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Bringing the Environment to the Forefront of Engineering

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.

The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud

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

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.

Why Science Can't Settle Political Disputes

Why Science Can't Settle Political Disputes

Attempts to scientifically "rationalize" policy, based on the belief that science is purified of politics, may be damaging democracy.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Journal of Quantitative Science Studies

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).