Explaining Australia’s increased share of ISI publications—the effects of a funding formula based on publication counts

By L. Butler. 2003

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Evaluation practices and effects of indicator use : a literature review (2016, methodology): “16  Butler, L. (2010) ‘Impacts of performance-based research funding systems: A review of the concerns and the evidence’, In: OECD, Performance-based Funding for Public Research in Tertiary Education Institutions: Workshop Proceedings.”
Researchers’ Industry Experience and Productivity in University–Industry Research Centers: A “Scientific and Technical Human Capital” Explanation (2006, background): “Most of the scientific literature on productivity, beginning with early studies, such as Pelz and Andrews (1976) and Kornhauser (1962), and continuing to current bibliometric studies (for example, Noyons et al., 1998; Butler, 2003; Ho et al., 2003) have chiefly focused on the number of published sci”
A walk on the wild side: ‘Predatory’ journals and information asymmetries in scientific evaluations (2019, background): “In line with this hypothesis, Butler (2003) finds that, in Australia, a greater reliance on journals indexed in ISI Web of Knowledge (today known as the Web of Science) was followed by an increase of the quantity but not the quality of research.”
Bibliometrics to webometrics (2008, background): “In Australia, however, there is evidence of the problems of a simplistic scheme: a negative impact of counting publications but not evaluating their quality seems to be an increased volume of lower quality journal articles [33].”
Organizational Control Systems and Pay-for-Performance in the Public Service (2013, background): “In the academic field, an example is the ‘slicing strategy’ whereby scholars divide their research results into as many papers as possible to enlarge their publication list (Butler, 2003).”
Global Position and Position Taking: The Case of Australia (2007, background): “Australia’s problem here is that, in the top 100, it is weaker than the other English-speaking nations and parts of Western Europe, and its comparative performance may have declined (Butler, 2003).”
Bias against Novelty in Science: A Cautionary Tale for Users of Bibliometric Indicators (2017, unknown): “In addition, funding agencies increasingly rely on bibliometric indicators to aid in decision making and performance evaluation (Butler, 2003; Hicks, 2012; Hicks, Wouters, Waltman, de Rijcke, & Rafols, 2015).”
“Not Just for the Money?” How Financial Incentives Affect the Number of Publications at Danish Research Institutions (2008, background): “Another problem is that pay schemes that reward publications may induce researchers to publish more articles, but of lower quality (Butler 2003).”
Bibliometric monitoring of research performance in the Social Sciences and the Humanities: A Review (2006, background): “In recent years, there are indications that social scientists and humanities scholars publish more often in journals - particularly those covered by the ISI (e.g., BUTLER, 2003; KYVIK, 2003).”