# Global snapshot of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activities of materials scientists between Spring and Autumn 2020

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## Created at

2021-11-24T08:59:51.620274Z

## Updated at

2024-01-05T13:12:32.010579Z

## Published at

2021-12-02T16:32:21.943511Z

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## First published url

https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2021.1894756

## Date published

2021-12-31

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2021-12-31

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## Title

- title: Global snapshot of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activities
    of materials scientists between Spring and Autumn 2020
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: We conducted a global survey on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
    on the research activities of materials scientists by distributing a questionnaire
    on 9 October 2020 with a response deadline of 23 October 2020. The questions covered
    issues such as access to labs, effectiveness of online conferences, and effects
    on doctoral students for the period covering the first lockdowns until the relaxation
    of restrictions in late September 2020 in many countries. The survey also included
    online interviews with eminent materials scientists who shared their local experiences
    during this period. The interviews were compiled as a series of audio conversations
    for The STAM Podcast that is freely available worldwide. Our findings included
    that the majority of institutes were not prepared for such a crisis; researchers
    in China, Japan, and Singapore were able to resume research much quicker – for
    example after approximately one month in Japan – than their counterparts in the
    US and Europe after the first lockdowns; researchers adapted to using virtual
    teleconferencing to maintain contact with colleagues; and doctoral students were
    the hardest hit by the pandemic with deep concerns about completing their research
    and career prospects. We hope that the analysis from this survey will enable the
    global materials science community to learn from each other’s experiences and
    move forward from the unprecedented circumstances created by the pandemic.
  description_type: abstract
  lang: en

## Creator

- name: NAITO, Masanobu
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7198-819X
- name: HISHITA, Shunichi
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1268-4337
- name: HIROHATA, Atsufumi
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9107-2330
- name: KIMLICKA, Ken
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6626-9502
- name: HANY, Roland
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-119X
- name: SANDHU, Adarsh
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8892-5942
- name: NISHIMURA, Chikashi
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0491-5139

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- subject: materials science
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- subject: research management
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- subject: virtual conference
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- subject: crisis management
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- subject: lockdown
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- subject: COVID-19
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- subject: COVID-19 survey
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- subject: scientific research
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- subject: pandemic
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- subject: science careers
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- description: Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 International
  identifier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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