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Archives: incentives

Smorgasbord: Twitter v. Mastodon; Incentivizing Open Science; DEI v. Involution

Another “mixed bag” post from us — Is it time to leave Twitter? How can we incentivize journals and authors to take up open science practices? What is “involution” and is DEIA the solution?

  • By Angela Cochran, Tim Vines, Tao Tao
  • Nov 3, 2022
  • 6 Comments

Can We Re-engineer Scholarly Journal Publishing? An Interview with Richard Wynne, Rescognito

In today’s post, chefs Alice Meadows and Tim Vines interview Richard Wynne, Founder of Rescognito, a free service for recognizing and promoting Open Research.

  • By Alice Meadows, Tim Vines
  • Mar 8, 2021
  • 8 Comments

Catching the Wave — The Tide Turns Toward the Subscription Model

Silicon Valley’s advertising model has been exploited, and free information’s price is more apparent. Will we be saved by subscription model innovations?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 6, 2018
  • 50 Comments

Are Journals Lacking for Reviewers?

There is sufficient supply of reviewers to meet demand, a new paper suggests. It’s just not evenly distributed.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Dec 6, 2016
  • 8 Comments

What Motivates Reviewers? An Experiment in Economics

Shorter deadlines, email reminders, and cash incentives can speed up the peer review process and minimize unintended effects, a recent study suggests. Can it work for other disciplines?

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 28, 2014
  • 27 Comments

Publish-or-Perish Culture Promotes Scientific Narcissism

Publication rewards productive scientists but has the unintended consequences of isolating scholars, reducing knowledge transfer and steering scientists away from engaging in policy and the press.

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 7, 2012
  • 10 Comments

Are Cash Bonuses the Right Incentive for Science Authors?

Rewarding scientists with cash bonuses when they publish in prestigious journals drives up submission rates but has no effect on publication success, a new study reports.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Aug 8, 2011
  • 11 Comments

Are Peer-Reviewers Overloaded? Or Are Their Incentives Misaligned?

Improving participation in peer-review may be a matter of finding the right combination of incentives.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Sep 21, 2010
  • 15 Comments

Privatizing Peer Review — The PubCred Proposal

When authors are unwilling to peer review and incentives are not enough, is it time to privatize the system?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Sep 16, 2010
  • 31 Comments

When Solutions Take On a Life of Their Own

What happens when a proposed solution for a problem becomes an end unto itself? Is peer review really more important than research itself?

  • By David Crotty
  • Sep 16, 2010
  • 10 Comments

The Stick and the Carrot: Why Direct Incentives in Science are Dangerous

Reputation — fragile, cumulative, and indirect — is the reward of science. Direct compensation to motivate specific behaviors is a dangerous proposal.

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 13, 2010
  • 13 Comments

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