The effect of government contracting on academic research: Does the source of funding affect scientific output
The effect of government contracting on academic research: Does the source of funding affect scientific output
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DOI：
10.1016/j.respol.2007.07.011
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发表时间：
2008-02
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影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Brent D. Goldfarb
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作者：
Brent D. Goldfarb
由工业资助的大学研究的份额越来越大，这引发了人们的担忧，即学者们将牺牲传统的学术活动，以追求商业目标。为了调查这一问题，我研究了申请赞助商的影响，并考虑了赠款资助机制的局限性。一个新的数据集跟踪了学术工程师的职业生涯以及他们与该赞助商的关系。我发现：(A)与直接赞助商保持关系的研究人员的出版物减少，这意味着学者的职业生涯可能是所获得资金类型的函数，而不仅仅是人才；(B)学术成就不一定是赞助商的资助标准；以及(C)学术产出的引文和发表指标往往不是短期商业或社会价值的有用指标。
The growing share of university research funded by industry has sparked concerns that academics will sacrifice traditional scholarly activities to pursue commercial goals. To investigate this concern, I examine the influence of an applied sponsor and consider limitations of the grant funding mechanism. A novel dataset tracks the careers of academic engineers and their relationships with this sponsor. I find that (a) researchers who maintain a relationship with the directed sponsor experience a decrease in publications implying that academics’ careers may be a function of the type of funding received, not only talent; (b) academic merit does not necessarily serve as a funding criterion for sponsors; and (c) citation and publication measures of academic output are often not useful proxies for short-term commercial or social value.