Following the money? Performance-based funding and the changing publication patterns of Finnish academics

Mathies, Charles; Kivistö, Jussi; Birnbaum, Matthew

doi:10.1007/s10734-019-00394-4

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“…Nevertheless, the bibliometric understanding of scientific impact is a multi-dimensional construct (Hall 2011). Supporting native languages in science, which may have specific research-related terminology, is important where dissemination and popularisation of scholarship in domestic languages are needed (Mathies et al 2020). Comparing with this latter paper, social sciences and Humanities (SSH) impacts are higher than seen here but lower than the other disciplines.…”

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confidence: 58%

“…Understanding publication patterns is important, not only to evaluate investments in scientifi c projects but also to see where investments are necessary to meet national objectives and priorities. There are marked differences between scientific disciplines and research fields, including their publishing practices and languages (Mathies et al 2020;McManus & Neves 2020). Many metrics associated with research publishing and impact significantly correlate to university reputation (Linton et al 2013), but these institutions rarely opinionate on where research is published, as this is largely left to the individual researcher.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Brazilian Publication Profiles: Where and How Brazilian authors publish

McManus

Neves

Maranhão

2020

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

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Publishing profi les can help institutions and fi nancing agencies understand the different needs of knowledge areas and regions for development within a country.Incites ® (Web of Science) was used to see where Brazilian authors were publishing, the impact, and the cost of this publishing. The USA was the country of choice for publishing journals, along with Brazil, England, and the Netherlands. While Brazilian authors continue to publish in hybrid journals, they are more often opting for closed access, with 89% of the papers published in Brazil being open access, compared with 21% of papers published abroad. The correlation between the cost of publishing and the number of citations was positive and signifi cant. Publishing patterns were different depending on the area of knowledge and the Brazilian region. Stagnation or reduction in publications with international collaboration, industry collaboration, or in high impact open access journals may be the cause of a reduction in citation impact. These data can help in elaborating public and institutional policies for fi nancing publications in Brazil, especially when looking at unfavourable changes in currency exchange rates.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 58%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Brazilian Publication Profiles: Where and How Brazilian authors publish

McManus

Neves

Maranhão

2020

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

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“…It also remains to be seen how seriously institutions and academics take these alternative metrics and whether or not they would catalyse any substantial change, but there is a strong case for seeking broadly based academic change in the future, for example in the context of open science (Vicente-Saez et al, 2020) and particularly with respect to the fit between academic publication and the interests of the communities to which they relate (Gelmon et al, 2013;Mathies et al, 2020). Our own analysis must also be seen as what it is, based on 3 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/impact/2020/ the experiences of just six academics and so limited in many respects.…”

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On the Nature of Quality in the Contexts of Academic Publication and Sustainability

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Six experienced academic reviewers and editors explored the nature of quality in academic publication processes in the contexts of sustainability, education for sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This article documents their exploration as a collaborative autoethnography structured around the authors’ personal reflections on matters such as: how current quality indicators define the quality of academic publications; how effective current quality assurance processes may be; how congruent open access publication processes may be with the ideals of sustainability and of the SDGs; and about what new and different indicators of quality might look like. An inductive analysis of their reflections yielded three emergent and reoccurring themes: casting doubt on the fitness for purpose of current academic publication processes and means to assure their quality; seeking justice for all involved in academic publication; and creating opportunities for change. In writing this article, authors considered these themes and how academia might address them.

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“…The OA scholarly publication benefits from the establishment of several grant funding both public and private mandates/agencies to finance the publication, almost always in the OA model (Lange, 2016;Ross-Hellauer et al, 2018;Mathies, Kivistö, & Birnbaum, 2019;Besir Demir, 2018;Gamsby, 2019). Some examples of these supports are Plan S (2020) and Horizon 2020, among many others.…”

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Some Issues on the Funding of the Scientific Publication in Open Access

Sá¹,

Serpa²

2020

AJIS

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The academic/scientific publication in Open Access is already a current practice with several advantages, and the trend is that it will continue to be adopted worldwide by academics and researchers to disseminate the results of their work among the scientific community and the public at large. At a time when Open Access is not only unavoidable but tends to become generalised as a form of scientific publication, this paper seeks to put forth, discuss and analyse some emerging issues, which are directly related to the financing of the publication of scientific research in Open Access, and which are directly linked to the consequences for academic freedom and the impact of the dissemination of the scientific publication, as current questions that shape the scientific publication that we will have and wish. The results of this analysis allow concluding that, for this new way of publishing science to grow in a sustained way, it is necessary to ensure, among other aspects, the existence of independent scientific advisory boards; freedom of publication within certain boundaries; a sustainability strategy to plan for the operation of the platform; transparency in public scrutiny; and respect for the law.

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Following the money? Performance-based funding and the changing publication patterns of Finnish academics

Cited by 44 publications

References 15 publications

Brazilian Publication Profiles: Where and How Brazilian authors publish

Brazilian Publication Profiles: Where and How Brazilian authors publish

On the Nature of Quality in the Contexts of Academic Publication and Sustainability

Some Issues on the Funding of the Scientific Publication in Open Access

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