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Melanie A. Kilian

Right Answers to Wrong Questions: How Misconceptions Lead to Confidence and Task Failure

Typos, blurry terms, missing details – search engines, such as Bing, Google, and Yahoo, have learnt to recognize and deal with unclear search queries. “Did you mean …?” is a counter-question most of us internet users may have gotten once from these tools after entering a search query. So, these systems have our inaccuracies covered, right? And we can explore the search results and relax? Well, it is not that easy.

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Wenqing Wu

Assess Novelty in Academic Research: A Human-AI Collaborative Approach

In academia, one of the key criteria for determining whether a research paper is publishable is its novelty. Novelty means that the paper is bringing something new to the table—new ideas, new methods, or new findings that haven’t been seen before. It’s like asking, “Does this paper tell us something we didn’t already know?” But figuring out whether a paper is truly novel can be tricky. Traditionally, experts in the field have been responsible for making such judgements, but even they have their limitations. Another way is to measure the novelty of a study through unusual combinations of references or journals in its bibliography, but this is not always reliable either. So, can we combine the strengths of humans and machines to improve this process?

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Jiawei Xu

Unlocking the Secrets of Interdisciplinary Research: How Blending Fields Shapes Scientific Impact

Science thrives on innovation, and interdisciplinary research (IDR)—which merges ideas from multiple fields—is often celebrated as a driver of breakthroughs. Nonetheless, a landmark study analyzing over a million journal articles reveals that the benefits of IDR are far from universal. Success hinges on the academic discipline, the effort required to weave ideas together, and how knowledge spreads through the scientific community over time.

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Zhe Cao

How Does Scientific Research Influence Policymaking?

According to Nathan Caplan, scientists and policymakers belong to two distinct communities: the former prioritize conceptual understanding, while the latter emphasize the practical applicability of knowledge. So, how exactly does science shape policy? By analyzing the pathways through which research articles are cited in policy documents, we may uncover the underlying mechanisms of this complex interaction.

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Yong Ju Jung

Academic Libraries’ Spending Matters for College Student Success

Do academic libraries, meaning libraries in colleges and universities, affect students’ graduation rates? Some might think that academic libraries are merely supplemental rather than a critical element for students’ academic success. For the last decade or so, colleges and universities, on average, reduced their total spending for academic libraries while increasing spending in other areas, including student services, research, and institutional support. In this situation, we examined the association between academic library spending and student graduation rates at four-year colleges and universities in the U.S.

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Haoyang Wang

The Growing Divide in Scientific Attention: A Tale of Two Scientists

Imagine a bustling city where a few towering skyscrapers dominate the skyline, while the surrounding neighborhoods—though full of life and potential—remain in the shadows, overlooked. This metaphor captures a troubling trend in modern science: a small group of prominent researchers increasingly dominate scholarly attention, while the majority of scientists—early-career scholars, specialists in niche fields, or those from underrepresented regions—struggle to be heard. A recent study, analyzing millions of academic publications and citations, reveals how this “attention inequality” is reshaping the scientific landscape, with profound implications for innovation, diversity, and the future of knowledge itself.

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Heather O'Brien

Setting the Course and Embracing the Journey: Reflections on Knowledge Mobilization in the Canadian Research Context

Knowledge mobilization (KMb) is the movement of research findings between and within academic and non-academic settings. In a recent SSHRC-funded partner development project, Supporting Transparent and Open Research Engagement and Exchange (STOREE), we constructed a KMb plan as part of our funding application. Our work focused on making research more accessible, relevant to, and useful for non-academic audiences, and supporting scholars to change practices around research sharing. Reflecting on the project, team composition, how we worked together, sub-project processes and outcomes, and individual learnings, we gained insights on making alternative outputs and KMb more broadly.

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Xiaoqian Zhang

Health Information Without Borders: The Struggles and Strategies of Older Chinese Adults in Canada

Have you ever struggled to find the right health information, unsure of where to turn or what advice to trust? For many older Chinese adults in Canada, this challenge is even greater. They often face situations such as navigating a complex healthcare system, overcoming language barriers, and balancing traditional health beliefs with Western medical practices. These challenges can impact how they make health decisions and their overall well-being. Through in-depth interviews with 20 older Chinese adults in Canada, our research explores various factors related to how they seek and use health information. What did we uncover? Join us as we delve into their stories and the broader implications for health equity in Canada.

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Orland Hoeber

Studying Exploratory Search in Public Digital Libraries: Collaboration & Partnerships

Most search interfaces currently used in public digital libraries have been influenced by design patterns based on web search, even though the complexity of the information seeking process when searching within a public library can be far greater than web search. Web search interfaces work extremely well for lookup search tasks, but they struggle to support complex search, especially those related to exploratory search.

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