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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Journal 2019 United StatesPublisher:eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd Authors:Juan P Alperin;
Juan P Alperin
Juan P Alperin in OpenAIRECarol Muñoz Nieves;
Carol Muñoz Nieves
Carol Muñoz Nieves in OpenAIRELesley A Schimanski;
Lesley A Schimanski
Lesley A Schimanski in OpenAIREGustavo E Fischman;
+2 AuthorsGustavo E Fischman
Gustavo E Fischman in OpenAIREJuan P Alperin;
Juan P Alperin
Juan P Alperin in OpenAIRECarol Muñoz Nieves;
Carol Muñoz Nieves
Carol Muñoz Nieves in OpenAIRELesley A Schimanski;
Lesley A Schimanski
Lesley A Schimanski in OpenAIREGustavo E Fischman;
Gustavo E Fischman
Gustavo E Fischman in OpenAIREMeredith T Niles;
Meredith T Niles
Meredith T Niles in OpenAIREErin C McKiernan;
Erin C McKiernan
Erin C McKiernan in OpenAIREMuch of the work done by faculty at both public and private universities has significant public dimensions: it is often paid for by public funds; it is often aimed at serving the public good; and it is often subject to public evaluation. To understand how the public dimensions of faculty work are valued, we analyzed review, promotion, and tenure documents from a representative sample of 129 universities in the US and Canada. Terms and concepts related to public and community are mentioned in a large portion of documents, but mostly in ways that relate to service, which is an undervalued aspect of academic careers. Moreover, the documents make significant mention of traditional research outputs and citation-based metrics: however, such outputs and metrics reward faculty work targeted to academics, and often disregard the public dimensions. Institutions that seek to embody their public mission could therefore work towards changing how faculty work is assessed and incentivized.
The University of Ve... arrow_drop_down The University of Vermont: ScholarWorks @ UVMArticle . 2019License: CC BYFull-Text: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/calsfac/138Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)add ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Preprint , Journal 2019 United StatesPublisher:PeerJ Authors:Erin C McKiernan;
Erin C McKiernan
Erin C McKiernan in OpenAIRELesley A Schimanski;
Lesley A Schimanski
Lesley A Schimanski in OpenAIRECarol Muñoz Nieves;
Carol Muñoz Nieves
Carol Muñoz Nieves in OpenAIRELisa Matthias;
+2 AuthorsLisa Matthias
Lisa Matthias in OpenAIREErin C McKiernan;
Erin C McKiernan
Erin C McKiernan in OpenAIRELesley A Schimanski;
Lesley A Schimanski
Lesley A Schimanski in OpenAIRECarol Muñoz Nieves;
Carol Muñoz Nieves
Carol Muñoz Nieves in OpenAIRELisa Matthias;
Lisa Matthias
Lisa Matthias in OpenAIREMeredith T Niles;
Meredith T Niles
Meredith T Niles in OpenAIREJuan P Alperin;
Juan P Alperin
Juan P Alperin in OpenAIREThe Journal Impact Factor (JIF) was originally designed to aid libraries in deciding which journals to index and purchase for their collections. Over the past few decades, however, it has become a relied upon metric used to evaluate research articles based on journal rank. Surveyed faculty often report feeling pressure to publish in journals with high JIFs and mention reliance on the JIF as one problem with current academic evaluation systems. While faculty reports are useful, information is lacking on how often and in what ways the JIF is currently used for review, promotion, and tenure (RPT). We therefore collected and analyzed RPT documents from a representative sample of 129 universities from the United States and Canada and 381 of their academic units. We found that 40% of doctoral, research-intensive (R-type) institutions and 18% of master’s, or comprehensive (M-type) institutions explicitly mentioned the JIF, or closely related terms, in their RPT documents. Undergraduate, or baccalaureate (B-type) institutions did not mention it at all. A detailed reading of these documents suggests that institutions may also be using a variety of terms to indirectly refer to the JIF. Our qualitative analysis shows that 87% of the institutions that mentioned the JIF supported the metric’s use in at least one of their RPT documents, while 13% of institutions expressed caution about the JIF’s use in evaluations. None of the RPT documents we analyzed heavily criticized the JIF or prohibited its use in evaluations. Of the institutions that mentioned the JIF, 63% associated it with quality, 40% with impact, importance, or significance, and 20% with prestige, reputation, or status. In sum, our results show that the use of the JIF is encouraged in RPT evaluations, especially at research-intensive universities, and indicates there is work to be done to improve evaluation processes to avoid the potential misuse of metrics like the JIF.
PeerJ Preprints arrow_drop_down PeerJ PreprintsPreprint . 2019License: CC BYFull-Text: https://peerj.com/preprints/27638v1.pdfData sources: PeerJ PreprintsPeerJ PreprintsPreprint . 2019License: CC BYFull-Text: https://peerj.com/preprints/27638v2.pdfData sources: PeerJ PreprintsPeerJ PreprintsPreprint . 2019License: CC BYFull-Text: https://peerj.com/preprints/27638.pdfData sources: PeerJ PreprintsThe University of Vermont: ScholarWorks @ UVMArticle . 2019License: CC BYFull-Text: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/calsfac/137Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj....Article . 2019 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYData sources: Crossrefhttps://doi.org/10.7287/peerj....Article . 2019 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess RoutesGreen gold 205 citations 205 popularity Top 0.1% influence Top 1% impulse Top 0.1% Powered by BIP!
more_vert PeerJ Preprints arrow_drop_down PeerJ PreprintsPreprint . 2019License: CC BYFull-Text: https://peerj.com/preprints/27638v1.pdfData sources: PeerJ PreprintsPeerJ PreprintsPreprint . 2019License: CC BYFull-Text: https://peerj.com/preprints/27638v2.pdfData sources: PeerJ PreprintsPeerJ PreprintsPreprint . 2019License: CC BYFull-Text: https://peerj.com/preprints/27638.pdfData sources: PeerJ PreprintsThe University of Vermont: ScholarWorks @ UVMArticle . 2019License: CC BYFull-Text: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/calsfac/137Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj....Article . 2019 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYData sources: Crossrefhttps://doi.org/10.7287/peerj....Article . 2019 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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