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Ecuador is always a bit of an adventure. We have had national strikes blocking the entire country, political unrest, terrorism from organized crime, and a pandemic in the past years. This year, we had major forest fires (shutting down the…

I knew that this semester would be particularly busy, seeing what I had on my plate. So far, I am still standing - putting in a bit more hours than I would like to, and sleeping in a bit less…

I have been thinking recently a lot on how I can support my students and younger colleagues. I already wrote about how we can support junior faculty, and today I want to focus in general on how to create opportunities…

As I have been mulling over the limitations of citation metrics in relation to being a top 2% scientist, I found myself thinking about what makes research impactful. Here are some ways I value the impact of research: Makes the…

Making it to the top 2% list of Ioannidis again this year has sparked again some ruminating about how important (or not) such metrics are. In my opinion, metrics based on citations are very limited. They are a remote proxy…

A colleague recently remarked that it gets easier to write papers when you can collaborate in a large project, and that discussion had me think about various instances in which I have found that it gets easier to push research…

The August 2024 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" has just been released. I am glad to see my name (representing Delft University of Technology, this time) in the career-long list for the third year in…

After the combination of baby years, global pandemic, and passport problems, I am traveling more again for conferences. My priorities are still the same: I don't want to be away from my daughter too much, I want to limit myself…