Do Our Measures of Academic Success Hurt Science?
By Rinze Benedictus & Frank Miedema, University Medical Center Utrecht
Perverse career incentives steer researchers toward publishing more articles – and away from other important goals.
Rinze Benedictus
Disciplines:
BiologyRinze Benedictus is a staff advisor at the University Medical Center Utrecht and a Ph.D. researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Benedictus was trained a biologist and, after working as a science journalist, is now active in science policy and management. He is involved in the Science in Transition initiative and UMC Utrecht’s efforts to develop and implement new incentives for researchers. His Ph.D. research focuses on the formative effects of these new incentive and reward structures.
