ResearchEquals

Thanks for the love @oberman@mastodon.social 💜

With the chance of creative ideas, do keep sending your wildest feature requests! support@researchequals.com

Efforts to federate research infrastructures should not reinvent the wheel. ResearchEquals seeks to federate with the Fediverse instead.

> By using ActivityPub to federate research publishing, the act of publishing becomes the act of distribution.

https://doi.org/10.53962/xjps-ne16

What some academics think #OpenScience is doing

Release 2.5.0 out now!

🚀 Features
(admin) Add batch update endpoints for DOI metadata
🐛 Bug Fixes
(outputs) Add credentials to /api/versions/{id} requests
(outputs, collections) Improve styling of draft outputs and collections — with thanks to @danny
(collections) Add clearer success message upon submission — with thanks to @danny and @christian
💼 Other
(components) Refine placeholder text for search bars
(components

Check it out on https://researchequals.com

The US Supreme Court is making it even more urgent for institutions to migrate away from US owned infrastructure.

We're not affected as we manage ResearchEquals on European owned + located servers 🇪🇺
Need help migrating? Maybe we can help – DM us!

https://euobserver.com/224950/eu-under-pressure-to-withdraw-from-us-data-transfer-deal/?cst=b741a7ed1beadc46c6d1fe199c5f7502750e2d4d4da9dc0092084ac0fdbb7c49

@smirandafield@akademienl.social about evolving outputs based on new insights across the research process, using versioned publishing on ResearchEquals

#FOR2026

Release 2.1.1 out now!

🚀 Features
(core) Add testimonials to / — with thanks to @oberman@mastodon.social , @i_vinodh@fosstodon.org , @nsunami@akademienl.social @rupdecat@fediscience.org
(outputs, collections) Add copy button for Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) — with thanks to @nsunami@akademienl.social
(outputs) Add initial rendering of markdown files — with thanks to @annaveer@mastodon.social
(core) Add 404 page
(outputs) Improve visibility of PIDs in header — with thanks to @annaveer@mastodon.social @nsunami@akademienl.social

and more. Check it out on https://researchequals.com

We are actively working to make ResearchEquals safe by design. To prevent bots and bad actors, we now require manual approval for new accounts and we can quarantine accounts upon suspicious activity.

This is about actively caring for the space we seek to create, not gatekeeping. All genuine research practice remains welcome.

> Users can secure grants to conduct research built entirely on these holdings, while the infrastructure itself receives comparatively little, and in some cases nothing at all.

So true – tho there are shining lights who proactively reach out and WANT to help finance

https://issues.org/open-data-research-%20infrastructure-gibson-thaney/

ResearchEquals won the 2025 Leo Waaijers Award for a bold, innovative project pushing the boundaries of Open Research.

Now the 2026 nominations are open 👇

https://ino.to/BmUoLcr

Release 2.1.0 out now!

🚀 Features
(people) Add search functionality
(outputs) Add search functionality
(organizations) Add search functionality
(collections) Add search functionality
🐛 Bug Fixes
(auth) Resolve infinite loop upon invalid refresh
(outputs) Improve styling upon publication
💼 Other
(global) Remove whitespace between pagination and footer

Check it out on https://researchequals.com

Release 2.4.0 out now!

Note: 2.3.0 was released without release notes. These are included here for continuity sake. Apologies!
🚀 Features
2.3.0 (safety) Add manual approval process for accounts (#91)
(admin) Add content replace to remedy faulty displayed publications
🐛 Bug Fixes
(outputs) Ensure metadata is rendered based on wikidata objects
💼 Other
(footer) Add icons to social links"
(core) Add support banner to /
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Check it out on https://researchequals.com

Research comes in many shapes and sizes. Based on incoming requests there are three new output types supported on ResearchEquals

- Zine 📑
- Infographic ℹ️
- Wiki 🤝

Happy sharing!

Fake references are spreading in the literature. AI models are an important cause.

Our antidote? 🧪 Automated references, generated based on the links in the text. No more manual reference formatting + immediate source retrieval.

Try it out 👇
https://researchequals.com

ResearchEquals is not affected by the new tanstack breach

Please check your own projects too – these security events are happening more frequently now and we need to keep each other informed.

> TanStack npm Packages Compromised in Ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud Supply-Chain Attack https://ino.to/QECN1xY

Did you know ResearchEquals has a DOI too?

Cite our experimental publishing platform as:
> ResearchEquals. (2026). Liberate Science GmbH. https://doi.org/10.53962/0001

Researchers are targeted under a US policy that allows visa denials and revocations based on their work. This is a direct attack on #AcademicFreedom

Coalition for Independent Technology Research filed a lawsuit challenging this policy – and asking the court to stop the government from targeting the public-interest research community so that scientists, students, and non-profit workers can continue their work without fear of retaliation.

Read about the case 👇
https://independenttechresearch.org/citr-challenges-censorship-policy/

Research is under siege — from censorship, pressure, and disinformation. AI makes it worse.

Trusting outcomes isn’t enough. We need to see how they are made. That's why ResearchEquals exists

https://researchequals.com

We are up cuz we dont use #Cloudflare thanks

We are about to go offline for temporary maintenance. Coming back with an upgrade at 7AM UTC at the latest 😊

What are we doing?
- Full migration to new backend
- Upgrading all our services to new codebase
- Doing quality assurance

Looking forward to showing you our new and improved service!

If you've gotten value from ResearchEquals, would you mind leaving us an honest review?

It is super helpful in us moving forward with y'all 💜

https://senja.io/p/researchequals/r/4KeGtB

We spent the week hardening our security by encrypting secrets in a forward reliable manner. Easy to manage and keep information secure.

This kind of maintenance you'll only know about when it does not work. Or if we tell you.

We need your support to make sure the pluming works, so get in touch if you have leads!

https://git.libscie.org/researchequals/api/releases/tag/2.5.0

Looking to secure your knowledge supply chain? ResearchEquals is here to help, one step at a time.

Release 2.2.2 out now!

🐛 Bug Fixes
(auth): ensure refresh does not lead to 404 upon redirect
(core): improve routing of endpoints without locale
(middleware) Add FRONTEND_URL environment variable to ensure routing
🚜 Refactor
(outputs) Improve consistency between draft output and published content (#89) — with thanks to @nsunami@akademienl.social
⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
Upgrade patch, minor, and major dependencies (#88)
Note the following:

Check it out on https://researchequals.com

Great to see the Open Source for Science Fund launched for the life sciences!

We also need this for open scholarly infrastructure. Our funds run out end of 2027 and are actively looking for ways to sustain the project in a way that sustains our values.

ResearchEquals got reviewed in Katina Mag!

> its flexibility across disciplines and its inclusive concept of research outputs make it easy to share one’s work at any stage, and its user-curated collections effectively surface high-quality content. I recommend it.

https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2026/platform-shows-what-modular-publishing-can-accomplish

We're being asked to provide feedback on types of statements that could be included in DOI metadata. Any additions/revisions you have that you'd like us to know about?

Another 111 days until our major upgrade🚀