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Imaginary carrot or effective fertiliser? A rejoinder on funding and productivity

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  • Rachel Heyard

    (Swiss National Science Foundation)

  • Tobias Philipp

    (Swiss National Science Foundation)

  • Hanna Hottenrott

    (Technical University Munich)

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The question of whether and to what extent research funding enables researchers to be more productive is a crucial one. In their recent work, Mariethoz et al. (Scientometrics, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03.855-1 ) claim that there is no significant relationship between project-based research funding and bibliometric productivity measures and conclude that this is the result of inappropriate allocation mechanisms. In this rejoinder, we argue that such claims are not supported by the data and analyses reported in the article.

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  • Rachel Heyard & Tobias Philipp & Hanna Hottenrott, 2021. "Imaginary carrot or effective fertiliser? A rejoinder on funding and productivity," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(11), pages 9333-9338, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:126:y:2021:i:11:d:10.1007_s11192-021-04130-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-021-04130-7
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