.bsky.social ATRIUM — Advancing Frontier Research in the Arts and Humanities — is a European Commission-funded project bridging four leading research infrastructures: DARIAH, ARIADNE, OPERAS and CLARIN 🏺
https://atrium-research.eu/
Bianca Kramer @msphelps.bsky.social website: https://sesameopenscience.org
Mastodon: https://akademienl.social/@MsPhelps
Open science, open metadata, open infrastructure.
Executive Director of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @barcelonadori.bsky.social
Research Information @researchinfo.bsky.social Scholarly Communications publication – the essential link for librarians, researchers and publishers. Editor: Tim Gillett. Commercial director: Jon Hunt
www.researchinformation.info
SUBSCRIBE to our Newsline: https://www.researchinformation.info/subscribe
Peter Barr @tweeterbarr.bsky.social Associate Director - Collections and Digital Transformation, Library & Cultural Services, Manchester Metropolitan University. These views, though, are my own
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe @lisalibrarian.bsky.social 
Ashley Farley @openaccessmaven.bsky.social Open Access Advocate & Librarian - Senior Officer of Knowledge & Research Services at the Gates Foundation- Opinions & endorsements are my own
Internet Policy Review @policyr.bsky.social Journal for internet studies. Interdisciplinary & open access. Published by @hiigberlin.bsky.social & @cais-research.bsky.social in cooperation with @create-glasgow.bsky.social @cis-cnrs.bsky.social IN3 @uocuniversitat.bsky.social & Skytte Institute UT
Athina Papadopoulou @athinacp.bsky.social Communications and Outreach Officer at @eudch.bsky.social @operaseu.bsky.social | Supporting and facilitating communities and #OpenScience | Views are my own
Giannis Tsakonas @gtsakonas.bsky.social Library Director at University of Patras, Greece / Vice President of LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries / personal views
Anna Hughes @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social Development and engagement manager @jisc.bsky.social
Outreach & Engagement committee @uksg.bsky.social
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7210-3199
David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social Executive Director of Research Libraries UK, supporting research libraries in the UK and Ireland. Chair of the Board for the Directory of Open Access Journals. He/him
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd Assoc. Project Director @ Knowledge Commons, MSU | Lit and Publishing Research Prof @ Uni of London, Birkbeck | Music on tici taci records | My books: https://books.eve.gd
Kevin Sanders @kjsanders.eurosky.social PhD candidate on the politics of open research and publishing environments at [redacted]. OBC Board of Stewards. Copim. Synths. Tapes. Perennial pain. Skullduggery. Ⓐ 🍉 ORCID: 0000-0003-1217-0149. https://hairdryerexcommunication.bandcamp.com/ (he/him).
Jeroen Bosman @jeroenbosman.bsky.social scholarly communication specialist at Utrecht University library
Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social Open research, metaresearch, academic culture, US politics, democracy.
I post to Mastodon more than Bluesky. But see my bridge account for B versions of the M posts.
https://bsky.app/profile/petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
Ross Mounce @rmounce.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Open knowledge enthusiast. Creates and maintains. Director of Open Access Programmes at Arcadia Fund.
Recognises that access to knowledge is a human right […]
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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy Crowdsourced alerts & news feeds about #openaccess to research. See http://bit.ly/o-a-t-p for info on how it works & how to help. Founded & managed by @petersuber […]
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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org The Open Library of Humanities. Building a sustainable, diamond open access future for the humanities. Part of Birkbeck, University of London & makers of Janeway
Open Book Publishers @openbookpublish.bsky.social Leading Open Access publisher of high-quality academic books. Non-profit, scholar-led. Part of @copim.bsky.social and @openbookcollective.bsky.social. Find us here: https://lnk.bio/openbookpublishers
Margaux Larre-Perez @larreperez.bsky.social Open Science, Datactivist. Ph.D. in cognitive psych, budding meta-scientist. Everything open, 90s, video games and pop culture :)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2826-9656
Professor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social Professor of Contemporary Literature & Culture at Birkbeck, University of London. Executive Director of @openlibhums.org & @ojcollective.bsky.social. Utopia, mushrooms, trees, sci-fi, weird stuff, open access, higher ed.