Journalism

“AfterWord: Can You Measure Your Scholarship by Counting Citations?”

A podcast in which I talk about my story on altmetrics. Read More...

“As Scholarship Goes Digital, Academics Seek New Ways to Measure Their Impact”

Take that, impact factor! A look at the rise of altmetrics. Read More...

“Who Gets to See Published Research?”

The battle over public access to federally funded research is heating up again, thanks to the proposed Research Works Act. Read More...

“University Presses Disagree With Publishers Group on Bill to Curb Public Access”

The MIT Press and other scholarly publishers come out against the Research Works Act, putting them at odds with the Association of American Publishers, which endorses the bill. Read More...

“A ‘Luddite’ Who Championed New Scholarly Directions for History”

A conversation with Tony Grafton, a professor of history at Princeton University and the former president of the American Historical Association.  Read More...

“Historians Reflect on Forces Reshaping Their Profession”

Digital humanities and public history took center stage at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, held in Chicago Jan. 5-8. Read More...