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
- How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
- 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)?
- Reading Academic Quit Lit – How and why precarious scholars leave academia
- 8 common problems with literature reviews and how to fix them
- Common policy problems and what researchers can do about them
- Who, What, Where, When, Why: Using the 5 Ws to communicate your research
- In legislating for freedom of speech on university campuses, whose opinions will the government protect?
- A ‘New Normal’ for the Social Sciences: Improving Pandemic Preparedness and Response
- Carrying out qualitative research under lockdown – Practical and ethical considerations
- 10 Chrome extensions to help manage references, notes, citations and capture information.
- Policy relevant, multidisciplinary, disruptive: What kind of research do economists want?
- What do universities want to be? A content analysis of mission and vision statements worldwide
- The ResearchGate Score: a good example of a bad metric
- The problem with the ‘gap in the literature’
- Using Twitter as a data source: an overview of social media research tools (2019)
- By ignoring tacit knowledge, we can tell less than we know about research impact.
- How to design an award-winning conference poster
- What is the difference between an impact and an outcome? Impact is the longer term effect of an outcome.
