Meet the dedicated contributors whose expertise, creativity, and commitment bring our Alliance to life.
Editorial Committee

André Brasil
Researcher
CWTS, Leiden University
Dr. André Brasil, researcher at CWTS Leiden, UNESCO co-chair on Diversity & Inclusion in Global Science, RoRI fellow, UFPR professor, CAPES advisor.

Maria Machado
Writer | Editor | Reviewer
Science Diffusion
Maria suggests revisions before Reviewer 2 demands them, and attempts to bridge the gap between researchers, academic publishing and society at large.

Paul Whaley
Editor-in-Chief
Evidence-Based Toxicology
Researcher specialising in open science, evidence synthesis, and academic editing in toxicology and human environmental health.

Daniel Ucko
Head of Ethics and Research Integrity
American Physical Society
Daniel Ucko is the Head of Ethics and Research Integrity at the Physical Review journals published by the American Physical Society (APS).

Maryam Sayab
Director of Communications
Asian Council of Science Editors
Maryam Sayab is Director of Communications at ACSE, Co-Chair of Peer Review Week, and an advocate for research integrity and inclusive open science.

Sigmar Rode
Full Professor
UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Brazil
Dentistry Professor
Chair of Chapter Brazil and Council Member – EASE
Committee Member and Ethics Office Coordinator of SciELO
Area Editor of CLINICS

Luciana Machado
Founder | Executive Director
Science Integrity Alliance
Dr. Luciana Machado is the Founder & Executive Director of the Science Integrity Alliance (SIA) and Editor-in-Chief of REACH magazine.

Matt Hodgkinson
Head of Editorial
DOAJ
Matt is the Head of Editorial at DOAJ. He previously worked as a science journal editor and in research integrity.

Soraya Martinez
Managing Editor
PA Editorial-Wiley
Bridging product management and editorial in scholarly publishing, with a focus on integrity, accessibility, and innovation.
Open Science Working Group

Johannan Havemann
Director
Access 2 Perspectives
Dr. Johanna Havemann, CEO of Access 2 Perspectives, empowers researchers in open science, communication & project management; co-founded AfricArXiv.

Verena Heise
Freelance Open Science trainer/researcher/consultant
Freelancer
Molecular biologist, neuroscientist and epidemiologist; based in Germany after decade at University of Oxford, UK; passionate about changing academia

Julian D. Cortes
Principal Professor (Tenured)
Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
I'm the Founder Director of SCIN Data Lab and Distinguished, Principal Professor (Tenured) at Universidad del Rosario, Colombia.

Washington Segundo
General-coordinator
Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology
General Coordinator of Scientific and Technical Information at the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict).

Rafaelly Stavale
PhD Candidate (Faculty of Nursing)
UnB - Universidade de Brasília
PhD Candidate (UnB), Brazilian Reproducibility Network Ambassador and Local Coordinator at Science Integrity Alliance | Advocating for ethical, equitable science.
Meta-Research Working Group

Débora de Oliveira Santos
Executive Director
Brazilian Reproducibility Network
Executive Director of the Brazilian Reproducibility Network (BrRN). PhD in Political Science (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil).

Joanna Diong
Senior Lecturer
The University of Sydney
Joanna Diong (PhD) aims to improve the value of health and medical research by finding strategies to improve research quality.

Jonny Coates
Executive Director
Rippling Ideas
Leading expert in preprints and metascience, focusing on science communication and research culture. Science communicator and podcaster.

André Brasil
Researcher
CWTS, Leiden University
Dr. André Brasil, researcher at CWTS Leiden, UNESCO co-chair on Diversity & Inclusion in Global Science, RoRI fellow, UFPR professor, CAPES advisor.

Mario Malicki
Research Scholar
Stanford University
From 2022 I have been an Associate Director of Stanford Program on Research Rigor and Reproducibility (SPORR).

Julian D. Cortes
Principal Professor (Tenured)
Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
I'm the Founder Director of SCIN Data Lab and Distinguished, Principal Professor (Tenured) at Universidad del Rosario, Colombia.
All Contributors

Aidan Cashin
Senior Research Scientist
Neuroscience Research Australia
Dr Aidan Cashin is a Senior Research Scientist and Deputy Director of the Centre for Pain IMPACT at Neuroscience Research Australia.

Anne Flegel
Deputy for Editorial Operations
Cochrane
Strengthening editorial operations and workflows to support high‑quality evidence and a collaborative, ethical publishing culture.

Chiedozie Godian Ike
Head of International Chair in Bioethics, Desk Officer, Research Integrity, and Clinical Lecturer
Ambrose Alli University
Dr. Chiedozie Ike is head of the International Chair in Bioethics and the desk officer for research integrity at Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria.

Daniel Ucko
Head of Ethics and Research Integrity
American Physical Society
Daniel Ucko is the Head of Ethics and Research Integrity at the Physical Review journals published by the American Physical Society (APS).

Edna Frasson de Souza Montero
Associate Professor
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
Associate Professor-FMUSP
Member-Ethics Committee for Research Project Analysis at HCFMUSP
President of Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors

Ian Hussey
Senior Lecturer
University of Bern
My research focuses on the meta-science of measurement, scientific error detection, and trustworthiness assessment.

Jamie Cummins
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Bern
I am a meta-scientist who builds research trustworthiness assessment tools and conducts meta-scientific research to improve research practices.

Jonny Coates
Executive Director
Rippling Ideas
Leading expert in preprints and metascience, focusing on science communication and research culture. Science communicator and podcaster.

Luciana Machado
Founder | Executive Director
Science Integrity Alliance
Dr. Luciana Machado is the Founder & Executive Director of the Science Integrity Alliance (SIA) and Editor-in-Chief of REACH magazine.

Marie Alavi
Research associate
Kiel University
Marie’s research focuses on Research Integrity, Open Science, Intellectual Property and AI. Involvement: GATE, NERQ, IP4OS, Path2Integrity, HAnS

Maryam Sayab
Director of Communications
Asian Council of Science Editors
Maryam Sayab is Director of Communications at ACSE, Co-Chair of Peer Review Week, and an advocate for research integrity and inclusive open science.

Neil O'Connell
Professor
Brunel University of London
Neil is Professor of Evidence-Based Healthcare at Brunel University of London. Neil's research focuses on the evidence-based management of pain.

Rafaelly Stavale
PhD Candidate (Faculty of Nursing)
UnB - Universidade de Brasília
PhD Candidate (UnB), Brazilian Reproducibility Network Ambassador and Local Coordinator at Science Integrity Alliance | Advocating for ethical, equitable science.

Sigmar Rode
Full Professor
UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Brazil
Dentistry Professor
Chair of Chapter Brazil and Council Member – EASE
Committee Member and Ethics Office Coordinator of SciELO
Area Editor of CLINICS

Tony Aburrow
Head of Editorial
Cochrane
Tony Aburrow is Head of Editorial at Cochrane, leading Cochrane's Central Editorial Service. He has worked in scholarly publishing for 12 years.

Veronique Kiermer
Chief Scientific Officer
PLOS
CSO at PLOS, overseeing the editorial department and developing publishing solutions to promote open science.

André Brasil
Researcher
CWTS, Leiden University
Dr. André Brasil, researcher at CWTS Leiden, UNESCO co-chair on Diversity & Inclusion in Global Science, RoRI fellow, UFPR professor, CAPES advisor.

Beth Clarke
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Bern
Beth studies how research practices have been changing in psychology. She is currently assessing RegCheck's accuracy in psychology articles.

Damian Paderta
Consultant / Developer
R2O
Webgeographer & Digital Consultant specializing in open government, civic technology, and participatory democracy.

David Thomas Mellor
Senior Policy Analyst
Center for Open Science
I develop, monitor, & implement policies to promote data & protocol sharing, study registration, & replication. My PhD is in Eco & Evo from Rutgers.

Elizabeth Allen
Associate Director
Research Consulting Ltd
Liz is a research evaluation and scholarly comms expert, specialising in research metrics, science policy and research integrity.

Jack Wilkinson
Senior Lecturer
University of Manchester
Jack Wilkinson is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Biostatistics at the University of Manchester, UK.

Joanna Diong
Senior Lecturer
The University of Sydney
Joanna Diong (PhD) aims to improve the value of health and medical research by finding strategies to improve research quality.

Julian D. Cortes
Principal Professor (Tenured)
Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
I'm the Founder Director of SCIN Data Lab and Distinguished, Principal Professor (Tenured) at Universidad del Rosario, Colombia.

Malte Elson
Professor
University of Bern
Malte Elson leads the Psychology of Digitalisation lab at the University of Bern.

Mario Malicki
Research Scholar
Stanford University
From 2022 I have been an Associate Director of Stanford Program on Research Rigor and Reproducibility (SPORR).

Matt Hodgkinson
Head of Editorial
DOAJ
Matt is the Head of Editorial at DOAJ. He previously worked as a science journal editor and in research integrity.

Paul Whaley
Editor-in-Chief
Evidence-Based Toxicology
Researcher specialising in open science, evidence synthesis, and academic editing in toxicology and human environmental health.

Ramin Zabih
Professor
Cornell University
Ramin Zabih is a professor of computer science at Cornell's New York City campus. He has been executive director of arXiv since 2022.

Solal Pirelli
Independent Researcher
Interested in scientific integrity and reproducibility, leading reproducibility efforts in computer systems

Ulrike Pannasch
Coordinator Einstein Foundation Award
Einstein Foundation Berlin
Dr Ulrike Pannasch coordinates the Einstein Foundation Award; previously at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and postdoc in neuroscience.

Washington Segundo
General-coordinator
Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology
General Coordinator of Scientific and Technical Information at the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict).

Anja Harrison
CEO
The Collaborative Library
TCL is an open access repository of lay summaries of open access articles, which leverages university assessment processes.

Beth Montague-Hellen
Head of Library & Information Services
Francis Crick Institute
Beth is Head of Library & Information Services at the Francis Crick Institute, leading research support with an open, user-focused approach.

Daniel Acuna
Founder
ReviewerZero AI
Daniel Acuna is the Founder of ReviewerZero AI, and he is currently on leave as an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Débora de Oliveira Santos
Executive Director
Brazilian Reproducibility Network
Executive Director of the Brazilian Reproducibility Network (BrRN). PhD in Political Science (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil).

Ella Flemyng
Head of Editorial Policy & Research Integrity
Cochrane Collaboration
Ella leads the Cochrane team responsible for defining & mainstreaming best practice in methods, research integrity & publishing ethics.

James Parry
Research integrity & research culture consultant
James Parry Consulting Ltd.
Research integrity/research culture consultant. 19 years’ experience in enhancing research. Former Chief Executive of the UK Research Integrity Office

Johannan Havemann
Director
Access 2 Perspectives
Dr. Johanna Havemann, CEO of Access 2 Perspectives, empowers researchers in open science, communication & project management; co-founded AfricArXiv.

Lonni Besançon
Assistant Professor
Linköping University
Lonni Besançon is an Assistant Professor in Data Visualization at Linköping University. He is mostly known for his work on scientific integrity.

Maria Machado
Writer | Editor | Reviewer
Science Diffusion
Maria suggests revisions before Reviewer 2 demands them, and attempts to bridge the gap between researchers, academic publishing and society at large.

Mark Hooper
Director
Tricky Goose Training
Dr Mark Hooper is the Founder of Tricky Goose Training. He’s also a Council Member for the Committee on Publication Ethics.

Nancy Chescheir
Chair
COPE
Nancy Chescheir is the Chair of COPE. She was editor in chief of two journals and is a retired maternal-fetal medicine physician at UNC, Chapel Hill.

Pedro Velica
Scientist/Cartoonist
CCRM Nordic
Pedro is a Process Development Scientist during the day, and a science cartoonist by night publishing his pun-riddled comics under the name Pedromics.

Reese Richardson
Postdoctoral Fellow
Northwestern University
Reese Richardson is a metascientist and one of the maintainers of the Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides (COSIG, cosig.net).

Soraya Martinez
Managing Editor
PA Editorial-Wiley
Bridging product management and editorial in scholarly publishing, with a focus on integrity, accessibility, and innovation.

Verena Heise
Freelance Open Science trainer/researcher/consultant
Freelancer
Molecular biologist, neuroscientist and epidemiologist; based in Germany after decade at University of Oxford, UK; passionate about changing academia

Yagmur Ozturk
Researcher
Grenoble Alpes University
Yagmur is a PhD candidate in ERC Nanobubbles project and co-maintainer of COSIG.


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