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So You Want to Make an Impact? Some Practical Suggestions for Early-Career Researchers

So You Want to Make an Impact? Some Practical Suggestions for Early-Career Researchers

Practical tips and suggestions that can help to empower ECRs to create their own pathways to impact that best suit their individual goals, circumstances, interests, and strengths.

An Inclusive Approach to Careers Advice and Guidance for Disabled Students

An Inclusive Approach to Careers Advice and Guidance for Disabled Students

Briefing looking at what it means to provide inclusive careers advice and guidance, as well as some practical challenges of delivering this in higher education institutions.

This Trump Administration Whistleblower Has Some Advice for Young Scientists

This Trump Administration Whistleblower Has Some Advice for Young Scientists

Joel Clement reflects on his battle with Department of the Interior leadership

'Science-Adjacent' Conferences and Why They Matter

'Science-Adjacent' Conferences and Why They Matter

The multidisciplinary conferences that use ‘science’ as an adjective can be a fantastic source of new collaborations and ideas.

Track the Fate of Postdocs to Help the next Generation of Scientists

Track the Fate of Postdocs to Help the next Generation of Scientists

Data on the career paths of young researchers would help to guide the lost generation.

Harness the Power of Groups to Beat the PhD Blues

Harness the Power of Groups to Beat the PhD Blues

Doctoral students can use writing meet-ups to overcome isolation and depression and boost their motivation, says Karra Harrington.

Making Research Evaluation Processes in Europe More Transparent

Making Research Evaluation Processes in Europe More Transparent

What models or practices could be developed to help incentivize and reward innovation and diverse forms of scholarly communication and public engagement while reducing the risk to those who are seen to be diverging from traditional modes of professional practices and advancement?

Until Academic Careers Do Us Part

Until Academic Careers Do Us Part

For academic couples who are committed to living in the same place and pursuing faculty careers, asking for a dual hire—when one person receives an offer and then negotiates a position at the same university for their partner—can be a good option. But it must be approached carefully, and it is far from a sure thing. 

Faculty Service Loads and Gender: Are Women Taking Care of the Academic Family?

Faculty Service Loads and Gender: Are Women Taking Care of the Academic Family?

This paper investigates the amount of academic service performed by female versus male faculty. We use 2014 data from a large national survey of faculty at more than 140 institutions as well as 2012...

Six Principles for Assessing Scientists for Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure

Six Principles for Assessing Scientists for Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure

An extensive, non-exhaustive list of current proposals aimed at aligning assessments of scientists with desirable scientific behaviours.

With Generous Funding and Top-Tier Jobs, China Seeks to Lure Science Talent from Abroad

With Generous Funding and Top-Tier Jobs, China Seeks to Lure Science Talent from Abroad

Newly released guidelines open the door wider for foreign researchers, allowing them to lead public research projects.

I Struggle to Hire Academics, Because Candidates Are Too Good

I Struggle to Hire Academics, Because Candidates Are Too Good

I’m deluged with outstanding applications for academic posts. So should I recruit the people who need the job most?

Preliminary Findings from the Review, Promotion, and Tenure Study

Preliminary Findings from the Review, Promotion, and Tenure Study

Only about 5% of the institutions made explicit mention of open access in their guidelines, and, in several of those few cases, the mention was done to call attention to the potentially problematic nature of these journals.

Effectiveness of Anonymization in Double-Blind Review

Effectiveness of Anonymization in Double-Blind Review

In a controlled experiment with two disjoint program committees, the ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM'17) found that reviewers with author information were 1.76x more likely to recommend acceptance of papers from famous authors, and 1.67x more likely to recommend acceptance of papers from top institutions.

Scientists Get More Bang for Their Buck If Given More Freedom

Scientists Get More Bang for Their Buck If Given More Freedom

Scientists are more efficient at producing high-quality research when they have more academic freedom, according to a recent study of 18 economically advanced countries. Researchers in the Netherlands are the most efficient of all.  The existence of a national evaluation system that is not tied to funding was also associated with efficiency.