{"id":28772,"date":"2023-12-13T11:27:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/?p=28772"},"modified":"2024-12-12T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T12:21:17","slug":"our-most-read-articles-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/2023\/12\/13\/our-most-read-articles-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Our most read articles of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>In 2023, researchers at the University of Reading published 57 articles on <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/uk\">The Conversation<\/a>. Together, these have been read over 2.7 million times.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28788 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/Top-articles-from-The-Conversation-2023-1024x505.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/Top-articles-from-The-Conversation-2023-1024x505.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/Top-articles-from-The-Conversation-2023-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/Top-articles-from-The-Conversation-2023-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/Top-articles-from-The-Conversation-2023-1536x758.png 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/Top-articles-from-The-Conversation-2023.png 1676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">Here you can find the top three most read articles for each of the University&#8217;s research themes \u2013 from health advice and discussion, to the importance of our accents, climate science, and the case for the four day working week, these are the most read Reading research topics of 2023. The articles are republished on our <\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/\">Connecting Research<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">\u00a0blog under the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/uk\/republishing-guidelines\">Creative Commons (BY-NC) licence<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Agriculture, Food &amp; Health<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">Depression isn\u2019t just sadness \u2013 it\u2019s often a loss of pleasure \u2013 <span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">Ciara McCabe, Professor of Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Mental Health<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"uort-entry-title\">It\u2019s often thought that if someone is depressed, they will feel sad or low most of the time. But what many don\u2019t realise is that these aren\u2019t the only symptoms of depression. Another common symptom of depression that is sometimes overlooked is the feeling that you no longer find the things you used to enjoy to be interesting or pleasurable. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/depression-isnt-just-sadness-its-often-a-loss-of-pleasure\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">Flavanols are linked to better memory and heart health \u2013 here\u2019s what foods you can eat to get these benefits \u2013 <span class=\"fn author-name\">Gunter Kuhnle, <\/span>Professor of Nutrition and Food Science<\/h3>\n<p>There are plenty of good reasons to make sure you\u2019re eating enough fruit and vegetables each day. Not only do fruit and vegetables contain many of the important vitamins and minerals our body needs to function at its best, they also keep our gut healthy and may even help maintain a healthy weight. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/flavanols-are-linked-to-better-memory-and-heart-health-heres-what-foods-you-can-eat-to-get-these-benefits\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">Young-onset Alzheimer\u2019s can be diagnosed from as early as 30 \u2013 and the symptoms are often different \u2013 <span class=\"fn author-name\">Mark Dallas, <\/span>Associate Professor in Cellular Neuroscience<\/h3>\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s disease is often thought of as a condition that only affects the elderly. But around\u00a03.9 million people worldwide aged 30-64 live with young-onset Alzheimer\u2019s disease \u2013 a form of dementia in which symptoms appear before the age of 65. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/young-onset-alzheimers-can-be-diagnosed-from-as-early-as-30-and-the-symptoms-are-often-different\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Heritage &amp; Creativity<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">Why some people lose their accents but others don\u2019t \u2013 linguistic expert \u2013 Jane Setter, Professor of Phonetics<\/h3>\n<p>The way a person speaks is an intrinsic part of their identity. It\u2019s tribal, marking a speaker as being from one social group or another. Accents are a sign of belonging as much as something that separates communities. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/why-some-people-lose-their-accents\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">Straw bale hung from London\u2019s Millennium Bridge to comply with ancient law \u2013 just part of the River Thames\u2019 long, legal history \u2013 Richard Blakemore, Associate Professor in Social and Maritime History<\/h3>\n<p>Maintenance workers on London\u2019s Millennium Bridge \u2013 which spans the River Thames \u2013have hung a bale of straw from the bridge\u2019s undercarriage. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/straw-bale-hung-from-londons-millennium-bridge-ancient-law-history\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">The Sycamore Gap: four other significant tree destructions from history \u2013 Helen Parish, Professor of History<\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0felling\u00a0of a single sycamore tree prompted an outpouring of grief last week. The tree \u2013 known as the \u201cSycamore Gap\u201d \u2013 had been an iconic landmark and its location, Hadrian\u2019s Wall in Northumberland, is\u00a0a protected Unesco world heritage site. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/sycamore-gap-four-other-tree-destructions-from-history\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Environment<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">How fish evolved to walk \u2013 and in one case, turned into humans \u2013 Chris Organ, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Biology<\/h3>\n<p>When you think about human evolution, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019re imagining chimpanzees exploring ancient forests or early humans daubing woolly mammoths on to cave walls. But we humans, along with bears, lizards, hummingbirds and\u00a0<em>Tyrannosaurus rex<\/em>,\u00a0are actually lobe-finned fish. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/how-fish-evolved-to-walk-and-in-one-case-turned-into-humans\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">Research reveals who\u2019s been hit hardest by global warming in their lifetime \u2013 and the answer may surprise you \u2013 Ed Hawkins, Professor of Climate Science (with co-authors)<\/h3>\n<p>Earth is warming and the signs of climate change are everywhere. We\u2019ve seen it in the past few weeks as temperatures hit record highs around the world \u2013 both in the Northern Hemisphere and the\u00a0warm Australian winter. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/global-warming-lifetime-effects\/\">Read more.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">Science shows the severe climate consequences of new fossil fuel extraction \u2013 Ed Hawkins, Professor of Climate Science<\/h3>\n<p>The world has just suffered through its\u00a0warmest month ever recorded. Heatwaves have swept across\u00a0southern Europe, the US and China, breaking many temperature records in the process. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/science-shows-consequences-fossil-fuel-extraction\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Prosperity &amp; Resilience<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">Why banks once flocked to Canary Wharf\u2019s high-tech superstructures, but are now starting to return to the City \u2013 <span class=\"fn author-name\">Lucy Newton, <\/span>Professor in Business History and <span class=\"fn author-name\">Peter Scott,\u00a0<\/span>Professor of International Business History<\/h3>\n<p>HSBC is moving its UK headquarters\u00a0from Canary Wharf back into the City of London as it adjusts to the impact of hybrid work on its office space needs. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/banks-canary-wharf-the-city\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">The UK\u2019s four-day working week pilot was a success \u2013 here\u2019s what should happen next \u2013 <span class=\"fn author-name\">Miriam Marra, <\/span>Associate Professor of Finance and Co-Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Henley Business School<\/h3>\n<p>The world\u2019s largest\u00a0four-day working week trial\u00a0has just ended and almost all of the companies that participated have decided to continue with a\u00a0reduced working hours model. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/the-uks-four-day-working-week-pilot-was-a-success-heres-what-should-happen-next\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"uort-entry-title\">What Binance\u2019s US lawsuit says about the future for cryptocurrency regulation \u2013 <span class=\"fn author-name\">Andrew Urquhart, <\/span>Professor of Finance &amp; Financial Technology (with co-author)<\/h3>\n<p>The world\u2019s\u00a0largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has been hit with a lawsuit by US regulator the\u00a0Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This is not the first time a cryptocurrency exchange has been charged by a regulator. But this particular case involves a regulator that does not directly oversee cryptocurrencies. This indicates how regulators \u2013 particularly those in the US \u2013 hope to clamp down on the cryptocurrency industry. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/what-binances-us-lawsuit-says-about-the-future-for-cryptocurrency-regulation\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Enhancing public understanding of research<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">The Conversation&#8217;s readership is largely <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/uk\/audience\">non-academic<\/a>, which means that writing for this platform <\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">enhances public understanding of research and can <\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-write-for-us-60664\">build the profile of academic work<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\"> with new audiences and decision makers \u2013 including managers, chief officers, educators, health practitioners, and those working in media, policy or government. Because articles on The Conversation are open access, they can be shared and republished by other outlets, increasing their reach even further.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/uk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28816 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/new_coversation_logo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/new_coversation_logo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/new_coversation_logo-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2023\/12\/new_coversation_logo.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Articles on The Conversation combine academic expertise with a journalistic approach \u2013 <\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">they can be responses to events in the news, discussions of new research, or explorations of broader topics or themes anchored in recent events<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">You can <\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/uk\/pitches\">pitch to The Conversation directly<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\"> or through our Press Office (contact <\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" href=\"mailto:pressoffice@reading.ac.uk\" data-linkindex=\"33\">pressoffice@reading.ac.uk<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023, researchers at the University of Reading published 57 articles on The Conversation. 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