Scientific productivity: An exploratory study of metrics and incentives.

ABSTRACT: Competitive pressure to maximize the current bibliometric measures of productivity is jeopardizing the integrity of the scientific literature. Efforts are underway to address the 'reproducibility crisis' by encouraging the use of more rigorous, confirmatory methods. However, as long as productivity continues to be defined by the number of discoveries scientists publish, the impact factor of the journals they publish in and the number of times their papers are cited, they will be reluctant to accept high quality methods and consistently conduct and publish confirmatory/replication studies. This exploratory study examined a sample of rigorous Phase II-IV clinical trials, including unpublished studies, to determine if more appropriate metrics and incentives can be developed. The results sugge

SUBMITTER: Lindner MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5882165 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature