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Careers in Science Publishing. [PDF]

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 2019
Publishing, particularly journal publishing, offers the chance to stay in contact with science and scientists and so appeals to people considering leaving the laboratory for another career. Professional editors of research journals review and select manuscripts for publication, negotiating as needed with authors and referees.
Inglis JR.
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Careers in Science Journalism and Writing. [PDF]

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 2017
Science journalists cover some of the most complex, exciting, and important issues of our day, ranging from the impacts of climate change to emerging infectious diseases. They use words, sounds, images, and graphics to create compelling stories about science that appear in newspapers and magazines, in print and online, on the radio and TV, and in ...
Pearson H.
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Problems and Prospects of Interdisciplinarity: The Case of Philosophy of Science [PDF]

, 2016
In this paper, we discuss some problems and prospects of interdisciplinary encounters by focusing on philosophy of science as a case study. After introducing the case, we give an overview about the various ways in which philosophy of science can be ...
Kaiser, Marie I., Kronfeldner, Maria, Meunier, Robert   +2 more
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Careers ‘from’ but not ‘in’ science: why aspirations to be a scientist are challenging for minority ethnic students? [PDF]

, 2015
The importance of science to the economy and for the progression of society is widely acknowledged. Yet, there are concerns that minority ethnic students in the UK are underrepresented, and even excluded, from post-compulsory science education and ...
AAAS, AAMC, Adamuti-Trache, Archer, Archer, Archer, Archer, Archer, Archer, Archer, Archer, Archer, Archer, Aschbacher, Aschbacher, ASPIRES, Atwater, Baker, Ball, Banks, Bhopal, Bourdieu, Brickhouse, Brotman, Burman, Butler, Calabrese Barton, Calabrese Barton, Calabrese Barton, Carlone, Carlone, Carlone, CBI, Chimba, Corbin, Croll, Dawson, Denzin, DeWitt, DeWitt, DeWitt, DeWitt, Elias, EngineeringUK, Foucault, Gillborn, Goldacre, Guillemin, Hall, Hanson, Hill Collins, House of Lords, Ipsos MORI, Johnson, Kahle, Marlone, Masnick, Miles, Miller, Modood, Mujtaba, National Academies, Omi, Ong, Osborne, Osborne, Parsons, Rahm, Rapley, Riegle-Crumb, Riegle-Crumb, Roberts, Royal Society, Royal Society, Sadler, Scherz, Schoon, Shanahan, Shanahan, Sikora, Smith, Springate, Tai, Tan, Tan, Wong, Wong, Woolf   +87 more
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Methods for measuring the citations and productivity of scientists across time and discipline [PDF]

, 2010
Publication statistics are ubiquitous in the ratings of scientific achievement, with citation counts and paper tallies factoring into an individual's consideration for postdoctoral positions, junior faculty, tenure, and even visa status for international
Alexander M. Petersen, Fengzhong Wang, H. Eugene Stanley, J. C. Huber, R. N. Mantegna   +4 more
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Persistence and Uncertainty in the Academic Career [PDF]

, 2012
Understanding how institutional changes within academia may affect the overall potential of science requires a better quantitative representation of how careers evolve over time.
A. M. Petersen, Barab  si, Cyranoski, F. Pammolli, Gabrielli, Guimera, H. E. Stanley, Kaminski, Kaplan, M. Riccaboni, Mazloumian, Merton, Owen-Smith, Palla, Ratkiewicz, Vespignani   +15 more
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Validity and worth in the science curriculum: learning school science outside the laboratory [PDF]

, 2006
It is widely acknowledged that there are problems with school science in many developed countries of the world. Such problems manifest themselves in a progressive decline in pupil enthusiasm for school science across the secondary age range and the fact ...
Amos R., Anderson D., Bebbington A., Black G., Borrows P., Braund M., Cerini B., DfES (Department for Education and Skills), Driver R., Falk J. H., Falk J. H., Goodrum D., Gräber W., Haste H., Hodson D., Jarman R., Johnson S., Lee S., Macdonald S., Martin Braund, Michael Reiss, Millar R., Miller J., Mortimer E. F., Parvin J., Popli R., Price S., Reiss M. J., Reiss M. J., Roth W.-M., Shamos M. H., Sjøberg S., Swinbank L., Wellington J., Woolnough B.   +34 more
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History of mathematics and history of science [PDF]

, 2011
This essay argues that the diversity of the history of mathematics community in the United Kingdom has influenced the development of the subject and is a significant factor behind the different concerns often evident in work on the history of mathematics
Mann, Tony
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I Want to be a Scientist: Secondary Students’ Perceptions of Science as a Career [PDF]

, 2012
Much thought and effort on the part of high school science teachers is put into educating and engaging American youth in science with the hope that our country will have a bright future in science disciplines. But do high school students consider careers
Kutz, Kayla
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Barriers to Pursuing STEM-Related Careers: Perceptions of Hispanic Girls Enrolled in Advanced High School STEM Courses [PDF]

, 2018
Researchers indicate that the United States has fallen behind other nations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (President\u27s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 2010, 2012).
Bustamante, Rebecca M., Combs, Julie P., Vijil, Veronica   +2 more
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