WHAT MAKES A GOOD SCIENTIST - DETERMINANTS OF PEER EVALUATION AMONG BIOLOGISTS

被引:59
作者
SONNERT, G [1 ]
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,DEPT PHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1177/030631295025001003
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
This study explores the criteria by which biologists in the United States evaluate their peers' scientific performance. Six distinguished biology professors rated forty-two former National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellows on the basis of the latter's CVs and bibliographies. The most powerful predictor of these quality judgements was the rated scientist's annual productivity rate: this explained more than 40% of the variance in the evaluators' judgements.
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