Assistant Professor @ UPV
Daily reflections, highlights, and ideas from research papers, one cup of coffee at a time.
A paper a day keeps the PhD awake
What drives the visibility of science content on YouTube? A study of 441 videos from independent Brazilian communicators finds that likes, channel productivity, video age, and format are key predictors of reach.
A paper a day keeps the PhD awake
What makes a science video on YouTube go viral (or at least become popular?) A study by Welbourne and Grant analyzes 390 videos across 39 channels to understand how content factors such as communicator continuity, speaking pace, and engagement shape video popularity.
A paper a day keeps the PhD awake
This post explores a study analyzing how mentions of scientific articles in YouTube videos can predict their academic and societal impact. Medical and biological sciences lead the way, and subscriber count and video views play a key role.
A paper a day keeps the PhD awake
YouTube isn’t just for entertainment, it can be a powerful tool for science communication. A PLOS ONE study of American Chemical Society videos reveals how factors like video length, likes, and mobile viewing influence audience engagement with science on YouTube. Communicating science effectively isn’t just about the content, it’s about how it’s presented.
A paper a day keeps the PhD awake
A paper a day keeps the PhD awake: Word Association Thematic Analysis (WATA) is a mixed-methods workflow that first detects statistically distinctive words between two groups of texts, then interprets them in context to develop themes—offering scalable, human-meaningful comparisons across large corpora.