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EVALUATION REVIEW
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 102-129Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X14524957
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academic governance; rankings; motivation; selection; socialization
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Background: Research rankings based on bibliometrics today dominate governance in academia and determine careers in universities. Method: Analytical approach to capture the incentives by users of rankings and by suppliers of rankings, both on an individual and an aggregate level. Result: Rankings may produce unintended negative side effects. In particular, rankings substitute the taste for science by a taste for publication. We show that the usefulness of rankings rests on several important assumptions challenged by recent research. Conclusion: We suggest as alternatives careful socialization and selection of scholars, supplemented by periodic self-evaluations and awards. The aim is to encourage controversial discourses in order to contribute meaningful to the advancement of science.
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