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In almost all areas of contemporary science, scientific publications are the most important output. So it seems obvious that a measure of a scientist’s or institution’s productivity should be based on these publications. But as you will see in this video, this mindset drives researchers to obsessively pursue numerical metrics. These metrics in turn can lead to completely unscientific practices and results. Science shouldn’t work this way… • Follow Verve Científica on social media: instagram.com/Verve.Cientifica facebook.com/VerveCientifica e-mail: [email protected] The Verve Científica project is supported by the Federal University of São Paulo (ICT-UNIFESP) through its university extension program. Follow UNIFESP’s channel: /canalunifesp This content had the technical and scientific contribution of Prof. Dr. Thaciana Malaspina (CV lattes.cnpq.br/2600060786895700) Link to my Curriculum Lattes (Eudes Fileti): http://lattes.cnpq.br/5294929829300325 BASIC REFERENCES [1] Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West, Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World. 2020 [2] GigaScience, 8, 2019, 1–20, doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giz053 [3] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_or_perish [4] blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/the-slow-science-movement-must-be-crushed/ [5] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_publishable_unit [6] book.openingscience.org.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/basics_background/excellence_by_nonsense.html [7] slow-science.org [8] Over-optimization of academic publishing metrics: observing Goodhart's Law in action Michael Fire and Carlos Guestrin, doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giz053 [9] www.pcrm.org/news/good-science-digest/persistent-issues-journal-nutrients-and-its-publisher-mdpi (BAD AND PSEUDOSCIENCE) [9] Quantum Theory of Consciousness https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperin... [10] Nutrients 2022, 14, 2852. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14142852 [11] blog.miragestudio7.com/ancient-aliens-ancient-architecture/5368/ [12] https://sfdora.org ; • Introducing Reformscape from DORA Some images and clips were taken from Pexels and Pixabay. www.pixabay.com www.pexels.com