The (ir)rational consideration of the cost of science in transition economies

Vuong, Quan‐Hoang

doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0281-4

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“…The use of questionable statistical practices can be indicated with details (Baker, 2016). Otherwise, they may contribute to the continuing erosion of the public's trust in science and cause great costs to science (Vuong, 2018). For science in developing nations (Adams, Pendlebury, Rogers, & Szomszor, 2019;Noorden, 2018;Vuong & Tran, 2019), enforcing a straightforward standard regarding sensitive issues such as retraction will help scientific communities in these nations to quickly catch up with global science.…”

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The limitations of retraction notices and the heroic acts of authors who correct the scholarly record: An analysis of retractions of papers published from 1975 to 2019

Vuong

2019

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While researchers with retracted papers – publications that are withdrawn because of significant errors or scientific misconduct – carry a permanent stain on their publishing records, understanding the causes and initiators of such retractions can shed a different light on the matter. This paper, based on a random sample of 2,046 retracted papers, which were published between 1975 and 2019, extracted from Retraction Watch and the websites of major publishers, shows that 53% of the retraction notices do not specify who initiated the retraction. Nearly 10% of the retraction notes either omit or do not contain information related to reasons for retractions. Furthermore, most of the retracted papers in our sample have no limitation section; those who do are commonly unhelpful or irrelevant. The results carry three implications for scientific transparency: retraction notices need to be more informative; limitation sections ought to be a required and even an open section of all published articles; and finally, promoting ‘heroic acts’ in science can positively change the current publishing culture.

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The limitations of retraction notices and the heroic acts of authors who correct the scholarly record: An analysis of retractions of papers published from 1975 to 2019

Vuong

2019

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“…Therefore, it is necessary to improve local research capacities and international research collaborations in countries hit hard by the obesity epidemic. Although science is on the rise in developing countries, their governments need to “fully support” the value of science to catch up with the developed world [36]. Also, multinational research networks involving different cultures, geographical areas, and socioeconomic subgroups should be strengthened.…”

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Global Evolution of Obesity Research in Children and Youths: Setting Priorities for Interventions and Policies

Tran¹,

Dang

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Background: Childhood obesity has become a major global epidemic that causes substantial social and health burdens worldwide. The effectiveness of childhood obesity control and prevention depends largely on understanding the issue, including its current development and associated factors in a contextualized perspective. Objectives: Our study aimed to gauge this kind of understanding. Methods: We systematically searched the Web of Science database for studies concerning child obesity published up to 2017 and analyzed the volume of publications, growth rates, impact scores, collaborations, authors, affiliations, and journals. A total of 57,444 research papers were included. Results: The three subject categories with the highest number of papers (over 3,000) were (1) nutrition and dietetics, (2) pediatrics, and (3) public, environmental, and occupational health. We found a dramatic increase in the amount of scientific literature on childhood obesity in the past one or two decades, led by scholars from the USA – ranking at the top regarding the total number of papers (23,965 papers; 30.8%) and total number of citations (859,793 citations) – and multiple Western countries where the obesity epidemic is prevalent. Conclusions: The findings highlight the need for improving international and local research capacities and collaboration to accelerate knowledge production and translation into contextualized and effective childhood obesity prevention.

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“…Namely, the simplification of administrative procedures for scientists as well as more efficient financial support for research activities-especially for single authors-could prove to be good incentives for scholars and increase their contribution to the national education system. The issues that have been discussed will be increasingly important when the consideration of the costs of doing science and the benefits of collaboration [45], including open data and shared resources, become a demand by both funders and the public at large [46,47].…”

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The (In)Significance of Socio-Demographic Factors as Possible Determinants of Vietnamese Social Scientists’ Contribution-Adjusted Productivity: Preliminary Results from 2008–2017 Scopus Data

Vuong

Nguyen²,

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Abstract:As collaboration has become widespread in academia, and the number of authors per article has increased, the publication count is no longer an accurate indicator of scientific output in many cases. To overcome this limitation, this study defined and computed a relative count of publications called 'CP' (credit-based contribution points), based on the sequence-determines-credit (SDC) method, which takes into account the level of contribution of each author. Analyses were done on a sample of 410 Vietnamese social scientists whose publications were indexed in the Scopus database during 2008-2017. The results showed that the average CP of Vietnamese researchers in the field of social sciences and humanities is very low: more than 88% of authors have a CP less than five over a span 10 years. Researchers with a higher CP were mostly 40-50 years old; however, even for this sub-group, the mean CP was only 3.07. Multiple attributes of first-authorship-including knowledge, research skills, and critical thinking-could boost the CP by a ratio of 1:1.06. There is no evidence of gender differences in productivity, however, there is a regional difference. These findings offer significant insights into the education system in regard to science and technology, namely policy implications for science funding and management strategies for research funds.

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The (ir)rational consideration of the cost of science in transition economies

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The limitations of retraction notices and the heroic acts of authors who correct the scholarly record: An analysis of retractions of papers published from 1975 to 2019

The limitations of retraction notices and the heroic acts of authors who correct the scholarly record: An analysis of retractions of papers published from 1975 to 2019

Global Evolution of Obesity Research in Children and Youths: Setting Priorities for Interventions and Policies

The (In)Significance of Socio-Demographic Factors as Possible Determinants of Vietnamese Social Scientists’ Contribution-Adjusted Productivity: Preliminary Results from 2008–2017 Scopus Data

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