Diversity and recognition in research teams

Abstract

Evaluative processes struggle with the notion of diversity and the introduction of team-level approaches. This is because metrics rely solely on authorship as the means of attributing and distributing credit. The notion of a behaviourist attitude towards the reward system of science is contradicted by evidence suggesting that scientists behave in ways that can potentially be detrimental to their own career prospects. In this talk I will be presenting and discussing our findings with regard to the use of scientometric methods to analyze and study team diversity. We will be discussing how research teams are defined and operationalized and the consequences task distribution may have for specific individuals affecting their research career prospects. Furthermore, we will look into aspects such as gender or nationality to which science is socially biased affecting negatively specific cohorts of the scientific workforce.