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A list of published papers is no measure of value

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  • Linda Butler

    (Research Evaluation and Policy Project, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University)

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The present system rewards quantity, not quality — but hasty changes could be as bad.

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  • Linda Butler, 2002. "A list of published papers is no measure of value," Nature, Nature, vol. 419(6910), pages 877-877, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:419:y:2002:i:6910:d:10.1038_419877a
    DOI: 10.1038/419877a
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    1. Carmen Osuna & Laura Cruz Castro & Luis Sanz Menéndez, 2010. "Knocking down some Assumptions about the Effects of Evaluation Systems on Publications," Working Papers 1010, Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos (IPP), CSIC.
    2. Thed N. Leeuwen, 2009. "Strength and weakness of national science systems: A bibliometric analysis through cooperation patterns," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 79(2), pages 389-408, May.
    3. Huang, Ding-wei, 2016. "Positive correlation between quality and quantity in academic journals," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 10(2), pages 329-335.
    4. Henk F. Moed, 2008. "UK Research Assessment Exercises: Informed judgments on research quality or quantity?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 74(1), pages 153-161, January.
    5. Seyed Reza Mirnezami & Catherine Beaudry & Vincent Larivière, 2016. "What determines researchers’ scientific impact? A case study of Quebec researchers," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 43(2), pages 262-274.
    6. van den Besselaar, Peter & Heyman, Ulf & Sandström, Ulf, 2017. "Perverse effects of output-based research funding? Butler’s Australian case revisited," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 11(3), pages 905-918.

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