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Forcing PhD students to publish is bad for science

Abstract:
Setting publication targets for students is corrosive for scientific culture and instils the wrong values in PhD students, argues Nick Yeung. A culture shift in PhD student evaluation criteria is needed, away from publications as the key proxy for student success.
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Published
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Reviewed (other)

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10.1038/s41562-019-0685-4

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Oxford college:
University College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-1905-2129


Publisher:
Springer Nature
Journal:
Nature Human Behaviour More from this journal
Volume:
3
Issue:
10
Article number:
1036
Publication date:
2019-10-10
Acceptance date:
2019-07-10
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EISSN:
2397-3374
Pmid:
31602020


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English
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2019-12-10

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