“We need to value different competencies than publishing in high-impact journals,” she said. Community work, teaching, mentoring, activism and administrative wo

“We need to value different competencies than publishing in high-impact journals,” she said. Community work, teaching, mentoring, activism and administrative work are undervalued. Yet, innovation in academia may lie in these areas. “ These areas are overvalued. No scientific innovation comes from activism and administrative work. They are replacing measurable performance metrics with the equivalent of “are u already a part of the administrative bloatware? Great, you qualify.” This is a biproduct of the academia bubble and it will correct. eventually.