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Media Coverage of This Article

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 21 Nov 2012 at 22:57 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: BioTechniques
Title: “BioTechniques - Close encounters: does proximity affect impact?”
http://www.biotechniques....

Publication: Boston Globe
Title: “For researchers in Boston area, close quarters help elevate their work - The Boston Globe”
http://www.boston.com/new...

Publication: Chemistry World Blog
Title: “Chemistry World Blog. Work together? Then sit together”
http://prospect.rsc.org/b...

Publication: Curt Rice
Title: “Home is where the impact is: Why the geography of offices matters”
http://curt-rice.com/2012...

Publication: Forbes Blog
Title: “When Innovating, Location Matters - Forbes”
http://www.forbes.com/sit...

Publication: Harvard Business Review
Title: “Does It Matter Where Your Top Team Sits? - Bob Frisch - Harvard Business Review”
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2...

Publication: Harvard Gazette
Title: “Nearer, better | Harvard Gazette”
http://news.harvard.edu/g...

Publication: Harvard Magazine
Title: “"Water cooler" effect may improve scientific research | Harvard Magazine May-Jun 2011”
http://harvardmagazine.co...

Publication: Nature News
Title: “Love thy lab neighbour : Nature News”
http://www.nature.com/new...

Publication: Press Release
Title: “Close Proximity Leads to Better Science | HMS”
http://hms.harvard.edu/co...

Publication: Science.orf.at
Title: “Mehr Nähe, mehr Impact”
http://science.orf.at/sto...

Publication: TIME Healthland
Title: “The Value of Face Time: To Work Better, Work Closely | TIME.com”
http://healthland.time.co...

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RE: Media Coverage of This Article

seouri replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 29 Nov 2012 at 19:47 GMT

Publication: Nature News Blog
Title: Get closer: how physical proximity promotes high-impact science
http://blogs.nature.com/n...


Publication: Harvard Business Review
Title: Collaborators Do Best If They Are Nearby
http://web.hbr.org/email/...


Publication: Harvard Business Review
Title: Stat Watch: Proximity Is the Key to Collaboration
http://hbr.org/2011/03/st...


Publication: Forbes blog
Title: Harvard Study Suggests Working From Home Could Hurt Your Career
http://www.forbes.com/sit...


Publication: Fast Company
Title: Why In-Person Socializing Is A Mandatory To-Do Item
http://www.fastcompany.co...


Publication: The New Yorker
Title: Groupthink
http://www.newyorker.com/...


Publication: Chicago Reader
Title: Not so fast, Northwestern
http://www.chicagoreader....


Publication: Nature Boston Blog
Title: Brainstorming and the intellectual virtues of proximity.
http://blogs.nature.com/b...


Publication: CBS Interactive SmartPlanet
Title: Why proximity matters for innovation
http://www.smartplanet.co...


Publication: Photonics.com
Title: Keep Your Friends Close
http://www.photonics.com/...


Publication: Big Think
Title: How to Generate a Good Idea
http://bigthink.com/insig...


Publication: inside.shepleybulfinch.com
Title: Metrics and the design of collaborative environments
http://inside.shepleybulf...


Publication: brian s hall's blog
Title: City Rankings, collaboration and...how many Harvard researchers does it take to state the obvious?
http://archive.brianshall...


Competing interests declared: Author of this paper

RE: Media Coverage of This Article

seouri replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 29 Nov 2012 at 21:28 GMT

Publication: Harvard Business Review Blog Network
Title: Workers, Take Off Your Headphones
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2...


Publication: The Free Library
Title: The value of personal contact.
http://www.thefreelibrary...


Publication: Harvard Medicine - Impossible Medicine
Title: A Beautiful Day for a Neighbor
http://hms.harvard.edu/co...


Publication: Rebuilding_Creativity blog
Title: The Value Of Proximity
http://rebuildingcreativi...

Competing interests declared: Author of this paper

RE: Media Coverage of This Article

seouri replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 30 Nov 2012 at 14:53 GMT

Publication: The Wall Street Journal
Title: Social Networks Can't Replace Socializing
http://online.wsj.com/art...


Publication: News at Princeton
Title: Sky for a ceiling: Andlinger Lab design reflects science in service of the planet
http://www.princeton.edu/...


Publication: Slate
Title: The Importance of Place
http://www.slate.com/blog...


Publication: Theknowledgecore's Blog
Title: Formalising water cooler talk
http://theknowledgecore.w...


Publication: Psygrammer blog
Title: Remote & Textual Collaboration
http://psygrammer.com/201...

Competing interests declared: Author of this paper

RE: Media Coverage of This Article

seouri replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 10 Mar 2013 at 20:14 GMT

Publication: Wired
Title: On Bad Reviews
http://www.wired.com/wire...

Publication: Wired
Title: The Importance Of Physical Space
http://www.wired.com/wire...

No competing interests declared.

RE: Media Coverage of This Article

seouri replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 10 Mar 2013 at 20:24 GMT

Publication: Wired
Title: Can Online Social Networks Replace Real Socializing?
http://www.wired.com/wire...

No competing interests declared.