The race to publish in the age of ever-increasing productivity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15050302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pablo A Tedesco (0000-0001-5972-5928, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 432-435 |
| Publication date | 2011-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Natures Sciences Sociétés (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1240-1307 • E-ISSN: 1765-2979 |
| Publisher | EDP Sciences (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.1051/nss/2011160 |
| OpenAlex | W2129277408 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
When we walk watching our feet we feel as though we are moving faster. However, in so doing and even if we have a target in mind we may be taking the wrong route. Like broader society our scientific system has been walking faster and faster, or so we imagine. I posit the view that the time has come to look up and consider where our current path is leading us and to consider new routes, as the need for long-term thinking is more pressing than ever. In scientific researchwe arewitnessing an ever faster race to publish since the first publication metrics and the quantitative evaluation of researcher performances were invented. Some of the most obvious drifts of this race have been increasingly discussed since the 1990s (e.g. Gendron, 2008; Hochberg et al., 2009; Jacque, 2011; Lawrence, 2003, 2007; Mulligan, 2004; Statzner and Resh, 2010; Tainer, 1991; West, 2010) and their causes generally attributed to mechanisms within our scientific systems (e.g. competition, reputation). By contrast, Statzner and Resh (2010) recently suggested that science is being affected by “complex changes such as globalization and the increasing dominance of commercial interest”, where quantity of publications as the ultimate performance measure for scientists is having serious consequences not only on the quality of papers, but also on how the whole research process is being conducted (see also Gendron, 2008; Lawrence, 2003, 2007). Indeed, since our scientific system and we scientists are part of a society and political governance where the paradigm of “more is better” prevails, there is no reason to think that science is not affected by the negative drifts of such a productivity race.
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