PhysOrg
Publishing during postdoc years tied to later academic career success
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Yueran Duan, Shahan Ali Memon, Bedoor AlShebli, Qing Guan, Petter Holme, and Talal Rahwan. “Postdoc publications and citations link to academic retention and faculty success.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025).
Times Higher Education
Postdoc publications ‘more important for career than PhD success’
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Yueran Duan, Shahan Ali Memon, Bedoor AlShebli, Qing Guan, Petter Holme, and Talal Rahwan. “Postdoc publications and citations link to academic retention and faculty success.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025).
Nature News
More than 40% of postdocs leave academia, study reveals
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Yueran Duan, Shahan Ali Memon, Bedoor AlShebli, Qing Guan, Petter Holme, and Talal Rahwan. “Postdoc publications and citations link to academic retention and faculty success.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025).
The Scientist
Postdocs Who Publish Hit Papers Are More Likely to Stay and Succeed in Academia
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Yueran Duan, Shahan Ali Memon, Bedoor AlShebli, Qing Guan, Petter Holme, and Talal Rahwan. “Postdoc publications and citations link to academic retention and faculty success.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025).
Nature Career News
“Racial inequalities in journals highlighted in giant study”
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Fengyuan Liu, Talal Rahwan, Bedoor AlShebli. “Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023).
University World News
“Non-white scientists spend more time under review – PNAS”
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Fengyuan Liu, Talal Rahwan, Bedoor AlShebli. “Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023).
American Physical Society
“Racial Inequity in Key Publication Metrics”
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Fengyuan Liu, Talal Rahwan, Bedoor AlShebli. “Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023).
Physics World
“‘Significant’ inequalities affect non-white researchers when publishing their work”
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Fengyuan Liu, Talal Rahwan, Bedoor AlShebli. “Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023).
Science & Development Network
“Racial gap ‘impedes publishing by non-white scientists’”
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Fengyuan Liu, Talal Rahwan, Bedoor AlShebli. “Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023).
PhysOrg
“New analysis offers insights into causes of persistent inequities affecting non-white scientists and their research”
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Fengyuan Liu, Talal Rahwan, Bedoor AlShebli. “Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023).
EurekAlert!
“Analysis by NYUAD researchers offers new insights into causes of persistent inequities affecting non-white scientists and their research”
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Fengyuan Liu, Talal Rahwan, Bedoor AlShebli. “Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023).
Nature News
“Largest-ever study of journal editors highlights ‘self-publication’ and gender gap”
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Fengyuan Liu, Petter Holme, Matteo Chiesa, Bedoor AlShebli, Talal Rahwan. “Gender inequality and self-publication are common among academic editors” Nature Human Behavior (2023).
Khaleej Times
“UAE: Researchers find persistent gender gap among scientific editors”
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Fengyuan Liu, Petter Holme, Matteo Chiesa, Bedoor AlShebli, Talal Rahwan. “Gender inequality and self-publication are common among academic editors” Nature Human Behavior (2023).
Nature Middle East
“Examining equality among editors”
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Fengyuan Liu, Petter Holme, Matteo Chiesa, Bedoor AlShebli, Talal Rahwan. “Gender inequality and self-publication are common among academic editors” Nature Human Behavior (2023).
Times Higher Education
“Concern over high self-publication rates among journal editors”
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Fengyuan Liu, Petter Holme, Matteo Chiesa, Bedoor AlShebli, Talal Rahwan. “Gender inequality and self-publication are common among academic editors” Nature Human Behavior (2023).
New Scientist
“Journals publish disproportionate number of papers by their editors”
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Fengyuan Liu, Petter Holme, Matteo Chiesa, Bedoor AlShebli, Talal Rahwan. “Gender inequality and self-publication are common among academic editors” Nature Human Behavior (2023).
Nature News and Views
“Self-publishing is common among academic-journal editors”
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Fengyuan Liu, Petter Holme, Matteo Chiesa, Bedoor AlShebli, Talal Rahwan. “Gender inequality and self-publication are common among academic editors” Nature Human Behavior (2023).
Nature Middle East
“Lightening the load to narrow the digital divide”
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Moumena Chaqfeh, Rohail Asim, Bedoor AlShebli, Muhammad Fareed Zaffar, Talal Rahwan, Yasir Zaki. “Towards a World Wide Web without digital inequality“. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023).
EurekAlert!
“NYU Abu Dhabi researchers find persistent gender gap among scientific editors”
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Fengyuan Liu, Petter Holme, Matteo Chiesa, Bedoor AlShebli, Talal Rahwan. “Gender inequality and self-publication are common among academic editors” Nature Human Behavior (2023).
Science Alert
“Weaponised Disinformation Could Unleash City-Wide Blackouts, Researchers Warn”
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G Raman, B AlShebli, M Waniek, T Rahwan, JCH Peng. “How weaponizing disinformation can bring down a city’s power grid“. PLOS ONE (2020).
Fast Company
“Hackers could take down the power grid—by telling everyone it was a good time to turn things on”
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G Raman, B AlShebli, M Waniek, T Rahwan, JCH Peng. “How weaponizing disinformation can bring down a city’s power grid“. PLOS ONE (2020).
Nature News
“These labs are remarkably diverse — here’s why they’re winning at science”
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Bedoor K. AlShebli, Talal Rahwan, and Wei Lee Woon. “The preeminence of ethnic diversity in scientific collaboration.” Nature Communications (2018).
Physics World
“Ethnic diversity boosts scientific impact”
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Bedoor K. AlShebli, Talal Rahwan, and Wei Lee Woon. “The preeminence of ethnic diversity in scientific collaboration.” Nature Communications (2018).