It is my delight to share that our article is now available:
Capaldi, D. M., Knoble, N. B., Shortt, J. W., & Kim, H. K. (2012). A systematic review of risk factors for intimate partner violence. Partner Abuse, 3(2), 231-280.
Following Journals
Female Science Professor recently [recently: in grad student time] had a post on keeping up with journal reading where she discussed the challenges of a cluttered email inbox and staying current with publications. I appreciated the comment section as much as the posts itself for the opportunity to learn how others stay afloat with new publications.
I follow academic journals and other publications via RSS feed in Google Reader. This system works for me as I have journals filed together by broad topics that are relevant to my current work (e.g., child maltreatment, culture and identity, child development, etc.). I also subscribe to research journals outside my discipline (e.g., criminology, public health, neuroscience) and this has been a helpful way to become familiar with work in related fields. My morning routine usually includes scanning Reader which helps me stay afloat with subscriptions [and stay somewhat current with life outside of grad school].
Many of the FSP commenters also have subscriptions to PubMed search terms which seems incredibly helpful and will be my next keeping-up-with-journals experiment.
Beyond academic journals I also follow Research Blogging, Futurity, and other projects that disseminate research through commentary or aggregation. My latest favorite site to follow is LSE’s Impact of Social Sciences project as they post on great ideas for disseminating findings.
How do you stay current with your research reading?
SRA Conference and Interviews
The Society for Research on Adolescence conference was a great success. I posted a number of interviews with some of the conference presenters who have an international or global focus for their work over at the SRA Blog. Check out the comments and advice of:
- emerging researcher Taveeshi Gupta
- adolescent career development researcher Erik Porfeli
- Guillermo Bernal, researcher of culturally sensitive intervention adaptations
- Robert Blum, international survey researcher
- adolescent political development researcher Connie Flanagan
- Cigdem Kagitcibasi, adolescent well-being researcher
Hope to see you at SRA 2014 in Austin, Texas!
International spirit of the SRA 2012 Meeting
Today I am blogging for the Society for Research on Adolescence 2012 Biennial Meeting. This conference is clearly dedicated to promoting international collaboration and bringing adolescent research to a global level. Read more about the international spirit at the SRA Blog!
Open Social Science?
Recently the bloggers at smaller questions took on the topic of open science. If you are not already familiar with the idea of open science, I highly recommend their post.
I continue to be in awe of the momentum within the STEM fields toward disruption of the long-standing paradigm for conducting research as well as publishing research. It may be due to my frame of reference as a doctoral student, but it seems there is not as much momentum or dialogue around open science or open access within social sciences.
What are your thoughts on the topic? What do you think about the level of engagement among social scientists in the conversation about open science and open access?
Blogging at SRA
The Society for Research on Adolescence biennial meeting is coming up on March 8th – 10th, 2012, in the beautiful city of Vancouver, BC [read: home of 49th Parallel Coffee, amazing restaurants, stunning international port city encrusted by snow capped mountains]. I am equally as excited about the conference as I am about being in one of my favorite cities in the Pacific Northwest.
At this year’s conference I will be posting daily updates over at SRA Blogs on international research and international researchers. Stay tuned!
Opposing the Research Works Act
There is a new bill that was introduced in Congress and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called the Research Works Act. I strongly oppose this bill and welcome others to form opinions and take action (e.g. contact your representative in Congress).
Currently, all research in the U.S. funded through public dollars is required to be made available to the public – open access with no paywall to read research publications. The Research Works Act would like to introduce a paywall for the public to read all research that was publicly and privately funded. Essentially, the public would end up paying for publicly funded research twice.
To learn more about this bill, read ProPublica’s story and check out Harvard’s Open Access Project Notes on the Research Works Act (thanks, Peter Suber for the G+ share).
Social media for social scientists
Through the ABCT Couples SIG listserv, I recently learned about the LSE’s Impact of Social Sciences Project. The purpose of the project is to measure and evaluate the impact of social science research on the public. An essential part of the project is helping social scientists disseminate their work through the use of social media — check out their resource guide, which covers topics like how to leverage Twitter and podcasts for your research. Their Handbook on maximizing the impact of research on the public is also available online.