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The Harsh Truth About NPM and the Value Mug

Delve into the evolution of New Public Management and the nefarious practices in the academic industry, exploring dishonesty, inflation, and the quest for quality over quantity. Uncover the journey towards responsible research conduct and the re-establishment of trust.

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The Harsh Truth About NPM and the Value Mug

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  1. The sad but true story about NPM and the Value mug Dr. Charlotte Wien Professor of Scholarly Communication, SDU Head of Department, SDUB Chair of LIBER WG on Innovative Metrics Twitter: @CharlotteWien E-mail: chw@bib.sdu.dk

  2. Agenda • It all began in the 00s • New Public Management • The Para-Academic Industry • Disonesty and Inflation • ‘Qvo vadimus’?

  3. The Value Mug • 2008 @SDU • A ‘Value process’ was initiated • Bottom-up process • “Trustworthy, Innovative and Holistic” • A palpable piece of evidence of NPM • A present • Ridiculed • Returned to VCs office by faculty

  4. NPM(New public Management) • The public sector is ineffective • Reforms and management tools • Intended to increase the effectivity • Point of departure • Managerialism and Neoliberalism • Competition/cost effectiveness rule • Resource allocation by Mathew principle • away from equity and social justice

  5. NPM(New public Management) • Increasing effectivity • Production must be • Monitored • Measured • Establishment of PMS • Performance measurement systems • E.g. H-index (2005) • Collection of data • ISI/WoS (expanded in the 00s) • Scopus (2004)

  6. The Para-Academic Industry

  7. The Para-Academic Industry • Customers are • Endleslyrich (tax-financed) • Scientific publishers • Controls • The raw materials • Supply • Pricing (almost monopoly) • Ranking bureaus • Consultancy fee 30.000 EURO

  8. Dishonestyand Inflation • Dishonesty • Only 40 percent arehonest • 60 percent willcheatif • Changes of gettingcaughtare modest • Externallocus of control • Sense of unfair measures • Maintainingselfesteem • Normalizer: The others do it too!

  9. Dishonestyand Inflation • Fanelli (2009) • 1 percent admitted FFP • 34 percent admitted QRP • 14 percent colleaguesguilty of FFP, • 72 percent colleaguesguilty of QRP. • …’the others do it too…’

  10. Dishonestyand Inflation • The currency of research • Publications • Citations • Optimizing authorships • Gift authorships • Utilizingassymetric power relations • Slicing • Optimizing citations • Citation Cartels • Marketing plans for publications • SoMe echochambers to game altmetrics

  11. QvoVadis?Or rather pluralis ‘Qvo vadimus?’

  12. QvoVadimus? • To Ghent in Belgium! • Stop measuringquantity • Focus on quality • Towards Open Science • Away from the Para-Academic Industry • TowardsResponsibleConduct of Research • Away from Optimizing • Towards (re-)establishment of trust • Away from Performance Measuring Systems

  13. Thankyou! Dr. Charlotte Wien Professor of Scholarly Communication, SDU Head of Department, SDUB Chair of LIBER WG on Innovative Metrics Twitter: @CharlotteWien E-mail: chw@bib.sdu.dk

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