Journal Impact Factors--A Relic of the Pre-digital Age?
Careers and grant funding can both be dependent on number of publications x journal impact factors, but do these metrics really mean anything anymore?
Ask Me Anything Forum - Dr. Clark Holdsworth (Scholarly Publishing)
I'm Dr. Clark Holdsworth and this is my Ask Me Anything Forum. I have an extensive background in scholarly publishing where I've advised authors, editors, reviewers, administrators, and publishers on a huge variety of issues in scholarly communications. The Live AMA will occur on Tuesday September 1...
Emerging Issues in Science and Mathematics Education
To help network and collaborate with fellow researchers interested in Science and Mathematics Education with focus on teaching and learning.
Scholarship opportunities for researchers, students from across Africa
This hub provides information and resources on various scholarship opportunities for researchers and students from across Africa who want to pursue their academic and professional goals. Whether you are looking for undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, or research fellowships, you can find relevant...
AI Research Grants & Funding Hub
This hub provides information on funding innovative AI research projects, fostering collaboration, and addressing critical challenges in the field. It also serves as a central platform for connecting researchers, startups, and organizations with funding opportunities in artificial intelligence.
Access to scientific infrastructure
This hub refers to programs that allow researchers to use specialized equipment and facilities. These resources are typically found at universities, research institutions, or government agencies.
Quantum Computing
Quantum computers hold immense promise because of their ability to tap into parallel universes, which boosts their computational power exponentially. They could revolutionize agriculture, energy, and medicine, solving complex problems like creating efficient fertilizers, achieving fusion energy, and...
Blockchain Technology & Web 3.0
Blockchains are the essential infrastructure for Web 3.0's decentralized data model. Blockchain-based technologies - especially cryptocurrencies, dApps, NFTs, and smart contracts - are expected to play significant roles in Web 3.0's highly distributed, more personalized web experience. Web 3.0 is a...
Diversity in Clinical Trials
Discussion of diversity for clinical trials members
Gender studies
Gender studies is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the complex interaction of gender with other identity markers such as race, ethnicity, sexuality, nation, and religion. Gender studies analyze how gender shapes and is shaped by social, cultural, political, and economic structures and prac...
Are you a night owl or early bird?
"A new study has an important message for people who consider themselves night owls. Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, found that people with later sleep and wake times had less healthy lifestyles and were at greater ris...
World Scientists Rankings 2023
Stanford University, USA has recently updated the list of the World's Top 2% Scientists. This ranking, which is the most prestigious worldwide, is based on the bibliometric information in the Scopus database and includes more than 190,000 researchers from all the world out of about 9 million scienti...
Digital Foresnics
Digital forensics, also referred to as digital forensic science, is a subfield of forensic science that deals with the retrieval and examination of data discovered in digital devices, frequently in connection with cybercrimes. • Certain requirements must be met for the findings to be acceptable in a...
Educational Ranking
A hub focused on discussing the merit of institutional rankings
Family Studies
Family studies is a broad and interdisciplinary field that examines how families function, change, and interact with society. Family studies can cover topics such as family structure, relationships, roles, dynamics, conflicts, values, diversity, well-being, and policies. Family studies can also use...
US Science Funding
President Biden pushes science funding to keep the United States competitive.
Careers: Academia, Industry, or Private
This hub will focus on people sharing their experiences and transitions as they have navigated through different domains of science.
MmWave Beam Management for 5G and 6G
Management of narrow directional beams is critical for mm-wave communication systems. Translational or rotational motion of the user can cause misalignment of transmit and receive beams with the base station losing track of the mobile. Reacquiring the user can take about one second in 5G New Radio s...
Nanoparticles Induce Oxidative and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stresses
Product details Language : English Hardcover : 752 pages ISBN-10 : 3030372960 ISBN-13 : 978-3030372965 Item Weight : 2.84 pounds Dimensions : 6.14 x 1.56 x 9.21 inches
Nanoparticles Induce Oxidative and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stresses
This book is a reference work focused on the role and interactions of nanoparticles and free radicals that are responsible for oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stresses, with deep insights into the intimate mechanisms of their ecotoxicology, cytotoxicity, nanotoxicity, and genotoxicity
SDGs Hub
None of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs can be achieved without the contribution of higher education through research, teaching, and community engagement. This hub is to share best practices and report on the impact and challenges of this work.
The future of banking
Banking is radically transforming. Many banks can thrive by fundamentally changing how financial services are embedded into daily life. The future of banking will look very different from today. What could we expect at the end of banking if faced with changing consumer expectations, emerging technol...
COVID-19 Variant Tracker
Any thoughts on the new Omicron variant with a new symptom? https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expert-talks-about-the-new-omicron-variant/
Smart City Hub
A Smart City Hub is a centralized platform that integrates various digital technologies and urban services to enhance the efficiency, sustainability, and livability of a city. It serves as a nerve center that collects data from IoT devices and sensors spread across the city, processes this informati...
Impact of AI on Cybersecurity
The ultimate goal of AI is to create intelligent machines or technology that can perform and automate human tasks at a much higher level, complete them much faster, and provide solutions for complex tasks beyond human capabilities. AI security solutions can offer major benefits to cybersecurity. Alt...
Yoga Research
Promote total wellness and supporting Research in Yoga Sciences.
MDPI Topics
MDPI runs Topics, which are collections of papers that concentrate on specific multidisciplinary topics in two or more MDPI journals. Topics allow authors from different research areas to unite around one theme, describe multidisciplinary applications, and develop new ideas. Topics are curated and l...