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The economics of creative research
Author(s) -
Couée Ivan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2013.11
Subject(s) - benchmarking , subject (documents) , scientific progress , economics , political science , positive economics , engineering ethics , public economics , computer science , management , epistemology , engineering , library science , philosophy
Scientific research is increasingly subject to benchmarking and ratings that inevitably influence funding and hiring decisions. This trend of applying economic measures to creative endeavour could well undermine both progress and academic freedom.