Where do scholars move? Measuring the mobility of researchers across academic institutions

The mobility of scientific human capital is a key channel for exchanging ideas and disseminating scientific knowledge. In this blog post, we demonstrate how scientometrics can help trace mobility patterns at the institutional level, using the Dimensions database.

Vít Macháček, Márcia R. Ferreira, Nicolás Robinson-García, Martin Srholec and Rodrigo Costas • September 03, 2020

Could pre-Covid-19 research into coronaviruses have been otherwise? Episode one: Careers

Could coronavirus-related research (CRR) pre-Covid-19 have been otherwise? In this series we examine pre-pandemic publications in CRR, asking how issues of careers, funding, and geopolitics may have affected the state of knowledge in CRR. Ep.1: Careers.

Sarah Rose Bieszczad, Jochem Zuijderwijk and Thed van Leeuwen • July 07, 2020

Precarious careers: postdoctoral researchers in the Netherlands

As the number of postdoc researchers grows, studies in the Netherlands reveal that they experience high stress levels. This post discusses mental health and the main stressors: a lack of academic career prospects, publication and grant pressure, work-life imbalance and lack of institutional support.

Inge van der Weijden and Christine Teelken • April 21, 2020

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Where do scholars move? Measuring the mobility of researchers across academic institutions

Could pre-Covid-19 research into coronaviruses have been otherwise? Episode one: Careers

Precarious careers: postdoctoral researchers in the Netherlands