Rate of publication hastens, but number of publications slows academic promotion.

ABSTRACT: Openings for an assistant professor often attract a hundred or more applicants. This allows hiring committees to select highly productive candidates based on their number of publications. Applicants with more rapid publication would be hired with little or no postgraduate experience, but those with slower rates of publication would need more postgraduate experience. Our results show an association of more postgraduate experience, slower rates of publication, a smaller research group, and slower promotion when years are measured from PhD granting; conversely little or no postgraduate experience is generally associated with more rapid publication, a larger research group, and faster promotion. These results suggest the unexpected result that the number and rate of publication have opposite e

SUBMITTER: Pickett JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9604874 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature