{"id":8859,"date":"2016-01-29T12:04:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T12:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/?p=8859"},"modified":"2016-01-29T12:04:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T12:04:24","slug":"most-read-on-naturejobs-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2016\/01\/29\/most-read-on-naturejobs-january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Most read on Naturejobs: January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>With another year behind us, and 91.67% of it yet to come, it\u2019s time to look back on the content from <em>Naturejobs<\/em> that you all most enjoyed this month. We\u2019ll get straight to it.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2016\/01\/11\/the-faculty-series-applying-for-grants\/\">Making a simple and engaging grant application<\/a> was one of the most important things for our readers this month, with Viviane Callier talking us through the process of building a message that conveys your science well, as part of our ongoing faculty series.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong> Monya Baker and Gautham Venugoplan sat down to have a chat last month, and they were good enough to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/naturejobs\/science\/articles\/10.1038\/nj7586-429b\">share it with us<\/a>. Here, Gautham describes switching careers from bioengineering to consulting, and explains how he still uses his scientific training daily.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2016\/01\/15\/jobs-of-the-future-what-will-a-science-career-look-like-in-2030\/\">Jobs of the Future initiative<\/a> (JOF) is a platform that will allow scientists to present what new jobs they think are coming to us in 2030. Michael Fischer and Mand\u00eb Holford talk about the genesis of the idea, and why they think it\u2019s important.<a class=\"wpn-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/files\/2014\/08\/Nature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4035 wpn-image alignright\" title=\"Nature\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/files\/2014\/08\/Nature-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"naturejobs-reads\" width=\"658\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/files\/2014\/08\/Nature-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/files\/2014\/08\/Nature-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> Eli Lazarus talks us through how an iterative digidynamic cross-platform publishing process synergizes innovation across multiplatform research space. Whoops, sorry \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/naturejobs\/science\/articles\/10.1038\/nj7586-429a\">how writing together bridges disciplines and cuts jargon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> From 2008 to 2011, Andrew Simons led a programme in Ethiopia for a US-based non-profit relief organization. After that he got a PhD in applied economics. Here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/naturejobs\/science\/articles\/10.1038\/nj7584-119a\">he talks to Virginia Gewin<\/a> about his career path and plans for the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Mark Lorch explains the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2016\/01\/06\/five-top-tips-for-getting-your-paper-noticed\/\">best ways to get your research noticed<\/a> by as many people as possible, and why it\u2019s important that you try to engage with everyone, not just the scientists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Researchers clamber through caves, dive underwater and scale glaciers in their quest to get results. Emily Sohn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/naturejobs\/science\/articles\/10.1038\/nj7585-243a\">talks us through the details<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Increased access to research data is on the agenda in science, but it\u2019s not as easy as it seems and could introduce problems for researchers. Viginia Gerwin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/naturejobs\/science\/articles\/10.1038\/nj7584-117a\">explains both sides<\/a> of the argument.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> I shouldn\u2019t be writing this \u2013 someone will realise I\u2019m just pretending to be qualified. I don\u2019t know anything about the impostor syndrome. Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/naturejobs\/science\/articles\/10.1038\/nj7587-555a\">check out Chris Woolston\u2019s piece<\/a>. And please don\u2019t tell anyone about this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Writing a manuscript that other researchers will be happy to read is one of the biggest challenges for scientists. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/naturejobs\/science\/articles\/10.1038\/nj7586-427a\">Dmitry Budker and Derek Jackson Kimball explain why<\/a> agreeing with your co-authors is the first step to making a great paper.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2016\/01\/29\/most-read-on-naturejobs-january-2016#more-8859\" class=\"more-link\"> &hellip; Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2016\/01\/29\/most-read-on-naturejobs-january-2016\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,419,5,395,288],"tags":[1131419,337,1131415,273,1131417],"class_list":["post-8859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-2","category-in-the-news","category-news","category-picks-of-the-week","category-report","tag-1131419","tag-career-paths-2","tag-january","tag-naturejobs","tag-nj16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}