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(Australia) ‘Devastating career event’: scientists caught out by change to Australian Research Council fine print – The Guardian (Donna Lum | August 2021)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in Research Integrity on August 27, 2021
Keywords: Australia, Institutional responsibilities, Journal, Publication ethics, Research results

The Linked Original Item was Posted On August 20, 2021

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Researchers say a ban on preprint material citations in funding applications is a ‘remarkably stupid own-goal for Australian science’

Researchers have been deemed ineligible for critical career grants by the Australian Research Council as the result of a rule change that has been described as punitive, “extraordinary” and out of keeping with modern scientific practices.

Superficially this ARC policy is sound.  Some pre-prints are junk science that would be unlikely to survive peer review.  But the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the academic landscape.  In some ways for the better.  The fact a paper appeared on a pre-print server should prompt a closer look at the paper, not the disqualification of the grant applicant.  We are left wondering, “What were they thinking ?”

Researchers are devastated and angry after being ruled out for Australian Research Council (ARC) fellowships because of a new requirement that bans preprint material from being cited in funding applications, with several saying it spells the end of their careers in academia or Australian universities.

Guardian Australia has spoken to six researchers at four universities, in the fields of astronomy, computer science and physics, whose applications were deemed ineligible as a result of the technicality.

All spoke on the condition of anonymity, for fear that publicly sharing their names would jeopardise their chances of appeal.

Research published in academic journals undergoes rigorous peer-review prior to publication. But it is common practice for scientists in certain fields to also upload their work, prior to publication, in preprint form to servers such as the arXiv.

‘Devastating career event’: scientists caught out by change to Australian Research Council fine print
Researchers say a ban on preprint material citations in funding applications is a ‘remarkably stupid own-goal for Australian science’

Related Reading

The Absurdity of Peer Review – Elemental (Mark Humphries | June 2021)

Preprinting a pandemic: the role of preprints in the COVID-19 pandemic (Pre-Print Papers: Nicholas Fraser, et al | May 2020)

Continuing Steps to Ensuring Credibility of NIH Research: Selecting Journals with Credible Practices – Extramural Nexus (Mike Lauer | November 2017)

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