{"id":202,"date":"2025-05-28T20:50:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/lish\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2025-05-28T20:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:50:44","slug":"effects-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-on-scientists-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/lish\/research-tracks\/past-projects\/effects-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-on-scientists-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Scientists\u2019 Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This project aims to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic and policies such as social distancing are affecting scientists and their research. Using a large-scale survey,&nbsp;we are attempting to identify which types of scientists are more or less affected by the pandemic, and how their research is changing. We hope the results will help inform institutions and policymakers how to best support science during and after this difficult period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Kyle R. Myers, Wei Yang Tham, Yian Yin, Nina Cohodes, Jerry G. Thursby, Marie C. Thursby, Peter E. Schiffer, Joseph T. Walsh, Karim R. Lakhani, and Dashun Wang. 6\/8\/2020. \u201cQuantifying the Immediate Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Scientists.\u201d SSRN.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3608302\">Publisher&#8217;s Version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div\nclass=\"wp-block-rkv-people-person\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/our-team\/kyle-r-myers\/\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-rkv-people-person-link\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"\n\t\t\tView Kyle R. 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