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!
- How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
- At what point do academics forego citations for journal status?
- 8 common problems with literature reviews and how to fix them
- What is the role of the social sciences in the response to COVID-19? 4 priorities for shaping the post-pandemic world
- 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
- Goodbye, Microsoft Academic – Hello, open research infrastructure?
- How to design an award-winning conference poster
- Who, What, Where, When, Why: Using the 5 Ws to communicate your research
- COVID-19 interventions: what behavioural scientists should – and shouldn’t – be advising government on
- How to write a killer conference abstract: The first step towards an engaging presentation.
- Carrying out qualitative research under lockdown – Practical and ethical considerations
- How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang
- The ResearchGate Score: a good example of a bad metric
- The Absurdity of University Rankings
- Want to make your research credible online? Image matters
- What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)?
- Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: Which is best for me?
- What is the difference between an impact and an outcome? Impact is the longer term effect of an outcome.
- Is doing a PhD bad for your mental health?
