Competitive funding, citation regimes, and the diminishment of breakthrough research

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F15%3A10297893" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/15:10297893 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-014-9783-4" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-014-9783-4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-014-9783-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10734-014-9783-4</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Competitive funding, citation regimes, and the diminishment of breakthrough research
Original language description
At first glance Sweden looks like a researcher's paradise with high levels of GDP investment in research and high scores on citation indexes, yet recent studies have suggested that Sweden might be losing its edge in groundbreaking research. This paper explores why that is happening by examining researchers' logics of decision-making at a large university in Sweden. Interviews with researchers at different career stages and at a range of different departments are analyzed using a neo-institutionalist framework. The inherent logic of the quasi-markets which have been constructed to implement new policy ideas is compared to the logics by which researchers approach their funding applications and research outputs. The results suggest that a highly fragmented and competitive system can undermine efforts to foster groundbreaking research, despite the expectations posited by a neoliberal logic of governance.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AM - Pedagogy and education
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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