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Strengthening research integrity through bibliometric skills
No full textWorkshop delivered at the LIS Biblliometrics conference 2025.In today’s dynamic scholarly landscape, unethical publishing practices, ranging from predatory journals and citation misconduct to fake peer review and gifted authorship pose serious threats to research integrity. The rise of generative AI adds further complexity, enabling the creation of easy fabricated content and phantom citations that are difficult to detect without critical bibliometric scrutiny.Bibliometric practitioners are uniquely positioned to identify red flags in scholarly publishing through the analysis of publication and citation patterns, journal publication behaviour, and authorship trends. Yet their potential role in promoting research integrity is still underrecognised.This interactive workshop aims to bridge that gap. Empowering participants to explore real case studies and engage in hands-on activities to uncover signs of manipulated scholarship, such as citation and publication malpractice. They will learn to apply the REAPPRAISED checklist a practical tool for assessing the trustworthiness of articles and gain insights into the emerging field of forensic scientometrics.The session will also address how AI tools can both facilitate and detect unethical practices, emphasising the dual role of technology in this evolving landscape.By the end of the workshop, attendees will be equipped to evaluate research outputs more critically, collaborate effectively with integrity and assessment teams, and contribute to a culture of transparency and accountability in scholarly communication.<br/
Expanding Perspectives to Improve Access to Visual Archives through Multimodal Image Enrichment
Get PDFThe research tackles key challenges for improving the discovery of large-scale visual collections within the Cultural Heritage (CH) domain, particularly in museums and archives. Its contribution is a multimodal content understanding approach designed for image collections that lack relevant metadata, hindering effective discovery. The proposed method utilises AI-assisted image classification and unified vision-language understanding, combining visual features with semantic context to generate rich and meaningful metadata. The proposed approach enables experts to enrich and visualise large-scale datasets of image collections by assigning both expert and non-expert labels, aligning with FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). Thus, the novel workflow broadens access to this visual material for diverse audiences through search and browse interfaces in a web browser. The proposed approach is demonstrated using the previously unclassified Design Archives’ glass plate negatives dataset, which consists of approximately 10,000 digitised images depicting 20th-century historical designs. Through an AI workflow, the dataset is enriched with expert and non-expert information. Users can search and browse results using 2D and 3D visualisations, as well as text-based search. The research also explores the advantages and current limitations of the proposed visualisation approach in creating more meaningful search and browsing functionalities for large-scale CH collections. The results demonstrate that while 3D visualisations offer more affordances than their 2D counterpart, users require further support to interact with the large-scale datasets meaningfully. Hence, there is a need for discovery interfaces that support interactivity, visual cues, and text-based search to enhance the users’ discovery journey
Identity resilience, attachment style and life satisfaction in heterosexual and gay men:The mediating effect of body image concerns
Get PDFThere is limited insight into the social psychological underpinnings of life satisfaction in heterosexual and gay men. This study examines the roles of sexual orientation, identity resilience, attachment style and body image concerns. Cross-sectional correlational survey data from 427 men in the United Kingdom and Germany, analysed using structural equation modelling, showed that the trait variables of identity resilience and anxious attachment style had direct effects on life satisfaction and indirect effects through the mediation of body image concerns. Sexual orientation had only an indirect effect on life satisfaction through the mediation of body image concerns. Higher identity resilience may operate as a protective factor against, and anxious attachment style as a risk factor for, body image concerns which in turn are associated with life satisfaction. Gay men may be at higher risk of decreased life satisfaction through their higher likelihood of experiencing body image concerns. Psychotherapeutic interventions that support the development of identity resilience while addressing insecure attachment may prevent body image concerns, thereby enhancing life satisfaction
Promoting sustainability within intensive care nursing:Ten tips for environmental responsibility
No full textPan Works 1
No full textA collaboration with artist and filmmaker Sam Kaufman, exploring uncanny synchronicities, goatiness, and the Great God Pan. An assemblage of poetry, film, and found object, this is the first installation in an ongoing project
A Surgical Menopause
No full textIn 2020 I was diagnosed with a large benign uterine-tumour, or fibroid. This had a huge and surprising impact on my view of myself as a woman and mother. I was scheduled for a full hysterectomy, which was then postponed due to first Covid-19 lockdown, so by the time my womb was removed I looked 6-months ‘pregnant’ and as such my relationship with the carrier of my babies, became a negative one. Along with the constant pain, I worried if I would I still feel like a woman, would I age, what would the menopause feel like, and would my mothering instincts change without oestrogen coursing through my body?In the months leading up to my operation I suffered an anticipated loss of maternity, coupled with fear for my own feminineity and impending early menopause. As an artist and practice-based academic researcher, I sought solace and knowledge through the process of making and privately performing my concerns through drawings and words, which I transformed into a series of three quilts. Throughout my subsequent recovery I also continued to draw and write, going on to stitch numerous reflections, including a ‘womb diary’ that documented the hidden history of my now destroyed womb. This process brought closure to my loss and has enabled me to move forward as a ‘woman without a womb’, whom I now realise, is no less a mother than I was before.Images:1. I will not allow this to define me. V. Marr. 2020. Patchwork quilt2. I do not feel ready for this. V. Marr. 2020. Patchwork quilt3. Will I still feeling like a woman? V. Marr. 2020. Patchwork quilt4. Womb Diary. V. Marr. 2020. Embroidery on vintage dressing table cloth. (Plus alternative views – 5 and 6
Hate Crime Perpetrators: New Perspectives from Theory, Research and Practice , Volume II:Developing Responses to Hate in Online and Offline Locations
No full textThis two-volume edited collection showcases the work of leading scholars researching hate crime perpetration. It explores current research into hate crime perpetration, develops theoretical perspectives, and provides scholarly analysis of legal frameworks, policy responses and criminal justice practice. It seeks to understand how hate and intolerance manifest and are perpetrated. This Volume (II) focuses on developing responses to hate in online and offline settings while Volume I assesses offender profiles and motivation. Together they highlight links between different forms and arenas of hate crime offending and provides new perspectives on the nature of contemporary hate and intolerance, how it can be understood, and how it might be effectively tackled. This two-volume collection contends that ‘difference’ in all its forms can be targeted by vitriol and abuse across and beyond the recognised ‘five strands’ of hate crime law and policy in England and Wales (racist, religiously motivated, homophobic, transphobic and disablist) alongside broader behaviours that underpin intolerance (such as scapegoating, stereotyping and microaggressions). These volumes bring together a range of perspectives to provide the readers – be they students, academics, policy makers, practitioners or the general public – with a comprehensive understanding of this topic
Physical activity for improving cardiovascular fitness,respiratory function and health related quality of life inchildren presenting with cerebral palsy GMFCS levels IV and V: a systematic review
No full textReview objectivesDoes participation in physical activity improve the cardiovascular fitness, respiratoryfunction and health related quality of life of children presenting with cerebral palsyGMFCS levels IV and V
“The invisibility of sexual, and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Northern Irish conflict (between 1968 and 1998) and the implications of shedding light on this phenomenon on social policy and policy processes.”
No full textThis study explores the invisibility of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) during the Northern Irish conflict (1968–1998) and its implications for social policy and policymaking. Using qualitative methodologies, including oral histories, semi-structured interviews, and "walking and talking" interviews, the research examines both public (state-perpetrated) and private (domestic) forms of SGBV, alongside their intersection with religious, cultural, and political dimensions. Participants include SGBV survivors, women’s organisation representatives, political figures, activists, and journalists.The study highlights how SGBV during the conflict has been marginalised due to political sensitivities, challenges in evidencing violence, and a broader focus on militarised conflict rather than gendered harms. It underscores how "gender blindness" in recognition and response perpetuates the invisibility of these experiences in law, policy, and academic discourse. Additionally, the research investigates underexplored areas such as British State forces’ use of strip searches as public SGBV.The findings aim to provide critical insights into the structural factors and systemic failures surrounding SGBV, contributing to contemporary policy developments like Northern Ireland’s Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy. The study challenges dominant narratives by evidencing SGBV in contexts traditionally excluded from global conflict-related discourse, offering transformative potential for addressing gendered violence in transitional justice and post-conflict policy frameworks
Prenatal poly(I:C) exposure, rather than altered maternal care, causes offspring behavioural and cognitive deficits in a rat model of neurodevelopmental disorders
Get PDFCognitive deficits are core features of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD), arising from interacting genetic and environmental (GxE) factors. Maternal immune activation (MIA) is an established environmental risk factor, differentially affecting offspring cognition depending on exposure timing and severity. Maternal pro-inflammatory cytokines (e.g. tumor necrosis factor-alpha, TNFα) and altered maternal-offspring interactions are both implicated in MIA-induced NDD pathogenesis, but their relative impact on offspring cognition remains unclear. Understanding these mechanisms is crucial for developing targeted therapies for NDD-related cognitive deficits. We used a split-litter cross-fostering design in a validated rat MIA model to examine prenatal and postnatal maternal influences on NDD-related cognitive traits. MIA was induced in pregnant Wistar dams (N = 22; gestational day 15) followed by cross-fostering (postnatal day (PD)1). Maternal behaviours, offspring ultrasonic vocalisations (USV), and cognition were assessed in both sexes. Phenotypic clustering of USV and cognitive traits was performed, and high-throughput Western blot quantified glutamic acid decarboxylase-67 (GAD67) and parvalbumin (PVALB) expression in the adult prefrontal cortex (PFC). Prenatal MIA, but not postnatal rearing, increased offspring USVs, maternal care behaviours, and impaired adult cognitive flexibility without affecting sociability. Offspring clustered into three groups based on PD10 USVs, with high USVs associated with reduced PD100 sociability. MIA did not alter PFC GAD67/PVALB expression. The prenatal maternal response to MIA drives developmental and cognitive deficits. Offspring USVs influenced maternal care behaviours, but postnatal rearing did not affect cognitive development. USV trait clustering predicted adult social deficits, highlighting its potential for identifying at-risk and resilient offspring in NDDs. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.