Academic criteria for promotion and tenure in biomedical sciences faculties: cross sectional analysis of international sample of universities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the presence of a set of pre-specified traditional and non-traditional criteria used to assess scientists for promotion and tenure in faculties of biomedical sciences among universities worldwide.

Design

Cross sectional study.

Setting

International sample of universities.

Participants

170 randomly selected universities from the Leiden ranking of world universities list.

Main outcome measure

Presence of five traditional (for example, number of publications) and seven non-traditional (for example, data sharing) criteria in guidelines for assessing assistant professors, associate professors, and professors and the granting of tenure in institutions with biomedical faculties.

Results

A total of 146 institutions had faculties of

SUBMITTER: Rice DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7315647 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature