When More Really Isn't Better: Aligning Policies and Outcomes in Ecology

Recently, we and others have called attention to the fact that science policies should be structured to achieve our overall intellectual and social objectives (Holbrook 2012, Schekman 2013, Anderson et al. 2015). Using this rubric to test a policy’s “theoretical adequacy” (sensu Holbrook 2010), ther...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Rau Acuña, Jaime Ricardo, Anderson, Christopher Brian, Pizarro Pinochet, Jose Cristobal, Monjeau, Jorge Adrian
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/64025
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/64025
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:BROADER IMPACTS
IMPACT FACTOR
PUBLISH OR PERISH
SCIENCE POLICY
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Sumario:Recently, we and others have called attention to the fact that science policies should be structured to achieve our overall intellectual and social objectives (Holbrook 2012, Schekman 2013, Anderson et al. 2015). Using this rubric to test a policy’s “theoretical adequacy” (sensu Holbrook 2010), there is a growing consensus regarding the insufficiency of measuring a publication’s (or a scientist’s) quality by inference from the Impact Factor of the journal where an article is published (see San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, ASCB 2012).