Games academics play and their consequences: how authorship, h-index and journal impact factors are shaping the future of academia
Games academics play and their consequences: how authorship, h-index and journal impact factors are shaping the future of academia
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学者们的游戏及其后果：作者身份、H 指数和期刊影响因素如何塑造学术界的未来
DOI：
10.1098/rspb.2019.2047
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发表时间：
2019-12-04
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Stenseth, Nils Chr
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作者：
Chapman, Colin A.;Bicca-Marques, Julio Cesar;Stenseth, Nils Chr
研究是一个竞争激烈的职业，评估起着核心作用；根据出版物数量、被引用次数和 H 指数对期刊进行排名并评估个人。然而，此类评估往往以不适当的方式进行，这会损害个人职业生涯（尤其是年轻学者）和职业生涯。此外，与所有指数一样，人们可以玩游戏来提高分数。这导致科学的激励结构越来越模仿经济原理，但激励不是金钱收益，而是更高的分数。为了确保文化观点和个人经历的多样性，我们聚集了一支来自世界各地、处于不同职业阶段的生态学和进化领域的学者团队。我们首先研究作者身份、个人 H 指数和期刊影响因子是如何被使用和滥用的。其次，我们推测继续使用这些指标的后果，希望引发讨论，帮助我们的领域朝着积极的方向发展。我们希望看到激励制度发生变化，奖励高质量的研究并保证透明度。高级教师应建立道德标准、指导实践和机构评估标准，以实现所需的变革。
Research is a highly competitive profession where evaluation plays a central role; journals are ranked and individuals are evaluated based on their publication number, the number of times they are cited and their h-index. Yet such evaluations are often done in inappropriate ways that are damaging to individual careers, particularly for young scholars, and to the profession. Furthermore, as with all indices, people can play games to better their scores. This has resulted in the incentive structure of science increasingly mimicking economic principles, but rather than a monetary gain, the incentive is a higher score. To ensure a diversity of cultural perspectives and individual experiences, we gathered a team of academics in the fields of ecology and evolution from around the world and at different career stages. We first examine how authorship, h-index of individuals and journal impact factors are being used and abused. Second, we speculate on the consequences of the continued use of these metrics with the hope of sparking discussions that will help our fields move in a positive direction. We would like to see changes in the incentive systems, rewarding quality research and guaranteeing transparency. Senior faculty should establish the ethical standards, mentoring practices and institutional evaluation criteria to create the needed changes.