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The Matthew effect and early-career setbacks in research funding—a replication study
Jong, L., Franssen, T., & Pinfield, S. (2025). Transforming excellence? From ‘matter of fact’ to ‘matter of concern’ in research funding organizations. Science & Technology Studies
Understanding the importance of SHAPE to the UK research ecosystem
The UK has a long-established reputation for excellence in research across a broad range of fields, but in recent years, there has been greater emphasis on STEM investment and greater recognition of the UK’s success in STEM. This paper examines the relative strengths of SHAPE disciplines and demonstrates that the UK’s SHAPE research portfolio outperforms the UK’s STEM research, for each international benchmark considered in this work.
Newman-Griffis, D. (2025). AI Thinking: a framework for rethinking artificial intelligence in practice. Royal Society Open Science 12:241482
Stafford T, Rombach I, Hind D et al. Where next for partial randomisation of research funding? The feasibility of RCTs and alternatives. Wellcome Open Research 2023, 8:309
Kaltenbrunner, W., Pinfield, S., Waltman, L., Woods HB and Brumberg, J. (2022). Innovating peer review, reconfiguring scholarly communication: an analytical overview of ongoing peer review innovation activities. Journal of Documentation. Vol. 78 No. 7, pp.429-449
Woods HB, Brumberg J, Kaltenbrunner, W et al. An overview of innovations in the external peer review of journal manuscripts. Wellcome Open Research 2023, 7: 82
Hook, D. W. & Wilsdon, J. R. (2023). The pandemic veneer: COVID-19 research as a mobilisation of collective intelligence by the global research community. Collective Intelligence, 2(1).
