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Researchers’ risk-smoothing publication strategies: Is productivity the enemy of impact?
Abstract
In the quest for balance between research productivity and impact, researchers in science and engineering are often encouraged to adopt a play-it-safe research and publication strategy that allows them to maintain high publication productivity and accelerate their career advancement but may reduce the likelihood of high impact or breakthrough research outcomes. In this paper, we analyze bibliometric data from Scopus and present results for the...
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Researchers’ risk-smoothing publication strategies: Is productivity the enemy of impact?
Published Date
Jun 11, 2018
Journal
Volume
116
Issue
3
Pages
1995 - 2017
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