We chat with Chris Jackson (Imperial College, London) about the "Matthew Effect" in academia, how we can improve work/balance, and whether we should stop citing shitty people.

Here's more stuff we cover:

Chris climbed the world's most dangerous volcano for a BBC show
Chris' email signature
Having a code of conduct for your lab
Work/life balance in academia
Are things worse in academia compared to other desk jobs?
How Chris co-founded "EarthArxiv", a preprint server for the earth sciences
The point/counterpoint article format (here is an example)
Open science in the geosciences
Requesting data from authors
Follow Chris on Twitter
Issues with bibliometrics
Should we stop citing shitty people?
The long wait to get your work expenses reiumbursed

Other links

Dan on twitter
James on [twitter]((https://twitter.com/jamesheathers)
Everything Hertz on twitter
Everything Hertz on [Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/)

Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2020, July 6) "111: The cumulative advantage of academic capital (with Chris Jackson)", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/KJ76G

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