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Which scientific articles from the University of Copenhagen have been influential within their own field? We took a deep dive into some scientific citation numbers.
The University Post has extracted the most cited articles by scientists associated with Danish universities from a key citation database, and covering the years 2012-2021.
Prorector David Dreyer Lassen says science communication is of the utmost importance for UCPH. Dissemination of research results is a parameter that is considered when employing or promoting researchers.
Journalists need his language skills and in-depth understanding of the country. But press interviews take time away from his research and do not earn him points in the University merit system. Sharing scientific findings with the public should be a quantifiable parameter for researchers, he argues.
Communicating research results to the public is important, but it is not specified in researchers’ contracts, so they are forced to do it in their spare time, three researchers say.
The University of Copenhagen's Commemoration 2022 was marked by a strange combination of ceremony and activism.
Did you know that you might pick up your next bout of flu from a cash dispenser? Two medical students helped set up a study that looks at where we get infected with influenza and other viruses.
The University of Copenhagen’s (UCPH) Professor Morten Meldal has just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The University Post talked to the students and staff at the Department of Chemistry who were the first to celebrate with him.
For six long months Ole Wæver has been confronted with his misinterpretations of the war in Ukraine. Last Sunday it just got too much for the top political scientist. He responded with a 45-tweet monologue.
There are still significantly fewer women at the top of Danish research than men. And if we go back in history, there were even fewer women. But they were there. And they are of great importance to the star scientists of today. We met up with seismologist Trine Dahl-Jensen, who talks about her role model Inge Lehmann.
