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| Title |
Survival strategies for choosing the right postdoc position
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Genome Biology, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/gb4163 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Duncan T Odom |
| Abstract |
You are completing your PhD (at last!), and might be asking yourself, 'What do I have to accomplish as a postdoc if I want to get a faculty job at one of the top 25% of research universities?' This article is a follow up to last year's essay on picking a graduate studentship, and here I lay out the advice I give to young scientists who have determined that they want to make the next step towards a research faculty post. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 76 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 18% |
| Spain | 4 | 5% |
| Belgium | 3 | 4% |
| Japan | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 3% |
| Turkey | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 26 | 34% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 43 | 57% |
| Members of the public | 30 | 39% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 118 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 3% |
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| India | 2 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 102 | 86% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 45 | 38% |
| Researcher | 36 | 31% |
| Professor | 7 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 8% |
| Unknown | 9 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 60 | 51% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 19 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 7 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 9% |
| Unknown | 10 | 8% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 48. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 February 2024.
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So far Altmetric has tracked 4,512 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 27.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 86% of its peers.
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