Communication and Publication

Promoting research in science communication is a fine line to walk. In order to justify allocating funds towards a particular research domain, we have to explain the potential applications and economic opportunities that may grow from a given research project. On the other hand, overstating or exaggerating the importance or possibilities can undermine trust in scientific research or create economic bubbles. This overestimation, or hype, is cropping up as an issue in many fiel

Quantifying the impact of research is a practice used to assess academic journals, researchers, and individual communications. In theory the higher the impact, the more important the work. Citation metrics are often used to assess candidates for academic positions or funding, and therefore researchers use journal-level metrics to decide the journals in which they want to publish their work. This article will dive into the definitions of certain citation metrics and their rele

Registered reports are one attempt, amongst many, to take on the challenges of our contemporary research processes, and I think there is...

Out of curiosity, I used AI to write the first version of this post . In the meta-spirit, I wanted to see how AI would assess the use of...