EUA - European University Association

Higher ed accreditation is stuck in the past with periodic reviews. AI and real-time data could transform it into a continuous, outcomes-focused system.

Scientometrics - We examine the spillover effects of highly cited “star papers” on the visibility and citation impact of neighboring articles within the same journal issue. We expand on...

The publish-or-perish (POP) culture in academic publishing has become ingrained for several reasons and may be a phenomenon that is difficult to erase simply because publishing remains the most visible form of recognition for scientists, who use both publishing and the recognition it confers to remain relevant while securing their status, employment, funding, visibility, and other benefits. Although scientific publishing has immeasurable benefits when it represents thoroughly conducted research or an integrated philosophy, when observed through the prism of POP culture, a negative connotation is associated with it. As the POP adage implies, if one does not publish, then one may figuratively and intellectually perish (i.e., publish and perish), and when this transcends to a literal plane, the adage publish then perish is born. At a more extreme level, and no longer driven by the desire to publish, the retraction of intellect or literature due to error or misconduct has diversified POP culture by adding a layered adage of retract and perish, where the latter may occur both figuratively and literally. In this essay, an attempt is made to identify several factors that may induce POP culture and the impact it has on individual careers, knowledge creation, the benevolence of scientific endeavor, and the well-being of science, society, and Humanity.

Although the impact science has on society is a dimension that has been receiving increasing attention in recent years, surprisingly little work has been done on developing software tools that track it systematically by integrating information from different data sources and trying to capture all of its dimensions explicitly (e.g. impact on the economy, health and wellbeing, public understanding, the environment etc).In this paper, we present the prototypical ImpactLens system, which aims to leverage modern-day data-driven and AI technologies to extract ‘impact stories’ from rich, yet diverse data sources. We argue that the development of such tools can significantly enhance the ability of research communities to communicate the value of their work to society, while also providing opportunities to benefit researcher development, strategic research planning, and better exploitation of research results.

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Journal of Brand Management - The Conscientious corporate brand (CCB) is a nascent concept whose importance has grown in recent years due to stakeholder demands for organisations to...