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Social research

Who Leads, What Matters? Machine Learning and the Complexity of University Performance

María Teresa Ballestar, Kathrin Komp-Leukkunen, Jorge Malfeito-Gaviro, Alejandra Ramos, Jorge Sainz

published 28 May 2026

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Can knowledge reclassification accelerate technological innovation?

Peter Persoon

published 18 May 2026

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Searching for rich stories in Rich Pictures: Analysing visual stories about living with cancer

Emily R. E. Evans, Niels van Poecke, Hanneke W. M. van Laarhoven, Esther Helmich

published 12 May 2026

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Visualizing vastness: Graphical methods for multiverse analysis

Daniel Krähmer, Cristobal Young

published 05 Feb 2026

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Envisioning grassroots science: DIY biology in Canada, Britain, and Germany

Anna Verena Eireiner

published 09 Dec 2025

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Existential aspects of fatherhood transition—A systematic qualitative review protocol using framework synthesis

Marie Sejrsgaard, Caroline Moos, Maiken Fabricius Damm, Christina Prinds

published 05 Dec 2025

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Promises and pitfalls of using LLMs to identify actor stances in political discourse

Viviane Walker, Mario Angst

published 19 Nov 2025

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Dialogic Social Impact Analysis of Companies and Organizations (DSIACO): A pioneer model for evaluating social impact of companies and organizations

Mar Joanpere, Ana Burgues-Freitas, Cristina Pulido, Adriana Aubert, Elisabeth Torras-Gómez, Maria Vieites, Marta Soler-Gallart, Ramon Flecha

published 27 Oct 2025

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Design principles for social-ecological research at the landscape scale applied to western Rwanda

Matthias Baumann, Dula Duguma, Susanne Vögele, Meike Wollni, Ping Sun, Gaelle Ndayizeye, Joern Fischer

published 22 Aug 2025

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Developing a stakeholder-informed social responsibility model for translational science

Elise M. R. Smith, Georgia Loutrianakis, Kimberly Beatty, Krista Bohn, Kathryn A. Cunningham, Sharon Croisant, Jeffrey S. Farroni, Micheal Gienger, Dominique Guinn, Jometra Hawkins-Sneed, Sondip Mathur, Victoria McNamara, Marnina Miller, Stephen Molldrem, Kimberly Pounds, Vishnu Subrahmanyam, Emma Tumilty, Grace A. Loudd

published 09 Jun 2025

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Problematic social media use in 3D? Relationships between traditional social media use, social virtual reality (VR) use, and mental health

Shay Xuejing Yao, Joomi Lee, Reed M. Reynolds, Morgan E. Ellithorpe

published 15 Jan 2025

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A protocol for investigating long-term social discrimination memory: Evidence in female and male Long Evans rats

Fardad Pirri, Francine F. Burke, Cheryl M. McCormick

published 21 Nov 2024

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Re-use of research data in the social sciences. Use and users of digital data archive

Elina Late, Michael Ochsner

published 10 May 2024

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