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!
- Is there a place for AI in research assessment?
- We need social science as much as STEM in policymaking
- How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
- How movements to redress colonial harms can work better together
- How to design an award-winning conference poster
- Why Instagram doctors can’t fix the problems associated with wellness influencing
- How students should write a thesis in the AI age
- What does “Open Research” mean for qualitative research?
- What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)?
- Hootsuite for academia? How to increase the visibility, downloads and impact of publications using Kudos
- The pressure to quantify research is erasing conceptual depth
- Should we stop using the word “stakeholder” in research?
- Misinformation is a threat to society – let’s not pretend otherwise
- “F**k the algorithm”?: What the world can learn from the UK’s A-level grading fiasco
- AI can carry out qualitative research at unprecedented scale
- What exactly is a PhD by publication?
- The renaissance of the essay
- Google Scholar is not broken (yet), but there are alternatives
- Book Review: How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future by Vaclav Smil
- Do Community Notes work?
