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Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

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Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

Postdoc

  • Department of Political Science - Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy
  • Department of Political Science
Type of address: Postal address.
Bartholins Allé 7
1331, 025
8000
Aarhus C
Denmark

Email: s.horbach@ps.au.dk

Mobile: +4587159783

Employment

Postdoc

Department of Political Science - Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy

Aarhus University

Aarhus C, Denmark

21 Jun 2023 → present

Postdoc

Department of Political Science

Aarhus University

Aarhus C, Denmark

21 Jun 2023 → present

Postdoc

Department of Political Science - Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy

Aarhus University

Aarhus C, Denmark

5 Jun 202021 Jun 2023

Postdoc

Department of Political Science

Aarhus University

Aarhus C, Denmark

5 Jun 202021 Jun 2023

Postdoc

Department of Political Science - Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy

Aarhus University

Aarhus C, Denmark

26 May 20205 Jun 2020

Postdoc

Department of Political Science

Aarhus University

Aarhus C, Denmark

26 May 20205 Jun 2020

Guest Researcher

Leiden University

Leiden, Netherlands

1 Nov 2017 → …

Research outputs

Can generative AI add anything to academic peer review?

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 26 Sept 2023, LSE Impact Blog.

This Peer Review Week, PLOS looks ahead to a future of cooperation and collaboration at all levels of scholarship and scholarly communications

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 26 Sept 2023, Public Library of Science (PLoS).

Listing quality: Chinese journal lists in incoherent valuation regimes

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 14 Sept 2023, In: Science and Public Policy.

Integrity and Open Science for Public Trust in Science? Not self-evident!

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 8 Jun 2023.

Using AI in peer review

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 25 May 2023, Research Professional.

Fighting reviewer fatigue or amplifying bias? Considerations and recommendations for use of ChatGPT and other large language models in scholarly peer review

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 18 May 2023, In: Research Integrity and Peer Review. 8, 4.

Disentangling the local context—imagined communities and researchers’ sense of belonging

Horbach, S. P. J. M., Sørensen, M. P., Allum, N. & Reid, A-K., 15 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science and Public Policy. 50, 4, p. 695-706 12 p., scad017.

Understanding the social and political dimensions of research (er) assessment: Interpretative flexibility and hidden criteria

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 18 Mar 2023, SocArXiv.

Data Management Plan - POIESIS project: Deliverable 5.2 for the Horizon Europe project POIESIS

Ravn, T. & Horbach, S. P. J. M., 28 Feb 2023, 22 p.

Fighting reviewer fatigue or amplifying bias? Considerations and recommendations for use of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models in scholarly peer review

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 20 Feb 2023.

Opinion: A Call for Open Funding Procedures

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 1 Feb 2023, In: The Scientist.

The next frontier in open science: transparency in funding processes

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 10 Jan 2023, Royal Society London.

Researchers on research integrity: a survey of European and American researchers

Allum, N., Reid, A., Bidoglia, M., Gaskell, G., Aubert-Bonn, N., Buljan, I., Fuglsang, S., Horbach, S., Kavouras, P., Marušić, A., Mejlgaard, N., Pizzolato, D., Roje, R., Tijdink, J. & Veltri, G., 2023, In: F1000Research. 12, p. 187 1 p., 187.

Through the Secret Gate: A Study of Member-Contributed Submissions in PNAS

Andersen, J. P., Horbach, S. P. J. M. & Ross-Hellauer, T., 2023, 27th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (STI 2023). Waltman, L., Hang Lai, K., Murat, B., Wang, J., Weimer, V., Noyons, E. & Luwel, M. (eds.). Leiden, 10 p.

1‘Conditional Acceptance’ (additional experiments required): A scoping review of recent evidence on key aspects of Open Peer Review

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 22 Dec 2022, MetaArXiv.

TIER2: enhancing Trust, Integrity and Efficiency in Research through next-level Reproducibility

Ross-Hellauer, T., Klebel, T., Bannach-Brown, A., Horbach, S. P. J. M., Jabeen, H., Manola, N., Metodiev, T., Papageorgiou, H., Reczko, M., Sansone, S-A., Schneider, J. W., Tijdink, J. & Vergoulis, T., Dec 2022, In: Research Ideas and Outcomes. 8, e98457 .

Sunlight not shadows: Double-anonymised peer review is not the answer to status bias

Horbach, S. P. J. M., Ross-Hellauer, T. & Waltman, L., 18 Nov 2022

Messing with Merton: The intersection between open science practices and Mertonian values

Horbach, S. P. J. M., Nov 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Accountability in Research. p. 1-28

Ungendered writing: Writing styles are unlikely to account for gender differences in funding rates in the natural and technical sciences

Horbach, S. P. J. M., Schneider, J. W. & Sainte-Marie, M., Nov 2022, In: Journal of Informetrics. 16, 4, 15 p., 101332.

Reflections on guest editing a Frontiers journal

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 31 Oct 2022, Leiden Madtrics.

Research Integrity and Quality Assurance Plan - POIESIS project: Deliverable 5.1 for the Horizon Europe project POIESIS

Horbach, S. P. J. M. & Ravn, T., 31 Oct 2022, 16 p.

Researchers on research integrity: a survey of European and American researchers

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 27 Oct 2022, MetaArXiv.

Research funders should be more transparent: a plea for open applications

Horbach, S. P. J. M., Tijdink, J. K. & Bouter, L., Oct 2022, In: Royal Society Open Science. 9, 10, 220750.

Automate with caution

Hepkema, W., Halffman, W., Oude Maatman, F. & Horbach, S. P. J. M., Sept 2022, In: Research Europe. 569, p. 11 1 p.

Designing and implementing a research integrity promotion plan: Recommendations for research funders

Horbach, S. P. J. M., Bouter, L. M., Gaskell, G., Hiney, M., Kavouras, P., Mejlgaard, N., Allum, N., Aubert Bonn, N., Bendtsen, A-K., Charitidis, C. A., Claesen, N., Dierickx, K., Domaradzka, A., Elizondo, A. R., Föger, N., Kaltenbrunner, W., Konach, T., Labib, K., Marušić, A., Pizzolato, D., & 6 othersRavn, T., Roje, R., Sørensen, M. P., Taraj, B., Veltri, G. A. & Tijdink, J. K., Aug 2022, In: PLoS Biology. 20, 8, p. e3001773 e3001773.

Partial lottery can make grant allocation more fair, more efficient, and more diverse

Horbach, S. P. J. M., Tijdink, J. & Bouter, L. M., Aug 2022, In: Science and Public Policy. 49, 4, p. 580–582 3 p.

Automated citation recommendation tools encourage questionable citations

Horbach, S. P. J. M., Oude Maatman, F., Halffman, W. & Hepkema, W., 25 Jul 2022, In: Research Evaluation. 31, 3, p. 321-325 5 p.

Misidentified biomedical resources: Journal guidelines are not a quick fix

Hepkema, W., Horbach, S. P. J. M., Hoek, J. & Halffman, W., Apr 2022, In: International Journal of Cancer. 150, 8, p. 1233-1243 11 p.

No time for that now! Qualitative changes in manuscript peer review during the Covid-19 pandemic

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 16 Nov 2021, In: Research Evaluation. 30, 3, p. 231-239 9 p., rvaa037.

Towards a Research Agenda for Promoting Responsible Research Practices

Tijdink, J. K., Horbach, S. P. J. M., Nuijten, M. B. & O’Neill, G., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 16, 4, p. 450-460 11 p.

Disentangling the Local Context

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 1 Sept 2021.

Stop blaming external factors: A historical-sociological argument

Schneider, J. W., Horbach, S. P. J. M. & Aagaard, K., Sept 2021, In: Social Science Information. 60, 3, p. 329-337

Pandemic publishing: Changes in journal peer review in times of the Covid-19 pandemic

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 20 May 2021.

Playing the good cop

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 11 Mar 2021, In: Research Europe. 536, p. 11 1 p.

How the pandemic changed editorial peer review – and why we should wonder whether that’s desirable

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 10 Feb 2021, LSE Impact Blog.

The Platform for Responsible Editorial Policies

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 30 Sept 2020.

The editorial process; How and why do commercial publishers innovate?

Horbach, S. P. J. M., Aug 2020.

Pandemic Publishing: Medical journals strongly speed up their publication process for Covid-19

Horbach, S. P. J. M., Jun 2020, In: Quantitative Science Studies. 1, 3, p. 1056–1067 12 p.

Innovating editorial practices: academic publishers at work

Horbach, S. P. J. M. & Halffman, W., 2020, In: Research Integrity and Peer Review. 5, 1, 15 p., 11.

To Spill, Filter and Clean: On problematic research articles, the peer review system, and organisational integrity procedures

Horbach, S. P. J. M., 2020, Ablasserdam: Ridderprint. 355 p.

Activities

Risks and Opportunities of Innovations in Editorial Procedures

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Lecturer)

7 Nov 2022

Peering into Peer Review: the state of openness

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Lecturer)

2 Nov 2022

What can we actually expect? Journals' role in maintaining research integrity

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Lecturer)

23 Sept 2022

Ungendered Writing: Language Patterns are unlikely to account for differences in funding rates between genders

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Lecturer)

2 Jun 2022

Rethinking the local context – how to successfully implement research integrity policies?

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Lecturer)

30 May 2022

EU-SPRI 2022 (Event)

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Member)

1 Jan 20223 Jun 2022

Assuring Scientific Quality in Times of Pandemic: Changes in Formal and Informal Review Practices

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Lecturer)

8 Oct 2021

Humanities and social sciences communications (Journal)

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Editor)

1 Oct 2021 → …

Disentangling the Local Context

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Lecturer)

1 Sept 2021

Responsible Peer Review: expectations, formal and informal practices

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Lecturer)

27 Aug 2021

Wetenschap, feiten en fictie

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Lecturer)

11 Feb 2021

Journal peer review: fostering integrity or triggering evil?

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Lecturer)

3 Dec 2020

Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics (External organisation)

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Member)

1 Oct 20201 Feb 2022

Researcher.Life (External organisation)

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Member)

1 Feb 2020 → …

Eurodoc (External organisation)

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach (Member)

1 Apr 2018 → …

Press/Media

Artificial Intelligence - Meet your new colleague

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

06/07/2023

1 item of Media coverage

Automatisch citeren? Begin er niet aan

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

16/06/2022

1 Media contribution

Citatie-applicaties bedreigen de wetenschappelijke praktijk

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

13/06/2022

1 item of Media coverage

Dansk tidsskriftsredaktør: Forhastet COVID-19 forskning kan føre til resultatsjusk

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

11/11/2020

1 Media contribution

Fraude bij wetenschappers niet uniek: 'Het systeem is nooit ontworpen om fraude te ontdekken'

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

27/01/2022

1 Media contribution

How COVID-19 could make science kinder

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

24/02/2021

1 Media contribution

Imposters hijack journal’s peer review process to publish substandard papers

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

18/01/2021

1 Media contribution

‘Maak onderzoeksvoorstellen en identiteit van reviewers altijd openbaar’

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

12/10/2022

1 item of Media coverage

No revolution: COVID-19 boosted open access, but preprints are only a fraction of pandemic papers

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

08/09/2021

1 Media contribution

Onderzoek met foute cellen nog altijd gepubliceerd, ondanks verbeteringen bij tijdschriften

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

13/12/2021

1 item of Media coverage

- Plötzlich gibt es neues Wissen im minutentakt

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

20/02/2021

1 Media contribution

Stop the peer-review treadmill. I want to get off

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

13/02/2023

1 item of Media coverage

Travlhed sætter vitalt peer review-system under pres

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

16/06/2022

1 Media contribution

Use with caution! How automated citation recommendation tools may distort science

Serge Pascal Johannes M Horbach

16/08/2022

1 Media contribution

Projects

ETHOS: ETHOS – Exploring Research Integrity Policies and Practices in “the Houses of Science”

Degn, L., Horbach, S. P. J. M., Lambert, M., Ulpts, S. A. & Fishberg, R.

Carlsberg Foundation

01/09/202231/08/2025

Journal Observatory Project

Horbach, S. P. J. M.

01/03/202231/03/2023

POIESIS

Horbach, S. P. J. M., Ravn, T. & Mejlgaard, N.

01/09/202231/08/2025

PRINT: Practices, Perceptions, and Patterns of Research Integrity

Schneider, J. W., Mejlgaard, N., Aagaard, K., Sørensen, M. P., Ravn, T., Andersen, J. P., Lyngs, A. & Horbach, S. P. J. M.

Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet

01/04/201731/03/2019

SOPs4RI: Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity

Mejlgaard, N., Sørensen, M. P., Ravn, T., Andersen, J. P., Aagaard, K., Schneider, J. W. & Horbach, S. P. J. M.

01/01/201931/12/2022

TIER2: TIER2: Enhancing Trust, Integrity and Efficiency in Research through next-level Reproducibility

Horbach, S. P. J. M.

01/01/202331/12/2025