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Publications

This publications database includes many of the most recent publications of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The database, however, is not complete. Additional publications are added on a continual basis.

If you have difficulties in locating a specific publication, please contact reflib [at] nist.gov (reflib[at]nist[dot]gov) and provide any information you may have, including title, author, publication series, or date published.

Recent Publications

Performing Skin Microbiome Research: A Method to the Madness

Author(s)
Heidi H. Kong, Bj?rn Andersson, Thomas Clavel, John E. Common, Scott Jackson, Nathanael David Olson, Julia Segre, Claudia Traidl-Hoffman
Growing interest in microbial contributions to human health and disease has increasingly led investigators to examine the microbiome in both healthy skin and

Preliminary Field Burns of RV Trailers with External Ignitions

Author(s)
Eric Link, Shonali Nazare, Karen Jackson, Lucy Fox, Alexander Maranghides
Two recreational vehicle (RV) travel trailers were burned outdoors at the Austin Fire Department training campus in Austin, TX. The goal of these preliminary

A unified model of core metrological concepts

Author(s)
David W. Flater, Raghu N. Kacker, Douglas Foxvog
The definitions of core metrological terms, especially quantity, quantity value, and unit, have been the subject of years of wrangling in standards

How Voters Review and Verify Ballots

Author(s)
Suzanne Chapman, Lynn Baumeister, Whitney Quesenbery, Shanee Dawkins
Qualitative research to gain deeper insights about how voters mark, review, verify, and cast their ballots. Conducted as part of the work to update the human