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The scientometric bubble considered harmful

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Informáticaes
dc.affiliation.grupoinvUC3M. Grupo de Investigación: Knowledge Reusinges
dc.contributor.authorGénova Fuster, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.authorAstudillo Rojas, Hernán Enrique
dc.contributor.authorFraga Vázquez, Anabel
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T10:27:24Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T10:27:24Z
dc.date.issued2016-02-01
dc.description.abstractThis article deals with a modern disease of academic science that consists of an enormous increase in the number of scientific publications without a corresponding advance of knowledge. Findings are sliced as thin as salami and submitted to different journals to produce more papers. If we consider academic papers as a kind of scientific 'currency' that is backed by gold bullion in the central bank of 'true' science, then we are witnessing an article-inflation phenomenon, a scientometric bubble that is most harmful for science and promotes an unethical and antiscientific culture among researchers. The main problem behind the scenes is that the impact factor is used as a proxy for quality. Therefore, not only for convenience, but also based on ethical principles of scientific research, we adhere to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment when it emphasizes "the need to eliminate the use of journal-based metrics in funding, appointment and promotion considerations; and the need to assess research on its own merits rather on the journal in which the research is published". Our message is mainly addressed to the funding agencies and universities that award tenures or grants and manage research programmes, especially in developing countries. The message is also addressed to well-established scientists who have the power to change things when they participate in committees for grants and jobs.en
dc.description.sponsorshipPartially funded by project PMI USA1204, Centro de Innovación en Tecnologías de la Información para Aplicaciones Sociales, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile.en
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationGénova, G., Astudillo, H. & Fraga, A. The Scientometric Bubble Considered Harmful. Sci Eng Ethics 22, 227–235 (2016).es
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-015-9632-6
dc.identifier.issn1353-3452
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage227
dc.identifier.publicationissue1
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage235
dc.identifier.publicationtitleSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICSen
dc.identifier.publicationvolume22
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/31441
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000017645
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2015, Springer Science Business Media Dordrechten
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessen
dc.subject.ecienciaInformáticaes
dc.subject.otherScientometricsen
dc.subject.otherEthics in scientific publicationsen
dc.subject.otherCareers in academiaen
dc.subject.otherResearch assessmenten
dc.subject.otherImpact factoren
dc.titleThe scientometric bubble considered harmfulen
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