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Best Places to Work Academia 2008: What's Important to US and international scientists

Best Places to Work Academia 2008: What's Important to US and international scientists In our November issue, we review the institutions that ranked at the top of our annual Best Places to Work for Academia survey. Click here to view the printable PDF.Click on the thumbnail to use the interactive chart. Resize the rows or scroll within the chart to view each category. Related ArticlesBest Places to Work in Academia 2008 The art of WE at UAB Dead Sea Scien

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In our November issue, we review the institutions that ranked at the top of our annual Best Places to Work for Academia survey. Click here to view the printable PDF.

Click on the thumbnail to use the interactive chart. Resize the rows or scroll within the chart to view each category.

Best Places to Work in Academia 2008

The art of WE at UAB

Dead Sea Science

Survey Methodology

Slideshow: BPTW 2008 Academia

Type of Institutions

How respondents spend their time

Top 40 US Academic Institutions

Top 15 US Academic Institutions

Top 10 US Academic Institutions

Top US institutions on five most important factors

Strengths and Weaknesses of the International top 10

Top Countries List

What's important to US and international scientists

Downloadable PDFs

Best Places to Work 2008: Industry

Best Places to Work 2008: Postdocs

The Scientist 2008 Life Science Salary Survey

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    Edyta Zielinska was a senior editor at The Scientist from 2007 to 2013, where she worked closely with scientific illustrators to develop accompanying graphics to illuminate complex concepts. 

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