Perceptions of publication pressure in the Max Planck Society

Wu, Charley M.; Regler, Benjamin; Bäuerle, Felix; Vögele, Martin; Einhorn, Laura; Elizarova, Sofia; Förste, Stefanie; Shenolikar, Justin; Lasser, Jana

doi:10.1038/s41562-019-0728-x

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“…Within the Max Planck Institutes, home to the IMPRS PBCS, the satisfaction with a Ph.D. education slightly increases to the 71% (ref. 13 ). At the same time, even though 56% of students said that academia would be their first career choice, the number of students aiming for a job in industry has increased over the past 2 years from the 22% to the 30% (ref.…”

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“…Furthermore, in many European countries, the number of temporary postdoctoral contracts has increased due to labor market reforms aiming to increase the flexibility of employment 14 . Altogether, this generates insecurities that too often add to the strain on the Ph.D. candidate shoulders 13 . As a matter of fact, 36% of the respondents to last year's Nature survey 12 admitted that they have sought help for anxiety or depression related to their Ph.D. studies, a number that could still be underrepresented due to the remainings of the stigma on mental health.…”

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Current and future challenges in interdisciplinary Ph.D. education as perceived by students

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Behind the curtains of academic publishing: strategic responses of economists and business scholars

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Frey

2023

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Bibliometric measurements are becoming omnipresent and crucially important for academic career decisions. The measured criteria induce strong incentives to align academics’ time and efforts. Based on a survey of economics and business scholars in German-speaking countries, this article empirically explores the interactions between scientific journal metrics and the behavior of authors in the publishing process. The impact different types of pressure have on their decisions is emphasized. In line with rational choice, authors generally move down in journal ranking as they resubmit their papers. While the process is highly influenced by random elements, the Scimago journal rank provides the best fit to researcher’s behavior. Doctoral students initially submit to lower ranked journals compared to higher academic positions, which is likely due to the time pressure they face. The empirical findings improve our understanding of strategic responses in the scientific publishing process. Qualified lotteries, along with other propositions, are suggested to mitigate adverse responses by academics.

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Where Do Early Career Researchers Stand on Open Science Practices? A Survey Within the Max Planck Society

Toribio-Flórez

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Open science (OS) is of paramount importance for the improvement of science worldwide and across research fields. Recent years have witnessed a transition toward open and transparent scientific practices, but there is still a long way to go. Early career researchers (ECRs) are of crucial relevance in the process of steering toward the standardization of OS practices, as they will become the future decision makers of the institutional change that necessarily accompanies this transition. Thus, it is imperative to gain insight into where ECRs stand on OS practices. Under this premise, the Open Science group of the Max Planck PhDnet designed and conducted an online survey to assess the stance toward OS practices of doctoral candidates from the Max Planck Society. As one of the leading scientific institutions for basic research worldwide, the Max Planck Society provides a considerable population of researchers from multiple scientific fields, englobed into three sections: biomedical sciences, chemistry, physics and technology, and human and social sciences. From an approximate total population of 5,100 doctoral candidates affiliated with the Max Planck Society, the survey collected responses from 568 doctoral candidates. The survey assessed self-reported knowledge, attitudes, and implementation of different OS practices, namely, open access publications, open data, preregistrations, registered reports, and replication studies. ECRs seemed to hold a generally positive view toward these different practices and to be interested in learning more about them. Furthermore, we found that ECRs’ knowledge and positive attitudes predicted the extent to which they implemented these OS practices, although levels of implementation were rather low in the past. We observed differences and similarities between scientific sections. We discuss these differences in terms of need and feasibility to apply these OS practices in specific scientific fields, but additionally in relation to the incentive systems that shape scientific communities. Lastly, we discuss the implications that these results can have for the training and career advancement of ECRs, and ultimately, for the consolidation of OS practices.

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Perceptions of publication pressure in the Max Planck Society

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Current and future challenges in interdisciplinary Ph.D. education as perceived by students

Current and future challenges in interdisciplinary Ph.D. education as perceived by students

Behind the curtains of academic publishing: strategic responses of economists and business scholars

Where Do Early Career Researchers Stand on Open Science Practices? A Survey Within the Max Planck Society

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