Top 10 stories of 2022

Reports about confidence in research, the future of research and the Clinician of the Future top the list of Elsevier’s most viewed stories

Every year, more than a million people from around the world visit Elsevier Connect, which offers news, features and other resources for the research and health communities. For 2022, our most popular posts dealt with issues of critical importance: confidence in research, the future of research, and the ‘Clinician of the Future.’

Our contributors are members of the global science and health communities and the Elsevier colleagues who work closely with them, many who have also worked as researchers or clinicians. to all of our contributors — and congratulations to those who made this list.

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Confidence in Research

Elsevier has partnered with leading science organizations and Economist Impact for a global collaboration to understand the impact of the pandemic on confidence in research — and identify areas for action to support researchers.

Photo from Elsevier's Confidence in Research hub

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The future of research revealed

In Elsevier’s global analysis, researchers lay bare the challenges and opportunities they face in a post-COVID world.

Illustration from Elsevier's Research Futures 2.0 report

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Clinician of the Future: a 2022 report

Elsevier Health’s global report reveals clinicians’ pain points, predictions for the future and how the industry can come together to address gaps.

Image of clinician with tablet

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Together we created the most advanced female 3D anatomy model

The team behind 3D4Medical’s female anatomy model talks about how they developed it — and why it has far-reaching implications for medicine

With Complete Anatomy's new full female model, created by Elsevier's 3D4Medical, users can switch between detailed female and male images with one click. Watch a video of how it works below.

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An impact-centered approach to higher education with engineering as a model

We’re transforming engineering education by applying a framework of activism, where students consider the impact their work will have on society

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“Open access is like a window of knowledge”

For universal issues like plastic pollution, open access is vital to help scientists replicate research, says Prof Gawsia W Chowdhury of Bangladesh — a winner of the 2022 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Women Scientists in the Developing World.

Prof Gawsia Wahidunessa Chowdhury, PhD, identifies microplastics from sediment samples using a phase-contrast microscope.

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Honoring the 2022 Nobel Laureates with free access to their research

Read the Nobel Prize winners’ most cited papers published by Elsevier

Elsevier illustration of Nobel Laureates

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The Lancet Group — impact that matters

As The Lancet Group receives impressive Impact Factor results, Richard Horton writes about the values behind his family of journals and their real-world impact

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Meet the winners of the 2022 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award

Award-winning women scientists from Bangladesh, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Sri Lanka and Yemen will present virtually at AAAS.

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Climate action is ‘the greatest opportunity’ to redefine global health, per Lancet Countdown

“When you intervene on climate change, you have a co-benefit for people’s health,” says The Lancet EiC Richard Horton, summing up new Lancet Climate Countdown report.

Photo of family on the beach with wind turbines in the distance