#howtoscience — Public Fediverse posts

The Science of Science by Wang and Barabasi (2021) https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/science-of-science/572A745A6F97B55A263F5E86225E3F70 is absolutely fascinating as a scientist. In particular their review of h-index (mostly good enough), team science impact (need more network analysis in how we evaluate group science), and impacts of papers over time (fascinating model involving paper fitness, success bias, aging and increasing body of research). This data centric deep dive into the metrics of science was timely as I'm going up for tenure. #HowToScience

Training PhD students often follows ‘magician’s apprentice’ approach where advisors taking hands-on/off approach but rarely have a more nuanced language to discuss the advising journey. Wagner etal 2017 https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2015-0013 introduces stages 1) enthusiastic beginner, 2) discouraged learner, 3) cautious performer, and 4) self-reliant achiever. They frame roles and strategies for each stage for both the mentor and mentee and provide worksheets in their SI. #HowToScience #Mentoring #SciLit

Training PhD students often follows ‘magician’s apprentice’ approach where advisors taking hands-on/off approach but rarely have a more nuanced language to discuss the advising journey. Wagner etal 2017 https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2015-0013 introduces stages 1) enthusiastic beginner, 2) discouraged learner, 3) cautious performer, and 4) self-reliant achiever. They frame roles and strategies for each stage for both the mentor and mentee and provide worksheets in their SI. #HowToScience #Mentoring #SciLit

Training PhD students often follows ‘magician’s apprentice’ approach where advisors taking hands-on/off approach but rarely have a more nuanced language to discuss the advising journey. Wagner etal 2017 https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2015-0013 introduces stages 1) enthusiastic beginner, 2) discouraged learner, 3) cautious performer, and 4) self-reliant achiever. They frame roles and strategies for each stage for both the mentor and mentee and provide worksheets in their SI. #HowToScience #Mentoring #SciLit

Training PhD students often follows ‘magician’s apprentice’ approach where advisors taking hands-on/off approach but rarely have a more nuanced language to discuss the advising journey. Wagner etal 2017 https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2015-0013 introduces stages 1) enthusiastic beginner, 2) discouraged learner, 3) cautious performer, and 4) self-reliant achiever. They frame roles and strategies for each stage for both the mentor and mentee and provide worksheets in their SI. #HowToScience #Mentoring #SciLit

Training PhD students often follows ‘magician’s apprentice’ approach where advisors taking hands-on/off approach but rarely have a more nuanced language to discuss the advising journey. Wagner etal 2017 https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2015-0013 introduces stages 1) enthusiastic beginner, 2) discouraged learner, 3) cautious performer, and 4) self-reliant achiever. They frame roles and strategies for each stage for both the mentor and mentee and provide worksheets in their SI. #HowToScience #Mentoring #SciLit

My Ignite@AGU talk is up! "Learning how to science from the hippies" https://youtu.be/wK-gaJOvizM?si=UoXJVSp7G3fhgK_O @academicchatter #AcademicLife #HowToScience

Moving beyond IRB into decolonized participatory action research Tuck and Guishard 2013 https://www.evetuck.com/s/Tuck-Guishard_Uncollapsing-ethics-Racialized-sciencism-settler-coloniality-and-DPAR.pdf lay out reflectivity, expertise, humility, dignity, action, and relationality as guiding principles of ethical research.
#HowToScience #Decolonize #SciLit

I hate writing. Unfortunately I love science. As a scientist I need to at least be ok, if not great, at writing. If you don't publish it, then it didn't happen.

On the theory that you learn what you teach, I took on a grad teaching assignment on writing. I'm working my way through Josh Schimel's "Writing Science" for the 4th or 5th time now and it's still pretty dang good. #HowToScience

Reanalysis of linear relationship between soil water content and heterotrophic respiration still holds 25 years later. The original highly cited paper shows that you can new quite anticipate how your work will be used in the future and data-regret from not archiving your studies (published or not) can be strong. Cook and Orchard 2008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.12.012 #HowToScience #SoilCarbonCycling #LandCarbonModel #SciLit

Moving from damage-centered research to desired-centered research shifts the kinds of questions scientists ask and how communities see themselves. Desire does not hide the damage of the past but celebrates survival and hope. Tuck 2009 https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.79.3.n0016675661t3n15 #HowToScience #TheoryOfChange #CommunityResearch #SciLit

Moving from damage-centered research to desired-centered research shifts the kinds of questions scientists ask and how communities see themselves. Desire does not hide the damage of the past but celebrates survival and hope. Tuck 2009 https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.79.3.n0016675661t3n15 #HowToScience #TheoryOfChange #CommunityResearch #SciLit

Moving from damage-centered research to desired-centered research shifts the kinds of questions scientists ask and how communities see themselves. Desire does not hide the damage of the past but celebrates survival and hope. Tuck 2009 https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.79.3.n0016675661t3n15 #HowToScience #TheoryOfChange #CommunityResearch #SciLit

Moving from damage-centered research to desired-centered research shifts the kinds of questions scientists ask and how communities see themselves. Desire does not hide the damage of the past but celebrates survival and hope. Tuck 2009 https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.79.3.n0016675661t3n15 #HowToScience #TheoryOfChange #CommunityResearch #SciLit

Moving from damage-centered research to desired-centered research shifts the kinds of questions scientists ask and how communities see themselves. Desire does not hide the damage of the past but celebrates survival and hope. Tuck 2009 https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.79.3.n0016675661t3n15 #HowToScience #TheoryOfChange #CommunityResearch #SciLit

Academia can be cut throat. Knowing your purpose and value can help. Alpert-Abrams 2022 https://halperta.com/shalperta%20press/purpose/ #HowToScience #SciLit

Guided reflection on developing your purpose and drive for academic work. Alpert-Abrams 2022 https://halperta.com/shalperta%20press/purpose/ #HowToScience

Barries to big team science includes misaligned professional incentives, lack of Global South inclusion, and lack of funding. Yet big grassroots efforts exist, it’s unclear what makes these succeed. Coles et al 2022 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00150-2 #TeamScience #HowToScience #SciLit

I suspect that these successful groups were able to build community around a shared mission. Yes funding, rewards, and diversity makes this hard. And solving these would not be sufficient to create successful collaborations.

Reanalysis of linear relationship between soil water content and hetertrophic respiration still holds 25 years later. The orginal highly cited paper shows that you can new quite anticipate how your work will be used in the future and data-regret from not acrhiving your studies (published or not) can be strong. Cook and Orchard 2007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.12.012 #HowToScience #SoilCarbonCycling #LandCarbonModel

Surveys and interviews expose the complex vocabulary of data processing and documentation. Chao etal 2015 https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.23184 #Infromatics #Vocabularies #HowToScience #MetaData

Surveys and interviews expose the complex vocabulary of data processing and documentation. Chao etal 2015 https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.23184 #Infromatics #Vocabularies #HowToScience #MetaData

Surveys and interviews expose the complex vocabulary of data processing and documentation. Chao etal 2015 https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.23184 #Infromatics #Vocabularies #HowToScience #MetaData

Surveys and interviews expose the complex vocabulary of data processing and documentation. Chao etal 2015 https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.23184 #Infromatics #Vocabularies #HowToScience #MetaData