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Department of Physicshttps://www.umu.se/A RSS feed provided by Umeå Universityen-usSat, 03 Oct 2026 18:36:57 +0200https://www.umu.se/en/events/icelab-seminar-editorial-and-peer-review-with-aaron-clauset_12183482/IceLab Seminar: Editorial and peer review with Aaron ClausetIceLab guest Aaron Clauset will give a talk titled 'Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals' October 5 15h in Zoom.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200Stress Response Modeling at IceLab guest researcher Aaron Clauset will give an online science of science talk titled 'Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals' on October 5th at 15.00 in Zoom.<div class="epi-contentfragment">Register for Aaron Clauset's Seminar</div><h3>Abstract</h3>The stakes of peer review are especially high at elite general science journals, as papers published in these venues are more likely to shape scientific discourse, public policy, and academic careers. However, expectations of confidentiality in most editorial proceedings restricts the data available for assessing how well they achieve the scientific community’s ideals, or to develop and test theories to improve the process.In this talk, I will describe a new anonymized dataset comprising the evaluations of 110,303 manuscript submitted over five years at Science and Science Advances, and a detailed analysis of what it tells us about editorial and peer review at elite general science journals. Across both stages, the strongest selective effects are associated with institutional prestige, specific research topics, larger team sizes, and geographic location. Associations are systematically stronger during the initial editorial review. I will conclude by discussing how this two-stage evaluation model presents distinct opportunities to test interventions--such as partial anonymization--and why applying scientific rigor to our own gatekeeping practices is essential to aligning elite publishing with the scientific community's meritocratic ideals.<h3>About Aaron Clauset</h3>Aaron Clauset is a Professor of Computer Science, faculty in the BioFrontiers Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder, and External Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute. An internationally recognized expert in network science and complex systems, his research uncovers the fundamental principles that govern surprising patterns in social and biological systems. His pioneering work on networks and rare events have transformed how scientists analyze complex systems. He serves as a Deputy Editor at Science Advances and is an elected Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Network Science Society, as well as recipient of the Erdos–Renyi Prize in Network Science. He earned his PhD in Computer Science with distinction from the University of New Mexico, where he was recently named a Distinguished Alumnus. Outside the lab, he is an avid runner, a father of three girls, and a passionate traveler aiming to visit every continent. Past Science of Science SeminarsAaron Clauset previously gave an IceLab Science of Science seminar in October 2025 on gender differences in collaboration networks. You can watch this seminar on our UMU Play channel '<a href="https://play.umu.se/channel/IceLab+Special+Seminars/797087">IceLab Special Seminars</a>'.This seminar will also be recorded and added to our UMU Play channel.  Find out more about the Integrated Science Lab (IceLab) and Stress Response Modeling at IceLab at our website <a href="http://icelab.se">icelab.se</a>.   ZoomSeminarhttps://www.umu.se/en/events/icelab-seminar-editorial-and-peer-review-with-aaron-clauset_12183482/2026-10-05T15:00:00+02:002026-10-05T16:00:00+02:00https://www.umu.se/en/events/daniel-per-gustaf-nilsson-experimental-physics_12181959/Daniel Per Gustaf Nilsson, Experimental PhysicsDemocratizing biophysical instrumentation: development of open-source tools using additive manufacturing.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200Democratizing biophysical instrumentation: development of open-source tools using additive manufacturing.Supervisor: Magnus Andersson.BIO.A.206 – Aula Anatomica.Defence of doctoral thesishttps://www.umu.se/en/events/daniel-per-gustaf-nilsson-experimental-physics_12181959/2026-10-09T09:00:00+02:002026-10-09T13:00:00+02:00https://www.umu.se/en/events/vibrational-spectroscopy-user-licence-course-fall-26_12183052/Vibrational Spectroscopy - User Licence Course Fall 2026Introduction to the use of FTIR and Raman spectrometers, as well as OPTIR and Raman microscopes.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200Introduction to the use of FTIR and Raman spectrometers, as well as OPTIR and Raman microscopes. The course covers applications from biology and medicine to chemistry and physics, such as high-throughput chemotyping, chemical imaging of biological tissues, surface-sensitive measurements of minerals, and the analysis of compositional changes in a range of materials from bacteria to semiconductors.Course Instructor: <a href="/link/20eb3ea6a76747f68d4c6a68cce4874e.aspx?epslanguage=en">András Gorzsás</a>, Manager of the <a href="/link/adff283210fd48318dc7a3411e8b92ef.aspx?epslanguage=en">Vibrational Spectroscopy Core Facility</a>.Find more information and register on the <a href="/link/be3d3a0649fe4154a45acaeebab76674.aspx?epslanguage=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">course homepage</a>.Registration deadline:  5 October 2026. Bojen, Chemistry Department KBC BuildingCoursehttps://www.umu.se/en/events/vibrational-spectroscopy-user-licence-course-fall-26_12183052/2026-10-12T09:00:00+02:002026-10-16T17:00:00+02:00