Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week

I noticed a spike recently in people tweeting about the post Every attempt to manage academia makes it worse, and it made me wonder how it ranks among the most-viewed posts on this blog. Turns out it’s by far the most viewed. Here’s the top ten:

1. Every attempt to manage academia makes it worse — 235,051
2. Elsevier is taking down papers from Academia.edu — 63,245
3. How big was Amphicoelias fragillimus? I mean, really? — 36,726
4. SV-POW! showdown: sauropods vs whales — 36,151
5. Lies, damned lies, and Clash of the Dinosaurs — 34,870
6. Tutorial 28: how to remember the branches of the internal iliac artery — 33,275
7. Things to Make and Do, part 1: Pig Skull (off-topic) — 32,706
8. Brachiosaurus: both bigger and smaller than you think — 30,798
9. Human anatomy study materials — 27,516
10. Sauropods held their necks erect … just like rabbits — 27,454

Apart from the fact that our most-viewed post is basically just a link to someone else’s work, I’m pretty happy with this list. It’s a good blend of hard-core sauropod nerd posts, some human anatomy, some open-access advocacy and some DIY — a fair representation of what we do here.

Some time, I should publish a list of our ten least-viewed posts.