If we wanted to make a list of publications that showed the depth of the work of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, we couldn’t do better than the list of the most downloaded publications released in 2017. Covering the health effects of cannabis, science communication, genome editing, immigration, health equity, dementia, and climate science, the variety of our work coincides with the most read.
We released 327 publications this year. These were the most downloaded.
#1
Significant changes have taken place in the policy landscape surrounding cannabis legalization, …
#2
Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda
Science and technology are embedded in virtually every aspect of modern life. As a result, …
#3
The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration
The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration finds that the long-term impact of …
#4
Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance
Genome editing is a powerful new tool for making precise alterations to an organism’s genetic …
#5
Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity
In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than …
#6
Preventing Cognitive Decline and Dementia: A Way Forward
Societies around the world are concerned about dementia and the other forms of cognitive …
#7
Seeing Students Learn Science: Integrating Assessment and Instruction in the Classroom
Science educators in the United States are adapting to a new vision of how students learn …
#8
Valuing Climate Damages: Updating Estimation of the Social Cost of Carbon Dioxide
The social cost of carbon (SC-CO2) is an economic metric intended to provide a comprehensive …
#9
Information Technology and the U.S. Workforce: Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?
Recent years have yielded significant advances in computing and communication technologies, with …
#10
Review of the Draft Climate Science Special Report
The United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is moving towards a sustained …
#11
Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading …
#12
Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology
Between 1973 and 2016, the ways to manipulate DNA to endow new characteristics in an organism …
#13
The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainment—the number …
#14
Fostering Integrity in Research
The integrity of knowledge that emerges from research is based on individual and collective …
#15
Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English: Promising Futures
Educating dual language learners (DLLs) and English learners (ELs) effectively is a national …
#16
Using 21st Century Science to Improve Risk-Related Evaluations
Over the last decade, several large-scale United States and international programs have been …
#17
Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation’s Electricity System
Americans’ safety, productivity, comfort, and convenience depend on the reliable supply of …
#18
Undergraduate Research Experiences for STEM Students: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities
Undergraduate research has a rich history, and many practicing researchers point to …
#19
Refining the Concept of Scientific Inference When Working with Big Data: Proceedings of a Workshop
The concept of utilizing big data to enable scientific discovery has generated tremendous …
#20
Global Health and the Future Role of the United States
While much progress has been made on achieving the Millenium Development Goals over the last …