Science of Science @ AOM
@MishaTeplitskiy
* Studying how institutions shape science and innovation * Teaching computational social science * Assistant professor at 〽️ichigan @UMSI
New paper by @charles_ayoubi @jmzumeldumlao and me answers a basic question: Q: Why do academics peer review? A: To learn. Using a quasi-experimental approach, we show reviewing a paper doubles chances of citing it in future work.
Wtf? During WWII Roosevelt explored idea of attacking Japan by dropping LARGE QUANTITIES OF BATS on them. And he got the idea from some random guy he claimed was definitely "NOT a nut"
Found this paper from 1992 in the wall of my house (!!). Fascinating to see how much local news covered global events. Yeltsin! Iran-Contra!
📄NEW PAPER📄 Ever wondered content people actually pay *attention* to online? Our new research reveals that you likely pay attention to far more varied political content than your likes and shares suggest
There used to be two sources of traffic on the web: search and social. Social disappeared as social networks mutated into TV channels and discouraged links. Now search is on the decline because of AI. AI is swallowing search traffic, but it is different from search in one…
Honestly who needs “Europe” when we have Chicago #bookresearch
Oh man, even UChicago is having to "restructure" humanities 😭
"The charges, Delogu said, stem from a growing need in higher education to justify the existence of the humanities at large and to demonstrate the value of humanities students beyond academia" bit.ly/46TruQP
This is kind of interesting: the distribution of undergrad GPAs for applicants to Michigan's PhD programs
NEW from me @statnews: We've learned that DeepMind is going to fund CASP, the protein structure competition that brought Google DeepMind's #AlphaFold to prominence (and a Nobel Prize), as its NIH funding runs out. More: statnews.com/2025/07/21/cas…
Right before Pearl Harbor, American intelligence intercepted crucial Japanese comms. But it was weekend, and Army translators were off work. So they had to give it to archnemesis Navy to translate. And then it turned out to be in English 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
More highly cited work is perceived as better on all dimensions of quality
I just emailed @A2GOV to urge the City Council to vote NO on tomorrow's resolution, which will significantly limit the amount of new housing that can be built under the proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan. (1/3)
Thank god at least *one* organization maintained its commitment to funding research
