Looking for something to read? Here’s a quick look at what other people are reading on the Impact Blog. This page shows a continually updated list of the past week’s 20 most popular blog posts by readership. We know readership statistics aren’t everything, but it’s a useful place to start!
- Unfunded research: Why academics do it and its unvalued contribution to the impact agenda
- Why are women cited less than men?
- How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
- How to design an award-winning conference poster
- Is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s new OA policy the start of a shift towards preprints?
- New data protection and privacy laws have changed the regulatory landscape for researchers in the Global North
- Addressing misinformation at source – Why I choose to appear on GB News
- Researchers with minority ethnic names are written out of US science journalism
- 8 common problems with literature reviews and how to fix them
- Despite concerns, COVID-19 shows how social media has become an essential tool in the democratisation of knowledge
- Common policy problems and what researchers can do about them
- What is the value of four star REF outputs and impact case studies?
- What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)?
- Your essential ‘how-to’ guide to writing good abstracts
- How to write a killer conference abstract: The first step towards an engaging presentation.
- Who, What, Where, When, Why: Using the 5 Ws to communicate your research
- Do disappearing data repositories pose a threat to open science and the scholarly record?
- What exactly is a PhD by publication?
- Book Review: How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future by Vaclav Smil
- Tracking the impact of elections on science policy is key to maintaining long-term research priorities