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Research Evaluation in Japan: Basic and Solution-Oriented Science, Their Perceptions and Realities, and a Future Vision

The research evaluation has been changing with the society in Japan. In this presentation, the value of the basic scientific research in the face of societal expectations and requirements, and its historical developments are overviewed, followed by a future perspective in the changing global landscape of science and technology.

Scientific indices such as the number of citations or impact factor have been widely adopted in Japan and elsewhere to gauge scientific outputs without sufficient deliberations on their relationships to the true value of science and researchers' efforts or the harm and perverse incentives that result. If such disconnect exists, overreliance to these indices may lead to biases in research including in aiming for shorter-term goals. They are often requested by the solution-seeking stakeholders as well.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;In the field of geoscience, a wide latitude of research styles exists and forms our community, from a focus on urgent societal needs to intellectual curiosity about our Earth. Such characteristics vary among fields making general comparisons across fields not straightforward. The adoption of simple evaluation indices as above may hinder the truly useful assessment of research. This trend influences gravely the research environment and thus the behavior of early-career researchers. What is the right direction for science and how should science be assessed?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;In this session, we invite the members of the geoscience research community to discuss "ideal" science, recognize its diversity and identify the needs for changes. We welcome reports from different parts of the world and novel ideas to evaluate our own research activities that may lead to creating a culture that fulfills accountability to society. We envision this session to have infuse lively discussion and invite the audience to interactive exchanges.

JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020

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[U02-01]Research Evaluation in Japan: Basic and Solution-Oriented Science, Their Perceptions and Realities, and a Future Vision★Invited Papers

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