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Top-cited academics honoured (but where’s the humanity?)
Twelve academics today received awards as the most prolific and most-cited researchers in fields deemed to be strong areas…
Top Australian unis to test new science metrics system
The University of Melbourne and Australian National University will perform a “stocktake” of all scientific research projects…
Push to quantify social impact of science goes global
Australia is preparing to join a worldwide push to map the wider social returns on investments in science.
This week Professor…
Open access not as simple as it sounds: outgoing ARC boss
After almost five years at the helm of the Australian Research Council (ARC), Margaret Sheil will this week step down to…
Unethical journals tell academics to pad their papers with citations
One in five academics from a range of fields say they have come under pressure from journals to pad out their papers with…
Measuring research impact: ATN chief talks about the push for a new system
The election of the Rudd Government in 2007 killed the momentum that had been building in the last few years of the Howard…
No tyranny of metrics: scrapped Australian plan now a revolution in research assessment in England
Visiting British expert David Sweeney could have star appeal for academics frustrated by the bureaucratic inflexibility of…
Participants (21)
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Gavin Moodie
Principal Policy Adviser
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Alex O. Holcombe
Associate Professor, School of Psychology, and Australian Research Council Future Fellow
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David Stern
Professor
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Greg Thompson
Senior Lecturer
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Nattavud Pimpa
Senior Lecturer in International Business
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Mike Taylor
Programmer and Palaeontologist
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Michael Wiebrands
Manager
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Jean-Paul Gagnon
Honorary Research Fellow, POLSIS and SMP
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Matthew Thompson
Editor
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Tim Doherty
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Cris Kerr
Volunteer Community Health Researcher, Advocate for the value of Patient Testimony
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William Bennett
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Dustin Welbourne
PhD Candidate in Biogeography + Science Communicator
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Gary Antonelli
Student
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Edward Reynolds
PhD Student in Communication and Social Interaction
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John Harrison
Senior Lecturer
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John Harland
bicycle technician
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Grendelus Malleolus
Senior Nerd
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Christopher Lamb
Humanitarian Adviser
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Veronica Sheen
Research Associate, PSI
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David Elson