I recently ran a poll on Twitter on author contribution sections on papers. For me, adding such a section is rather "new", but I do feel like this is important to avoid people getting "free rides". Certainly, authorship is a…
I ran a poll in December about what academics like receiving as a gift - not from best friends and close family, but more in general. At that time, I was thinking in terms of what to get colleagues for…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
I recently wrote a tweetstorm about why publication targets are absurd. Quota are for 19th century factories, not universities.Here's the wake of this tweetstorm:
Since I have less time during the day to work, I've been experimenting with a so-called split-shift (working a few hours at night when the baby sleeps). I haven't been very successful at it though. My struggles are the following:sometimes…
Today, I have the pleasure of inviting Dr. Ayesha Kamal to share the story of her PhD defense. Ayesha earned her PhD in Applied Linguistics in 2012 and wrote her thesis, “Perceptions of Globalization among English Language Students at Kuwait…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Shereen Asha Murugayah. Born and bred in Kuala Lumpur, Shereen recently completed her PhD "Engineering quorum-quenching enzymes" at the University of Otago. She is also a poet with work published in Shot Glass…
A while ago, I ran a poll on Twitter in two parts about peer review preferences - I tried to identify the preference of authors and reviewers for peer review. It looks like traditional double blind peer review is the…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter on which platform is most used for publication metrics. While in my field it seems to be Scopus, the consensus of the poll is clear: Google Scholar! Here's the wake of the poll:
Last fall, I attended IALCCE 2018 where together with my colleagues from TU Delft, I organized a Mini Symposium on Load Testing of New and Existing Structures. For this MS, I submitted 4 papers as coauthor - 3 of these…
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