Responsible Science Assessment: downplaying indexes, boosting quality
| Autor: | ALICIA J. KOWALTOWSKI, ARIEL M. SILBER, MARCUS F. OLIVEIRA |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Vol 93, Iss 1 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-2690 0001-3765 58946403 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0001-3765202120191513 |
| Popis: | Abstract Scientists are facing enormous pressures posed by growing scientific communities and stagnant/reduced funding. In this scenario, mechanisms of knowledge achievement and management, as well as how recruitment, progression and evaluation are carried out should be reevaluated. We argue here that knowledge has become a profitable commodity and, as a consequence, excessive academic quantification, individual output assessment problems and abusive editorial market strategies have reached unsustainable levels. We propose to reinforce existing guidelines and to establish new ones to overcome these issues. Our proposal, the Initiative for Responsible Scientific Assessment (IRSA), has the main goal to strengthen and expand previous movements in the scientific community to promote higher quality research assessment, focused on better Science. |
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