Seed Media Group's Research Blogging Awards honor the outstanding bloggers who discuss peer-reviewed research. With over 1,000 blogs registered at ResearchBlogging.org and 9,500 posts about peer-reviewed journal articles collected, it is time to recognize the best of the best.

By February 11, 2010, readers had made over 400 nominations. Then our expert panel of judges painstakingly assessed the nominees to select 5 to 10 finalists in each of 20 categories. Congratulations to all our finalists, who represent the best blogging about peer-reviewed research on the Internet! Voting is now open and the bloggers themselves will decide who receives the awards.

The Finalists

Finalists for each award are listed in random order.

• Research Blog of the Year $1,000
1. Supernova Condensate (RB page)
2. The Primate Diaries (RB page)
3. Exploding Galaxies and other Catastrophysics (RB page)
4. Neurophilosophy (RB page)
5. Neuroskeptic (RB page)
6. Not Exactly Rocket Science (RB page)
7. Skulls in the Stars (RB page)
8. Science-Based Medicine (RB page)
9. Christina's LIS Rant (RB page)
10. Conservation Maven (RB page)
• Blog Post of the Year $50
1. The Lay Scientist A Review of The BCA's Evidence for Chiropractic
2. Thoughtful Animal Path Integration in the Desert Ant
3. Not Exactly Rocket Science Ballistic penises and corkscrew vaginas - the sexual battles of ducks
4. Observations of a Nerd Evolution: The Curious Case of Dogs
5. The Primate Diaries Does Taking Birth Control Alter Women's Sexual Choices?
6. Neuroskeptic "Voodoo Correlations" in fMRI - Whose voodoo?
• Research Twitterer of the Year $50
1. David Bradley
2. BPS Research Digest
3. Ed Yong
4. Clastic Detritus
5. Alejandro Montenegro
6. Dr. Shock
7. Bora Zivkovic
8. 2020Science
9. American Medical News
• Best New Blog (launched in 2009) $50
1. Thoughtomics (RB page)
2. Wild Muse
3. Good, Bad, and Bogus (RB page)
4. Science-Based Pharmacy (RB page)
5. Culturing Science (RB page)
6. Promega Connections (RB page)
• Best Expert-Level blog $50
1. Brain Windows (RB page)
2. The Scientific Activist (RB page)
3. [citation needed] (RB page)
4. MolBio Research Highlights (RB page)
5. Optics confidential (RB page)
• Best Lay-Level blog $50
1. Cancer Research UK - Science Update (RB page)
2. Not Exactly Rocket Science (RB page)
3. Laelaps (RB page)
4. Mauka to Makai (RB page)
5. The Lay Scientist (RB page)
6. Observations of a Nerd (RB page)
7. The Atavism (RB page)
• Funniest Blog $50
1. Skeptic Wonder (RB page)
2. Placebo Journal
3. NCBI ROFL
4. Deep Sea News (RB page)
5. Supernova Condensate (RB page)
6. Mauka to Makai (RB page)
7. Good, Bad, and Bogus (RB page)
8. PodBlack Cat (RB page)
• Best Blog -- Spanish-Language $50
1. Experientia docet (RB page)
2. Sapere Audere (RB page)
3. El tao de la física (RB page)
4. BioUnalm (RB page)
5. Entomoblog (RB page)
• Best Blog -- German-Language $50
1. Diax's Rake (RB page)
2. Science meets Society (RB page)
3. Fischblog (RB page)
4. WeiterGen (RB page)
5. Astrodicticum Simplex (RB page)
6. Primaklima
7. Amphibol (RB page)
8. Bierologie
• Best Blog -- Portuguese-Language $50
1. Evolucionismo (RB page)
2. Bala Mágica (RB page)
3. Química Viva (RB page)
4. Psiquiatria e Toxicodependencia (RB page)
5. Ecce Medicus (RB page)
6. Psiquiatria e Sociedade (RB page)
7. Brontossauros em meu Jardim (RB page)
• Best Blog -- Chinese-Language $50
1. 种田农民
2. xu lei's research areas
3. Yin Zhangqi's Blog (RB page)
4. Cao Jun@Quantum Diaries
5. complexityworld
6. 万物皆流 (RB page)
7. 博客李淼 (RB page)
8. NEVER (RB page)
• Best Blog -- Biology $50
1. Mystery Rays from Outer Space (RB page)
2. Observations of a Nerd (RB page)
3. A Blog Around The Clock (RB page)
4. Thoughtomics (RB page)
5. mauka to makai (RB page)
6. Endless Forms (RB page)
7. Thomas' Plant-Related Blog (RB page)
8. Denim and Tweed (RB page)
9. Southern Fried Science (RB page)
10. The EEB & flow (RB page)
• Best Blog -- Chemistry, Physics, or Astronomy $50
1. SarahAskew (RB page)
2. weird things (RB page)
3. Rigel (RB page)
4. Uncertain Principles (RB page)
5. we are all in the gutter (RB page)
6. misc.ience (RB page)
7. Science and Reason (RB page)
• Best Blog -- Clinical Research $50
1. Virology blog (RB page)
2. Obesity Panacea (RB page)
3. In Sickness and In Health (RB page)
4. Science Based Pharmacy (RB page)
5. DNA Dude (RB page)
• Best Blog -- Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics [No award given]


• Best Blog -- Conservation or Geosciences $50
1. Ecographica (RB page)
2. Southern Fried Science (RB page)
3. Dave's landslide blog (RB page)
4. Highly Allochthonous (RB page)
5. In Terra Veritas (RB page)
6. Voltage gate (RB page)
7. Thriving Oceans (RB page)
8. ConservationBytes (RB page)
• Best Blog -- Health $50
1. Terra Sigillata (RB page)
2. Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look (RB page)
3. Northern Doctor's Antidote (RB page)
4. Respectful Insolence (RB page)
5. DrugMonkey (RB page)
6. Nutritional Blogma (RB page)
7. Evidence-Based Public Health (RB page)
8. Obesity Panacea (RB page)
9. Weighty Matters (RB page)
• Best Blog -- Psychology $50
1. Brain Blogger (RB page)
2. Body in Mind (RB page)
3. NurtureShock
4. sciencetext (RB page)
5. The Psychology of Beauty (RB page)
6. BPS Research Digest (RB page)
7. The Quantum Lobe Chronicles (RB page)
8. The Thoughtful Animal (RB page)
9. NeuroWhoa! (RB page)
• Best Blog -- Philosophy, Research, or Scholarship $50
1. First Person Narrative (RB page)
2. Christopher Leo (RB page)
3. The Scientist (RB page)
4. Laika's MedLibLog (RB page)
5. Good, Bad, and Bogus (RB page)
• Best Blog -- Neuroscience $50
1. The Neurocritic (RB page)
2. The Quantum Lobe Chronicles (RB page)
3. NeuroDojo (RB page)
4. Wiring the Brain (RB page)
5. Brain Blogger (RB page)
6. Neurotopia (RB page)
7. Talking Brains (RB page)
• Best Blog -- Social Sciences or Anthropology $50
1. Time to Eat the Dogs
2. Language on the Move (RB page)
3. Gambler's House (RB page)
4. Epiphenom (RB page)
5. Anthropology.net (RB page)
6. A Very Remote Period Indeed (RB page)
7. Christopher Leo (RB page)
8. A Primate of Modern Aspect (RB page)

Voting: Voting for the winners is underway, by invitation to bloggers registered with ResearchBlogging.org. Invitations were sent on Thursday, March 4. If you're registered with us, check your email for an invitation from admin@researchblogging.org. If you're not registered (and you blog about peer-reviewed research), it's too late to vote in this year's awards, but we'd still love you to join us! Visit this page for more information.

Awards: The awards will be announced on March 23, 2010.

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