Academic research in the 21st century: maintaining scientific integrity in a climate of perverse incentives and hypercompetition.

作者: Marc A. Edwards , Siddhartha Roy

DOI: 10.1089/EES.2016.0223

关键词: Public administrationIncentiveGovernmentHypercompetitionScientific enterpriseBusinessCritical mass (sociodynamics)Public trustTipping point (climatology)Public good

摘要: Over the last 50 years, we argue that incentives for academic scientists have become increasingly perverse in terms of competition for research funding, development of …

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