Research Matters

Steven Hill

Thinking on research impact, meta research, and whatever else is on my mind.

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    04-April-2021

  • Using Readwise as a commonplace book

    • 03-April-2021

  • Thoughts on Science Fictions by Stuart Ritchie

    • 20-February-2021

  • Disagreements in peer review

    • 08-October-2020

  • Tracing the signals of research impact

    • 19-August-2020

  • Connecting journal articles

    • 06-August-2020

  • Virtual peer review panels - the evidence

    • 18-June-2020

  • A post-pandemic research agenda

    • 02-March-2020

  • Four trends shaping the future of research evaluation

    • 31-January-2020

  • Text-mining the research literature

    • 27-January-2020

  • Thinking about CRediT

    • 20-January-2020

  • Journal brand and research culture

    • 09-January-2020

  • Expanding ideas of excellence in research

    • 05-October-2019

  • Are we ready for more research on research?

    • 03-October-2019

  • Open access monographs in the REF

    • 26-September-2019

  • Delivering impact from research needs public participation

    • 20-September-2019

  • Social media and impact

    • 19-September-2019

  • Collaboration, competition and culture

    • 12-September-2019

  • The grand challenges of research need careful investment

    • 09-September-2019

  • Three frontiers for public engagement

    • 05-September-2019

  • The geographic impact of research

    • 02-September-2019

  • Measuring disruption in research articles

    • 30-August-2019

  • AI and systematic reviews

    • 29-August-2019

  • To improve the nation’s productivity, keep investing in university research

    • 25-August-2019

  • Impact learning lessons from the REF

    • 22-August-2019

  • Anonymous review and the REF

    • 21-August-2019

  • Reposting HEFCE blog posts

    • 19-August-2019

  • Public and civic engagement

    • 16-August-2019

  • Open access and academic progression

    • 30-March-2019

  • Novelty and international research collaboration

    • 26-February-2019

  • Measuring the benefits of research

    • 15-December-2018

  • Open science and public engagement

    • 29-April-2018

  • Balancing impact in the REF

    • 23-January-2018

  • Book review - Inferior by Angela Saini

    • 20-December-2017

  • International research and national excellence

    • 04-December-2017

  • The fifth A of assessing impact

    • 02-August-2017

  • A paper exploring REF, funding and journal metrics

    • 30-July-2017

  • Effect of increased research funding

    • 15-July-2017

  • A culture of open data

    • 22-April-2017

  • On writing consultation responses

    • 17-April-2017

  • Back to blogging

    • 28-October-2016

  • The drivers shaping the future of research

    • 26-October-2016

  • On trade-offs

    • 24-October-2016

  • The significance of Sci-Hub

    • 17-October-2016

  • How long does it take to write a research grant application?

    • 09-October-2016

  • Massimo Pigliucci on science and culture

    • 06-October-2016

  • Some implications of Brexit for UK research

    • 14-September-2016

  • On participation and impact

    • 01-September-2016

  • Excellence in postgraduate education

    • 30-August-2016

  • Citations and the attention loop

    • 25-August-2016

  • Website update

    • 17-March-2016

  • Making space for the academic book of the future

    • 14-March-2016

  • What is open research?

    • 20-December-2015

  • On public engagement with research and activism

    • 15-November-2015

  • The benefits of basic research

    • 27-July-2015

  • Dimensions of quality research

    • 08-July-2015

  • Evidencing the REF

    • 02-February-2015

  • Public engagement and science advocacy

    • 29-January-2015

  • On scholarly monographs and the sciences

    • 26-January-2015

  • Venture research and diversity

    • 04-December-2014

  • Questioning research culture

    • 13-November-2014

  • Open access: because it’s worth it

    • 16-October-2014

  • Understanding academic culture

    • 13-October-2014

  • His master’s voice?

    • 15-September-2014

  • Engaging wisdom from Sciencewise

    • 09-September-2014

  • The many paths to PhD study

    • 26-August-2014

  • On commonplace books

    • 29-May-2014

  • Openness and research integrity

    • 20-March-2014

  • How many research mavericks do we need?

    • 07-March-2014

  • care.data – a failure to engage

    • 13-January-2014

  • Open access and academic freedom

    • 05-December-2013

  • Open data reflections

    • 29-November-2013

  • On blogging and public engagement

    • 07-August-2013

  • On impact

    • 02-August-2013

  • Woodpeckers

    • 01-August-2013

  • Open data: technology and culture

    • 30-July-2013

  • Debating GM crops

    • 29-July-2013

  • Assessing impact

    • 27-July-2013

  • Weekly update #6

    • 25-July-2013

  • Open access and research assessment

    • 15-July-2013

  • Weekly update #5

    • 11-July-2013

  • On data management and open research

    • 09-July-2013

  • Public good innovation and the free market

    • 07-July-2013

  • Weekly update #4

    • 23-June-2013

  • Lab or factory?

    • 22-June-2013

  • Weekly update #3

    • 09-June-2013

  • Spending on research and welfare

    • 08-June-2013

  • Weekly update #2

    • 04-June-2013

  • Reflections on daily blogging

    • 03-June-2013

  • Three dilemma of research-teaching interactions

    • 02-June-2013

  • Battle in the Garden

    • 01-June-2013

  • Weekly update #1

    • 31-May-2013

  • Scholarship rediscovered

    • 30-May-2013

  • The increasing internationalisation of research

    • 29-May-2013

  • The daily pages habit

    • 28-May-2013

  • Dual funding and the status quo

    • 26-May-2013

  • Writing on productivity

    • 25-May-2013

  • Experiments in blogging

    • 24-May-2013

  • Balance in Dual Funding for Research

    • 23-May-2013

  • Open access roundup

    • 22-May-2013

  • Leave science careers to the market?

    • 21-May-2013

  • Supply and demand for innovation

    • 20-May-2013

  • The end of journal impact factors?

    • 28-April-2013

  • Measured excellence in research

    • 22-April-2013

  • Spin out numbers

    • 21-April-2013

  • On (not) writing

    • 24-February-2013

  • Engaging with Galileo

    • 21-February-2013

  • The evidence divide

    • 01-February-2013

  • Review January 2013

    • 31-January-2013

  • On the research career pyramid

    • 29-January-2013

  • Eight great technology debates

    • 26-January-2013

  • Reasons for writing, according to George Orwell

    • 25-January-2013

  • Global research, local benefit

    • 24-January-2013

  • What’s coming for UK research policy?

    • 19-January-2013

  • Turning up is not enough

    • 18-January-2013

  • ‘People’ by Alan Bennett

    • 14-January-2013

  • On power and open access

    • 11-January-2013

  • Forms of engagement

    • 10-January-2013

  • Welcome to the new Testing Hypotheses

    • 20-October-2012

  • Flying ants and other myths…

    • 18-October-2012

  • Text-mining and open access

    • 26-May-2012

  • Reflections on The Geek Manifesto

    • 08-May-2012

  • Lessons from history: why science policy needs to better understand the past

    • 12-April-2012

  • New questions for science policy

    • 29-February-2012

  • Are universities ‘museums of knowledge’?

    • 21-November-2011

  • Eyes on the prize?

    • 14-November-2011

  • Presentation: Heads of University Biological Sciences departments

    • 18-October-2011

  • Patterns of UK research investment

    • 25-August-2011

  • Book review: The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

    • 21-July-2011

  • The virtue of useless maths

    • 23-June-2011

  • The cult of personality in science

    • 28-November-2010

  • Regulating emerging technologies

    • 22-November-2010

  • Engagement and regulation of emerging technologies

    • 17-November-2010

  • Three reasons to call yourself a scientist

    • 15-November-2010

  • Publishing peer review

    • 17-March-2010

  • 7 steps to restore trust in science – step 7

    • 15-March-2010

  • 7 steps to restore trust in science – step 6

    • 12-March-2010

  • 7 steps to restore trust in science – step 5

    • 10-March-2010

  • 7 steps to restore trust in science – step 4

    • 22-February-2010

  • 7 steps to restore trust in science – step 3

    • 18-February-2010

  • 7 steps to restore trust in science – step 2

    • 16-February-2010

  • 7 steps to restore trust in science – step 1

    • 11-February-2010

  • 7 steps to restore trust in science

    • 06-January-2010

  • Measuring innovation

    • 04-January-2010

  • Emerging technology debates

    • 29-October-2009

  • The trouble with evidence

    • 06-September-2009

  • Science inspirations

    • 02-July-2009

  • New media and science journalism

    • 27-May-2009

  • Making a date with science

    • 07-March-2009

  • Pioneers, innovators and inspiring ideas

    • 16-February-2009

  • Scientific authoritarianism

    • 13-February-2009

  • A Nobel effort?

    • 09-January-2009

  • The trouble with physics

    • 07-January-2009

  • Three rules for technological fixes

    • 28-October-2008

  • Future challenge

    • 24-October-2008

  • Innovation planet