On Wednesday I posted the full list of the almost 900 posts submitted to Open Lab. As part of the process that I’m using to distribute the posts to my awesome reviewers, I’ve assigned each post a primary category.
On Wednesday I posted the full list of the almost 900 posts submitted to Open Lab. As part of the process that I'm using to distribute the posts to my awesome reviewers, I've assigned each post a primary category. (Clearly, many of the posts can easily fit into more than one category, but based on the post, the blog's general content - as far as I know or can tell - or whatever other information is available to me, I've picked one to be primary.)
Here's the breakdown of the posts by category (click to enlarge):
CATEGORY
NUMBER
Psychology/Behavior/Cognition
126
Biology
104
Evolution
88
History/Philosophy
67
Science Communication
67
Science in Life
62
Archaeology/Anthropology
50
Ecology/Conservation
35
Physics
32
Neuroscience
30
Marine Biology
28
Chemistry
27
Astronomy
25
Health-Medicine
23
Climate Science
22
Geology/Earth Science
17
Math/Stats
17
Women/Minorities
14
Epidemiology
8
Health-General
8
Botany
7
Engineering
4
Health-Psychiatry
3
Some trends are obvious and expected, such as that there are more life science posts than physical science posts. I was somewhat surprised by the extent to which the Psychology/Behavior/Cognition category surpassed the Biology category. What trends do you see? Anything expected or surprising?
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
Jason G. Goldman is a science journalist based in Los Angeles. He has written about animal behavior, wildlife biology, conservation, and ecology for Scientific American, Los Angeles magazine, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the BBC, Conservation magazine, and elsewhere. He contributes to Scientific American's "60-Second Science" podcast, and is co-editor of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide (Yale University Press). He enjoys sharing his wildlife knowledge on television and on the radio, and often speaks to the public about wildlife and science communication. Follow Jason G. Goldman on Twitter
