Euan Adie of Altmetric probably took the most serious look at an influence-based ranking of science-themed Twitter accounts with this blog post on the "The Real Science Stars of Twitter".
He set off a storm by suggesting that a lack of intrinsic aptitude could help explain why fewer women than men reach the top ranks of science and math in universities.
While there may indeed be subtle biological differences contributing to the scarcity of women in the top ranks of science, interviews make clear that many female scientists continue to experience both overt and covert discrimination.
Dr. Summers announced the initiatives after months of controversy over his remarks suggesting that "intrinsic aptitude" could help explain why fewer women than men reached the highest ranks of science and math in universities.
"New Light on M.I.T. Issues, With a (Gasp!) Biologist at the Helm" (May 3) paraphrases Dr. Lawrence H. Summers's comment that one reason for the relative dearth of women in the upper ranks of science may be lesser innate ability, and it quotes Dr. Susan Hockfield, the M.I.T. president, as saying that Marie Curie exploded that myth.
This month the topic moved into the first rank of science policy circles.
This study has demonstrated that there is persistent inconsistency in the definitions of key scientific terms within the ranks of science researchers and science educators.
While the ranks of science Ph.D.s holding faculty-level jobs outside the established career ladder have multiplied in recent years, the number of traditional assistant professorships offering a shot at tenure has stagnated or even declined.
The magazine was moderately successful, though it was never regarded as one of the first rank of science fiction magazines.
Daniel Cohen wrote in Masters of the Occult that works including Typewriter in the Sky, Fear, and Slaves of Sleep "moved Hubbard into the front rank of science fiction writers of the late 1940s".
IGN ranked "Man of Science, Man of Faith" the 18th best episode of Lost, while a similar list by Los Angeles Times ranked the episode 11th, saying it had the best Jack flashback and demonstrated "a show confident in itself and at the height of its powers".
