ABSTRACT

For years now, the pressure in academia to publish in journals has been intense; getting articles published in prestigious journals is good for one’s career, and it’s important in winning grant funding. But high productivity isn’t necessarily synonymous with high quality. The COVID-19 pandemic and the absolute flood of scientific articles it has unleashed underscore that point. To tamp down on the flow of flawed science seen during the pandemic, computer scientist and disinformation researcher Walter Scheirer believes the Biden administration can make changes to how the National Institutes of Health awards grants, reducing the importance of prolific publishing.

摘要

多年来，学术界对期刊发表压力很大。在著名的期刊上发表文章对自己的职业生涯是有好处的，这对于赢得补助金很重要。但是高生产率并不一定是高质量的代名词。COVID-19大流行和它所散发的大量科学论文强调了这一点。为了遏制大流行期间出现的科学漏洞，计算机科学家和虚假信息研究员沃尔特·谢尼尔（Walter Scheirer）认为，拜登政府可以改变美国国立卫生研究院（National Institutes of Health）授予拨款的方式，从而降低了多产出版的重要性。