IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/nathum/v5y2021i3d10.1038_s41562-021-01067-y.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Changing scientific meetings for the better

Author

Listed:
  • Sarvenaz Sarabipour

    (Johns Hopkins University)

  • Aziz Khan

    (Nordic EMBL Partnership, University of Oslo
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University)

  • Yu Fen Samantha Seah

    (Genome Biology Unit)

  • Aneth D. Mwakilili

    (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Plant Protection Department
    University of Dar es Salaam, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)

  • Fiona N. Mumoki

    (University of Pretoria)

  • Pablo J. Sáez

    (Institut Curie, Paris Sciences & Lettres Research University, CNRS, UMR 144
    University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)

  • Benjamin Schwessinger

    (The Australian National University)

  • Humberto J. Debat

    (National Institute of Agricultural Technology (IPAVE-CIAP-INTA))

  • Tomislav Mestrovic

    (Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology Unit, Dr Zora Profozic Polyclinic
    University Centre Varazdin, University North)

Abstract

Conferences are a pivotal part of the scientific enterprise, but large in-person meetings have several disadvantages. As the pandemic experience has shown, online meetings are a viable alternative. Accelerating efforts to improve conferences in virtual formats can lead to a more equitable and sustainable conference culture.

Suggested Citation

  • Sarvenaz Sarabipour & Aziz Khan & Yu Fen Samantha Seah & Aneth D. Mwakilili & Fiona N. Mumoki & Pablo J. Sáez & Benjamin Schwessinger & Humberto J. Debat & Tomislav Mestrovic, 2021. "Changing scientific meetings for the better," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 5(3), pages 296-300, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:5:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1038_s41562-021-01067-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01067-y
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01067-y
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41562-021-01067-y?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Martin Thomas Falk & Eva Hagsten, 2023. "Reverse adoption of information and communication technology among organisers of academic conferences," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(3), pages 1963-1985, March.
    2. Spiegel, Yossi & Toivanen, Otto, 2022. "From conference submission to publication and citations: Evidence from the EARIE conference," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    3. Helen Peterson & Liisa Husu, 2023. "Online panel work through a gender lens: implications of digital peer review meetings," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 50(3), pages 371-381.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:5:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1038_s41562-021-01067-y. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.