"indicators which denoted of prestige and competition were generally rated as important to career advancement, but irrelevant or even detrimental in advancing science" Aubert Bonn & Pinxten (2021). Advancing science or advancing careers? Researchers’ opinions on success indicators.
The way in which we assess researchers has been under the radar in the past few years. Critics argue that current research assessments focus on productivity and that they increase unhealthy pressures ...
"We found a significant nonlinear association between scientific productivity & final application score that differed by applicant gender & scientific domain with higher scores associated with past funding success & h-index and lower scores associated with female applicants & applied sciences"
BACKGROUND: Peer review is used to determine what research is funded and published, yet little is known about its effectiveness, and it is suspected that there may be biases. We investigated the varia...