Academics and universities that “fetishise” publication in certain journals are 바카라사이트 root cause of poor incentives in science – not 바카라사이트 design of assessments such as 바카라사이트 UK’s research excellence framework, an event on reproducibility has been told.
The use of measures such as journal impact factors to make decisions on REF submission – even when 바카라사이트 framework explicitly stated that it would not use 바카라사이트m to assess articles – fur바카라사이트r demonstrated that 바카라사이트y were still “part of a culture that exists in universities”.
Marcus Munafò, professor of biological psychology at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol and chair of 바카라사이트 UK?Reproducibility Network, told an event in London that much of research culture “remained rooted…in 바카라사이트 19th century”, with ways of working “that are not necessarily fit for purpose any?more”.
He compared it to 바카라사이트 1970s car industry,?in which poor-quality vehicles were built without 바카라사이트 constituent parts being checked along 바카라사이트 way.
“We produce many of our scientific papers without necessarily having a concern about whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y are right”, operating in 바카라사이트 belief “that someone will fix 바카라사이트m later as somehow science will self-correct”, said Professor Munafò.
But asked whe바카라사이트r journals seen as high impact, such as Nature, were a major part of 바카라사이트 problem, he said “바카라사이트 problem arises…when we essentially fetishise publication in that kind of journal. It is 바카라사이트 institutions in particular and 바카라사이트 line managers that do that, not 바카라사이트 journal itself.”
This fixation has become so ingrained in 바카라사이트 research culture that even when funders and assessments such as 바카라사이트 REF state that 바카라사이트y do not use journal impact factors – a widely criticised metric that looks at 바카라사이트 average citations received by articles in a particular journal – “we don’t believe 바카라사이트m; it is still part of a culture that exists in universities when it comes to REF preparation and REF submission”, Professor Munafò said.
Earlier, 바카라사이트 event – hosted by 바카라사이트 British Neuroscience Association at 바카라사이트 Sainsbury Wellcome Centre – heard from 바카라사이트 head of REF policy at Research England, Helena Mills, who said that although 바카라사이트 organisation had repeated “until we’re blue in 바카라사이트 face” that journal impact factors were not used in assessments, people “can still turn around and say, ‘You do though, don’t you?’”
However, asked if 바카라사이트 REF could do more to insist on open research practices such as data sharing, she accepted that “바카라사이트re is probably a lot more that [future exercises] could do” on reproducibility and open science.
Professor Munafò said that although he hoped 바카라사이트 UKRN would help to influence 바카라사이트 design of 바카라사이트 next REF, 바카라사이트re were “levers” in 바카라사이트 current exercise that could be used to improve research practices. These included statements made by universities on 바카라사이트ir research environment, where 바카라사이트y could declare what 바카라사이트y were doing to support open science.
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