Considering the relative size of the United States and its worldwide standing in academic research,…
Journal articles
Research Culture: Changing how we evaluate research is difficult, but not impossible
Based on discussions at a meeting DORA co-sponsored with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in October 2019, DORA developed a framework for driving institutional change.
Relationship between journal impact factor and the thoroughness and helpfulness of peer reviews
Pre-publication peer review organized by journals is often mentioned as an important aspect of journal…
A survey-based analysis of the academic job market
Understanding the hiring dynamics of the academic job market is an important step for institutions…
Inoculating Law Schools Against Bad Metrics
In their working paper, authors Kimberlee Gai Weatherall and Rebecca Giblin review the use of…
Research integrity: Nine ways to move from walk to talk
Niels Mejlgaard and co-authors conducted a comprehensive study of research integrity in Europe, called “Standard…
The transformative power of values-enacted scholarship
In this article, Nicky Agate and co-authors use the work of the HuMetricsHSS Initiative to…
Rethinking success, integrity and culture in research (part 2) A multi-actor qualitative study on problems of science
The authors, Noémie Aubert Bonn and Wim Pinxten, conducted interviews and focus groups with a…
Rethinking success, integrity and culture in research (part 1) A multi-actor qualitative study on problems of science
The authors, Noémie Aubert Bonn and Wim Pinxten, conducted interviews and focus groups with a…
Advancing science or advancing careers? Researchers’ opinions on success indicators
A survey was conducted by Noémie Aubert Bonn and Wim Pinxten to understand how Flemish…