Six principles for assessing scientists for hiring, promotion, and tenure

Naudet, Florian, Ioannidis, John P. A., Miedema, Frank, Cristea, Ioana A., Goodman, Steven N. and Moher, David (2018) Six principles for assessing scientists for hiring, promotion, and tenure. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (04 Jun 2018). Website.

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Abstract

The negative consequences of relying too heavily on metrics to assess research quality are well known, potentially fostering practices harmful to scientific research such as p-hacking, salami science, or selective reporting. The "flourish or perish" culture defined by these metrics in turn drives the system of career advancement in academia, a system that empirical evidence has shown to be problematic and which fails to adequately take societal and broader impact into account. To address this systemic problem, Florian Naudet, John P. A. Ioannidis, Frank Miedema, Ioana A. Cristea, Steven N. Goodman and David Moher present six principles for assessing scientists for hiring, promotion, and tenure.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018...
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Date Deposited:	26 Nov 2018 10:24
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 17:53
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90753

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