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Title It Is Time to Move Research Expenditures to the Denominator in University Metrics
Year 2014
Language English (en)
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Cite as Joshua M. Pearce, "It is Time to Move Research Expenditures to the Denominator in University Metrics", Academe 100(6), November-December 2014. open access pre-print

An 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.

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Cite as J.M.Pearce (2014–2026). "It Is Time to Move Research Expenditures to the Denominator in University Metrics". Appropedia. Retrieved October 3, 2026.
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