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…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Katherine Bassil, the host of the Neuroethics Police podcast. Katherine is a neuroscience PhD candidate at Maastricht University in The Netherlands. She has gained interest in neuroethics throughout her studies and has attempted…
I recently gave a presentation about a case study of a proof load test at the IABSE event organized by the national groups of Belgium and the Netherlands. You can find the slides of the presentation here: Proof load testing…
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 ran a poll on Twitter to see how much or how little sleep academics are getting. The majority of the respondents of the poll (70%) are getting between 6 and 8 hours of sleep per night, as recommended.…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter to learn if academics change the way they review depending on the journal impact factor. As for myself, I won't be "milder" if I'm reviewing for a lower impact factor - the methods…
The latest IPCC report on climate change worries me deeply - I can't ignore the alarm bells this international panel of scientists have set off. Generally, I try to be make environmentally friendly choices: I eat plants, I walk my…
Today, I have the pleasure of inviting Dr. Maximilian Lemprière to share his insights on proofreading the dissertation. Dr. Lemprière started The PhD Proofreaders after completing a PhD in political science at the University of Birmingham. The company offers a…
I ran a poll on Twitter to identify which method is most popular for planning: lists, tasks, or a calendar. The most popular method seems to be lists, but more than anything, I learned from this poll that every person…
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