Critics and columnists assess 2025

by Robert B. Reich Reposted by Henry Jones

Scholar power: 7.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Robert B. Reich	1%	37	1.8%
🎓 Henry Jones	16%	11	5.3%
Total			7.1%

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49.0%

11.8 h

401

7.1%

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0.117

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

I won’t sugarcoat it: this was an exhausting, cruel, terrible year. On this week’s Coffee Klatch, Heather and I try to make sense of what the country endured in 2025 — and what lessons we can take into 2026.

Did We Learn Anything in 2025? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

December 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Reposted by Peter Jacobsen, Edgar Morgenroth, Anna O. Law , and 1 more Peter Jacobsen, Edgar Morgenroth, Anna O. Law, Nina Jankowicz

2%

Scholar power: 2.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Peter Jacobsen	3%	16	1.2%
🎓 Edgar Morgenroth	1%	19	0.4%
🎓 Anna O. Law	2%	4	0.4%
🎓 Nina Jankowicz	1%	3	0.2%
Total			2.2%

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50.0%

15.2 h

2313

2.2%

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0.071

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Tarja Porkka-Kontturi

@tarjapk.bsky.social

Here’s to 2026

David Lynch in the filming set speaking in the megaphone. He says “Okay, let's try that again, but this time good.”

December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM

Reposted by Maria Rosaria Gualano

3%

Scholar power: 3.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Maria Rosaria Gualano	5%	43	3.3%

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46.0%

8.8 h

413

3.3%

Ranking score

0.032

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Reposted by Steve Keen

0%

Scholar power: 0.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steve Keen	0%	29	0.0%

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51.0%

4.2 h

9

0.0%

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0.025

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by Christian E. Weller

1%

Scholar power: 1.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Christian E. Weller	1%	18	1.3%

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53.0%

4.8 h

3

1.3%

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0.024

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Christian Weller

@profcew.bsky.social

2025 was a dumpster fire but also a year of very insightful and heartfelt conversations and experiences with decades-long friends. I’ll take that.

December 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM

by Eric J. Topol

29%

Scholar power: 29.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Eric J. Topol	7%	203	29.9%

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Scholar power

48.0%

27.4 h

10

29.9%

Ranking score

0.023

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Eric Topol

@erictopol.bsky.social

The Future @wsj.com including extending healthspan www.wsj.com/health/welln...

The Future of Everything’s Best of 2025

A lot changed in 2025. Here are The Future of Everything’s top stories of the year, including a formula for aging, fruit-picking robots and the car of the future

www.wsj.com

December 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM

by Brad R. Humphreys

2%

Scholar power: 2.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brad R. Humphreys	1%	43	2.0%

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Scholar power

47.0%

7.3 h

0

2.0%

Ranking score

0.017

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys

@bradhumphreys.bsky.social

Accurate.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 9h

Here's our 20th most-read piece of 2025.

An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University

Our 20th most-read article of 2025. - - -In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it ...

buff.ly

December 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM

by Kathryn A. Phillips

3%

Scholar power: 3.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Kathryn A. Phillips	2%	42	3.9%

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Scholar power

53.0%

12.1 h

1

3.9%

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0.013

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Kathryn A Phillips PhD

@kathrynp-phd.bsky.social

ICER article in Health Affairs Scholar in top 10 stories of 2025!

Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) @icer-review.bsky.social · 8d

ICER #WeeklyView: The most important ICER stories of 2025 conta.cc/3MDt6q0

ICER Weekly View: The most important ICER stories of 2025

Email from Institute for Clinical and Economic Review ICER Weekly View View as Webpage Sign up for ICER's Weekly View Newsletter Weekly View December 19, 2025 From the desk of ICER Communications (P

conta.cc

December 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM

by Anna O. Law

1%

Scholar power: 1.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anna O. Law	2%	4	1.2%

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Scholar power

47.0%

4.5 h

36

1.2%

Ranking score

0.013

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Anna O. Law

@unlawfulentries.bsky.social

I just finished a 16 year book project this year so this is how I’m walking out of 2025.

It’s toward motion so I’m not too picky.

December 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM

by Kim Aarestrup

0%

Scholar power: 0.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Kim Aarestrup	0%	52	0.0%

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Scholar power

51.0%

17.8 h

0

0.0%

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0.008

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Kim Aarestrup

@kimaarestrup.bsky.social

2025 coming to an end, attempted to make a little recap.

December 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM

by Zen Faulkes

0%

Scholar power: 0.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Zen Faulkes	0%	19	0.0%

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Scholar power

45.0%

8.9 h

0

0.0%

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0.007

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Zen Faulkes

@doctorzen.net

Always fascinating to check in on predictions. Year 2000 predictions for 2025:

www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

25 years ago, we imagined what science would be like in 2025. What we got right — and wrong | CBC Radio

On October 14, 2000, we aired our 25th anniversary show, where we imagined what science would look like in the distant year 2025. Now, we look back and see how our predictions fared.

www.cbc.ca

December 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM

by Timothy D. McBride

8%

Scholar power: 8.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Timothy D. McBride	6%	23	8.6%

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51.0%

16.7 h

2

8.6%

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0.007

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

3 issues to watch in public health in 2026 www.statnews.com/2025/12/26/p... via @statnews.com

3 issues to watch in public health in 2026

What might 2026 hold for the fields of public health, both domestically and abroad? Quite a lot.

www.statnews.com

December 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM

Reposted by Brad R. Humphreys

0%

Scholar power: 0.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brad R. Humphreys	1%	43	0.7%

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50.0%

9.1 h

0

0.7%

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0.005

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McSweeney's

@mcsweeneys.net

Here's our 20th most-read piece of 2025.

An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University

Our 20th most-read article of 2025. - - -In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it ...

buff.ly

December 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop

0%

Scholar power: 0.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dorothy Bishop	0%	114	0.0%

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Scholar power

55.0%

31.3 h

2

0.0%

Ranking score

0.004

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New Humanist

@newhumanist.bsky.social

Looking for some end-of-year reading?

We've got you covered with our top reads of 2025, featuring some of the very best journalism on politics, science, philosophy and culture this year:

Our top 15 stories of 2025

Catch up on these must-read stories of the year

newhumanist.org.uk

December 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM

by Miklós Kiss

6%

Scholar power: 6.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Miklós Kiss	5%	17	6.2%

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Scholar power

49.0%

33.8 h

0

6.2%

Ranking score

0.002

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Miklós Kiss

@mikloskiss.bsky.social

Which 2025 horror film?

December 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM

Reposted by Razelle Kurzrock

1%

Scholar power: 1.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Razelle Kurzrock	1%	139	1.2%

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Scholar power

45.0%

29.4 h

1

1.2%

Ranking score

0.002

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Reposted by Anthony Burke

0%

Scholar power: 0.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anthony Burke	1%	22	0.5%

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Scholar power

46.0%

12.8 h

1

0.5%

Ranking score

0.002

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Willy De Backer BE

@art4theark.bsky.social

Looking forward to 2026, I wrote about the war we refuse to see and the enemy we hide
#WarAndPeace #HumanExceptionalism #BoundedPolitics #Scapegoat
@anthonyburke.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/2026-t...

2026: Time to confront the enemy we hide

"The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either, but right through every human heart." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote these words ...

www.linkedin.com

December 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM

by Jacques Attali

3%

Scholar power: 3.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 35%, Art 26%, Public Health 17%, Medicine 13%, Sociology 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Jacques Attali	3%	15	3.5%

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Scholar power

50.0%

39.9 h

0

3.5%

Ranking score

0.002

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Jacques Attali

@simmonte.bsky.social

Without waiting for disaster to strike, 2026 could be the year of Good: you don't have to lose a war to join the resistance.

My new column for @lesechos is online.
Link in bio.

2026, the year of Good. - Jacques Attali

Let’s dream a little: 2026 could be the year of Good. Some will say that this is not the most likely scenario and that, given what has happened over the past year, we should expect much worse over the...

www.attali.com

December 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM

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