Our study shows multidisciplinarity is a risky career move

The higher their performance, the more interdisciplinary scientists are penalised by colleagues as a threat to the status quo, find four researchers

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June 28, 2022
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July 20, 2022
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Print headline: Multidisciplinarity is a risky career move, our study demonstrates

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Reader's comments (4)

#1 Submitted by acerpacer on June 28, 2022 - 6:19am
The seekers of truth....
#2 Submitted by Dr APN on June 28, 2022 - 8:03pm
Authors and readers please see how different disciplinary panels viewed this for the UK's REF - some considered inter/multidisciplinary submissions to be 'hollowing out' more traditional disciplinary areas. Other unit panels embraced inter/multidisciplinary submissions for collegiality and internationalism. https://www.ref.ac.uk/publications-and-reports/main-panel-overview-reports/
#3 Submitted by graff.... on June 29, 2022 - 3:51pm
Questions: 1) why radically overgeneralize from such a limited database? And you consider ourselves "scientists"! 2) If you can't differentiate between "multidisciplinarity" and "interdisciciplinarity," give up immediately. This invalidates the entire overly limited effort.
#4 Submitted by esrefatak on July 1, 2022 - 12:30pm
Single-disciplinary is risky too. When you be multi, you have wider range of job opportunities.

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