Regional and institutional trends in assessment for academic promotion
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Lim, B. H.; D'Ippoliti, C.; Dominik, M.; Hernandez-Mondragon, A. C.; Vermeir, K.; Chong, K. K.; Hussein, H.; Morales-Salgado, V. S.; Cloete, K. J.; Kimengsi, J. N.; Balboa, L.; Mondello, S.; dela Cruz, T. E.; Lopez-Verges, S.; Sidi Zakari, I.; Simonyan, A.; Palomo, I.; Rezek Jambrak, A.; Germo Nzweundji, J.; Molnar, A.; Saktiawati, A. M. I.; Elagroudy, S.; Kumar, P.; Enany, S.; Narita, V.; Backes, M.; Siciliano, V.; Egamberdieva, D.; Flores Bueso, Y.
署名单位：
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR); Sapienza University Rome; University of St Andrews; CINVESTAV - Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional; Instituto Politecnico Nacional - Mexico; Universite Paris Cite; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); CNRS - Institute for Humanities & Social Sciences (INSHS); Universite Paris Cite; University of Oxford; University of South Africa; National Research Foundation - South Africa; iThemba LABS; Technische Universitat Dresden; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET); Buenos Aires National Academy of Medicine; IMEX - Instituto de Medicina Experimental; University of Messina; University of Santo Tomas; Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud; Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacin (SENACYT); Abdou Moumouni University; University of Sussex; Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD); Communaute Universite Grenoble Alpes; Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble; INRAE; Universite Grenoble Alpes (UGA); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); University of Zagreb; Swinburne University of Technology; Technical University of Munich; Gadjah Mada University; Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB); Ain Shams University; University of Witwatersrand; Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB); Suez Canal University; University of Namibia; North West University - South Africa; Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT; Tashkent Institute of Irrigation & Agricultural Mechanization Engineers; National University of Uzbekistan; University College Cork; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
刊物名称：
Nature
ISSN/ISSBN：
0028-3042
DOI：
10.1038/s41586-024-08422-9
发表日期：
2025-02-13
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摘要：
The assessment of research performance is widely seen as a vital tool in upholding the highest standards of quality, with selection and competition believed to drive progress. Academic institutions need to take critical decisions on hiring and promotion, while facing external pressure by also being subject to research assessment1, 2, 3-4. Here we present an outlook on research assessment for career progression with specific focus on promotion to full professorship, based on 314 policies from 190 academic institutions and 218 policies from 58 government agencies, covering 32 countries in the Global North and 89 countries in the Global South. We investigated how frequently various promotion criteria are mentioned and carried out a statistical analysis to infer commonalities and differences across policies. Although quantitative methods of assessment remain popular, in agreement with what is found in more geographically restricted studies5, 6, 7, 8-9, they are not omnipresent. We find differences between the Global North and the Global South as well as between institutional and national policies, but less so between disciplines. A preference for bibliometric indicators is more marked in upper-middle-income countries. Although we see some variation, many promotion policies are based on the assumption of specific career paths that become normative rather than embracing diversity. In turn, this restricts opportunities for researchers. These results challenge current practice and have strategic implications for researchers, research managers and national governments.