Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Peer Review Has Problems. Let’s Fix Them
In a conclusion to his two earlier articles on post-publication peer review, Andy Tattersall argues that while new ways to measure scholarly value may not be perfect yet, it’s still high time to start introducing them more widely.
Introducing SAGE Language Services!
SAGE is proud to announce the launch of SAGE Language Services, a new online source that provides pre-submission manuscript preparation services that […]
A Few Caveats for Budding Social Media Research Mavens
Behavioral scientists have seized on social media and their massive data sets as a way to quickly and cheaply figure out what people are thinking and doing. But some of those tweets and thumbs ups can be misleading.
Women’s Own Behavior Boosts Gender Disparity in Academia
Concerns about gender equity in academia are persistent and sadly not new. A recent paper details evidence that women may inadvertently contribute to gender disparities in conference presentations by requesting lower profile roles. What can be done to address that?
Giving through Social Media – How Has Giving Changed?
Yesterday was #GivingTuesday, a day set aside to encourage philanthropy. Following in the footsteps of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, “Giving Tuesday” offers the opportunity […]
Let’s Abandon That Qualitative/Quantitative Dichotomy
Are you doing qualitative research? Quantitative research? Howard Aldrich suggests that rather than defaulting to one of those terms and their tail of connotations, why not just describe your good research.
Can Federal Funding for the Social Sciences Survive in 2015?
The change in political balance in the U.S. Congress almost certainly will impact the fortunes of government-funded social and behavioral science next year. It’s time, argues Howard Silver, for universities and private industry to join the effort to preserve and protect these disciplines.
Madhumita Banerjee on Integration Quality in Multichannel Services
[We’re pleased to welcome Madhumita Banerjee of American University of Sharjah. Dr. Banerjee’s article “Misalignment and Its Influence on Integration Quality in […]
