Bringing the Environment to the Forefront of Engineering
MIT Associate Professor Desiree Plata has a lifelong mission of making sustainability a bigger factor in design decisions.
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The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
This article illustrates some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.
Understanding Air Pollution from Space
MIT Professor Arlene Fiore uses satellite data paired with ground observations to refine our understanding of ozone smog and interactions with meteorology and climate.
Investigating the Division of Scientific Labor Using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy
Investigating the Division of Scientific Labor Using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy
Paper analyzes how research contributions are divided across research teams, focusing on the association between division of labor and number of authors, and authors’ position and specific contributions by using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT).
Understanding Chinese Science: New Scientometric Perspectives
This special issue covers a diversity of topics on Chinese science, ranging from scientometric analyses to studies of the Chinese science system and research assessment in China.
Covid-19 "Long Haulers" Are Organizing Online to Study Themselves
Slack groups and social media are connecting people who've never fully recovered from coronavirus to collect data on their condition.
MIT, Guided by Open Access Principles, Ends Elsevier Negotiations
Institute ends negotiations for a new journals contract in the absence of a proposal aligning with the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts.
Our Weird Behavior During the Pandemic is Screwing with AI Models
Machine-learning models trained on normal behavior are showing cracks —forcing humans to step in to set them straight.
The MIT Press Receives a Generous Grant from the Arcadia Fund to Develop and Pilot a Sustainable Framework for Open Access Monographs
The MIT Press Receives a Generous Grant from the Arcadia Fund to Develop and Pilot a Sustainable Framework for Open Access Monographs
The MIT Press has received a three-year $850,000 grant from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, to perform a broad-based monograph publishing cost analysis and to develop and openly disseminate a durable financial framework and business plan for open access (OA) monographs.
New Science Blooms After Star Researchers Die, Study Finds
Deaths of prominent life scientists tend to be followed by a surge in highly cited research by newcomers.
Journal of Quantitative Science Studies
Quantitative Science Studies, from the MIT Press, is the official open access journal of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI).
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