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!
- What is the role of the social sciences in the response to COVID-19? 4 priorities for shaping the post-pandemic world
- Reading Peer Review – What a dataset of peer review reports can teach us about changing research culture
- The Absurdity of University Rankings
- A simple guide to ethical co-authorship
- How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
- Carrying out qualitative research under lockdown – Practical and ethical considerations
- 8 common problems with literature reviews and how to fix them
- The ResearchGate Score: a good example of a bad metric
- Who, What, Where, When, Why: Using the 5 Ws to communicate your research
- 5 Strategies for writing in turbulent times
- Despite concerns, COVID-19 shows how social media has become an essential tool in the democratisation of knowledge
- What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)?
- How to design an award-winning conference poster
- Using Twitter as a data source: an overview of social media research tools (2019)
- 10 Chrome extensions to help manage references, notes, citations and capture information.
- Book Review: Delivering Impact with Digital Resources: Planning Strategy in the Attention Economy by Simon Tanner
- What is the difference between an impact and an outcome? Impact is the longer term effect of an outcome.
- A librarian perspective on Sci-Hub: the true solution to the scholarly communication crisis is in the hands of the academic community, not librarians
- How to write a killer conference abstract: The first step towards an engaging presentation.
- Writing a PhD in your second language: seven reasons you’re doing great and five ways to do even better
