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About the Role
Schmidt Sciences is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating scientific knowledge and breakthroughs using advanced tools to support a thriving planet. The Science Systems Center strengthens the technical and academic systems underlying scientific discovery by supporting people, tools, and technology. This Visiting Scientist position focuses on bibliometrics and the science of science, aiming to improve program outcome assessment and shape the organization's thinking on scholarly infrastructure and the scientific record.
Responsibilities
- Review how programs across the Center collect, review, and assess outcomes, and recommend improvements.
- Design and pilot practical approaches for tracking the outcomes of awardees and programs over time, including measures of interdisciplinary research.
- Develop analyses and tools that program teams can use directly, making effective use of AI and large-scale bibliometric data.
- Assess the Center's current investments in strengthening the scientific literature, and map the broader landscape of efforts on scholarly infrastructure and the scientific record, including how AI is changing how research is published, discovered, and verified.
- Help shape the Center’s future strategy in this area, including a scoped recommendation on where and how it might invest and which program directions it could pursue.
- Pursue an independent research agenda in bibliometrics and the science of science, using publicly available or independently obtained data.
Requirements
- A PhD or equivalent from an accredited university in information science, computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, or a related field relevant to the science of science.
- At least 2 years of postdoctoral or equivalent professional experience in academia, industry, government, or private research organizations.
- Demonstrated expertise in bibliometrics, scientometrics, or the science of science, evidenced by peer-reviewed publications or comparable contributions.
- Hands-on experience working with large-scale data on publications, citations, researchers, and collaboration networks.
- Demonstrated effective use of AI in research and data analysis.
- Experience building databases, analytical tools, or software for science of science analysis.
- Ability to translate research into practical recommendations for program teams and non-specialist audiences.
- Proven ability to operate autonomously and make informed decisions while working with interdisciplinary teams.
- Be based on-site in New York, and be able to travel within the U.S. and internationally as needed.
Skills
- Bibliometrics
- Scientometrics
- Science of science
- AI in research and data analysis
- Large-scale data analysis
- Database building
- Analytical tool development
- Software development for science of science analysis
- Scholarly communication
- Research infrastructure
- Open scholarly data
- Preprints
- Integrity of the scientific record
- Strategy development
- Landscape analysis
- Program design
- Program evaluation
- Research assessment
Location
- New York
Work Type
- On-site
- Exempt
Experience Level
- Early-career researchers
- Mid-career and senior researchers on sabbatical
- At least 2 years of postdoctoral or equivalent professional experience
Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $155,000 - $185,000 a year
About the Company
- Schmidt Sciences is a nonprofit organization founded in 2024 by Eric and Wendy Schmidt that works to accelerate scientific knowledge and breakthroughs with the most promising, advanced tools to support a thriving planet.
- The organization prioritizes research in areas poised for impact including AI and advanced computing, astrophysics, biosciences, climate, and space—as well as supporting researchers in a variety of disciplines through its science systems program.
- Science Systems strengthens the technical and academic systems underlying scientific discovery through the support of people, tools, and technology.
- Its programs remove specific barriers researchers face, from crossing disciplines at critical career stages to accessing high-quality software and using AI effectively, and increasingly work to scale the practices and institutional models that help ambitious research thrive.
- The Center's portfolio includes the Schmidt Science Fellows, Schmidt Science Polymaths, the AI in Science Fellowship, the Virtual Institute for Scientific Software, Science Communications, and the Israeli Women's Postdoctoral Award.
Equal Opportunity
- Schmidt Sciences, is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce.
- We do not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by Company policy.
- We strive for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibit harassment of any kind.