Kim Lewis & Brian Conlon

Which studies got the most media buzz in 2015?

Biology Researchers at Northeastern Generate Media Buzz

Our faculty members and their collaborators perform research that is recognized around the world. According to Altmetric, a division of the London-based publishing technology startup Digital Science, the number one scientific news story of 2015 was: “A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistance,” published in January in Nature by collaborators including Biology Researchers Prof. Kim Lewis and Dr. Brian Conlon.

“Stories about their work raise their professional profile, leading to better grants and better jobs. And as both scientists and their funders move to ditch impact factor as the main metric for judging the value of published research, media attention has emerged as one of many alternative metrics.” –ScienceInsider Article by John Bohannon

Read the rest of the story here: http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2015/12/which-studies-got-most-media-buzz-2015

Read the Nature Publication here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v517/n7535/full/nature14098.html

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