The Conversation Australia and New Zealand is a unique collaboration between academics and journalists that in just 10 years has become the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis.
The Conversation is a platform which publishes stories by academics and researchers. However, their audience is quite diverse including teachers looking for credible sources.
The goal for the not-for-profit organisation is to collaborate with universities to make accessible, and free to republish articles.
We are proud to recognise the achievements of our Faculty of Health staff, Adjunct Associate Professor Melissa Kang and Dr Abela Mahimbo from the School of Public Health, whose articles attained a high readership.
Melissa Kang’s article “Is it normal for girls to masturbate?” [opens external site] was the top performing article by UTS academics in the last 12 months with over 524,000 reads, and almost 731,000 in total. Through the Conversation, Melissa Kang’s article went global with 96% of readers from countries outside Australia.
Melissa Kang’s article “Is it normal to get sore down there after sex?” [opens external site] also received a high number of reads, with over 172,000 in the last 12 months and over 275,000 in total.
An article by Abela Mahimbo, Melanie Wong, David Isaacs and Melissa Kang titled “Why do some people with coronavirus get symptoms while others don’t?” [opens external site] received nearly 190,000 reads in the last 12 months and over 426,000 in total.
Read the full statistics from The Conversation ‘UTS’s growing global reach’ [opens external site].