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Record W3170240134 · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001282

Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science

2021· article· en· W3170240134 on OpenAlexaff
Sarah W. Davies, Hollie M. Putnam, Tracy D. Ainsworth, Julia K. Baum, Colleen B. Bove, Sarah C. Crosby, Isabelle M. Côté, Anne Duplouy, Robinson W. Fulweiler, Alyssa Griffin, Torrance C. Hanley, Tessa M. Hill, Adriana Humanes, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Anna Meta×as, Laura M. Parker, Hanny E. Rivera, Nyssa J. Silbiger, Nicola S. Smith, Ana K. Spalding, Nikki Traylor‐Knowles, Brooke L. Weigel, Rachel M. Wright, Amanda E. Bates

Bibliographic record

VenuePLoS Biology · 2021
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPsychology
TopicMentoring and Academic Development
Canadian institutionsMemorial University of NewfoundlandDalhousie UniversitySimon Fraser UniversityUniversity of Victoria
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMentorshipEquity (law)BiologyValue (mathematics)Diversity (politics)Inclusion (mineral)Reward systemPublic relationsEngineering ethicsSociologyPolitical scienceSocial scienceComputer scienceLaw

Abstract

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Success and impact metrics in science are based on a system that perpetuates sexist and racist "rewards" by prioritizing citations and impact factors. These metrics are flawed and biased against already marginalized groups and fail to accurately capture the breadth of individuals' meaningful scientific impacts. We advocate shifting this outdated value system to advance science through principles of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We outline pathways for a paradigm shift in scientific values based on multidimensional mentorship and promoting mentee well-being. These actions will require collective efforts supported by academic leaders and administrators to drive essential systemic change.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.235
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.440
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMetaresearch
Consensus categoriesMetaresearch
DomainCandidate signal: Incentives · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.765
Threshold uncertainty score0.943

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.2350.440
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0020.001
Bibliometrics0.0140.010
Science and technology studies0.0070.025
Scholarly communication0.0230.029
Open science0.0040.025
Research integrity0.0040.013
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.002

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.036
GPT teacher head0.363
Teacher spread0.328 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; the direct Gemma label and the distilled Codex classifier agree on what is shown here.

Study designTheoretical or conceptual
DomainIncentives
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Citations189
Published2021
Admission routes1
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