{"id":58614,"key":"It_Is_Time_to_Move_Research_Expenditures_to_the_Denominator_in_University_Metrics","title":"It Is Time to Move Research Expenditures to the Denominator in University Metrics","latest":{"id":1223751,"timestamp":"2026-01-08T23:19:20Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{MOST}}\n\n[[File:Pixbaypres.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{Publication data\n| type = Paper\n| cite-as = Joshua M. Pearce, \"[http://www.aaup.org/article/it-time-move-research-expenditures-denominator-university-metrics#.VGo31K1J1As It is Time to Move Research Expenditures to the Denominator in University Metrics]\", ''Academe'' '''100'''(6), November-December 2014. [https://www.academia.edu/9369825/It_is_Time_to_Move_Research_Expenditures_to_the_Denominator_in_University_Metrics open access pre-print]\n}}\n\nAn unintended consequence of using \"research expenditures\" as a figure of merit for universities is to reduce the research output per dollar invested by discouraging the diffusion of superior, lower-cost, [[open-source scientific equipment]].\n\n* Joshua M. Pearce, \"[http://academeblog.org/2014/11/18/one-way-ranking-with-research-expenditures-slows-scientific-progress/ One Way Ranking with Research Expenditures Slows Scientific Progress]\", ''Academe Blog'', November 18, 2014. (More accessible version with hyperlinks)\n\n{{Pearce publications notice}}\n\n=== See also ===\n\n* [[Do Universities Investing in Technology Transfer via Patenting Lose Money?]]\n* [[Building research equipment with free, open-source hardware]]\n* [[Open-source colorimeter]]\n* [[Open-source 3D-printable optics equipment]]\n* [[Open source science]]\n* [[Open source 3-D printing of OSAT]]\n* [[:Category:Open source optics]]\n* [[Open-source hardware]]\n* [[Open-source hardware for science in Ecuador]]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| title-tag = Moving Research Expenditures into University Metrics\n| description = Revising university metrics can make research funding fairer. Appropedia explains how changing indicators supports better science.\n}}\n\n[[Category:MOST completed projects and publications]]\n[[Category:Open source hardware]]\n[[Category:Open source scientific hardware]]"}