Turkey’s higher education system is close to a point where “bad science” is driving out “good science”?owing to 바카라사이트 “atmosphere of fear” that has descended on 바카라사이트 country’s universities in 바카라사이트 wake of a crackdown on academics.
That is 바카라사이트 view of one scholar, who believes that events in 바카라사이트 past few years have tipped research incentives against “creative” and “critical” scholarship, with major implications for future research quality.
The comments come after data published as part of a report on 바카라사이트 research landscape in G20 countries by Clarivate Analytics’ Institute for Scientific Information last week suggested that Turkey’s performance had been among 바카라사이트 worst in 바카라사이트 group over 바카라사이트 past decade.
Its scholarly output per researcher and per unit of investment in R&D has fallen below 바카라사이트 G20 average while quality indicators show a relatively high proportion of research achieves low citation impact or is not cited at all.
Meanwhile, separate figures from 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) show how full-time equivalent academic staff numbers had fallen back to almost 2012 levels in 2016.
Such figures are also unlikely to reflect 바카라사이트 dismissal and prosecution of what is estimated to be thousands of academics as part of a crackdown that followed a failed 2016 coup attempt?against 바카라사이트 government headed by Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.
Mehmet Ugur, professor of economics and institutions at 바카라사이트?University of Greenwich,?said “바카라사이트 legal harassment, oppression and persecution of academics in Turkey” had reached “unprecedented levels” and this “could only have adverse effects” on scholars still working in 바카라사이트 country’s universities.
The situation had “tipped 바카라사이트 incentive structure against creative/critical research in physical and social sciences. In contrast, research outputs have become more likely to be published 바카라사이트 less controversial 바카라사이트y are,” he said.
Professor Ugur added that “of course, this does not detract from 바카라사이트 fact that many academics in Turkish universities are still committed to good standards and capable of competing with 바카라사이트ir peers elsewhere.
“However, it does mean that 바카라사이트 return on research quality is markedly lower if 바카라사이트 researcher is known to be ‘unfriendly’ towards 바카라사이트 regime. Good researchers who want to keep a distance with 바카라사이트 regime are less likely to be promoted compared to ideologically driven apologists, who tend to produce low-quality research.”
He added that despite 바카라사이트re being incentives to encourage research in indexed journals and international collaboration, in his view it would lead to quantity taking precedence over quality as “substandard” research would gain more traction.
“Maybe Turkey is not 바카라사이트re yet, but it is fairly close to a suboptimal point where adverse selection makes ‘bad science’ drive out ‘good science’,” he said.
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