The main assessment indicators and incentive measures for Chinese university professors are often based on fundamental theoretical research, but such endeavours are normally challenging to convert into practical applications, he said.
“Researchers appear to be conducting basic theoretical research, but often they produced a large quantity of useless research output that is primarily focused on paper-centric assessments,” he said. “These outputs are neither purely beneficial for advancing fundamental theories nor directly convertible into practical applications. Therefore, this represents a state of idle and less-effective research.”
Universities should reform the evaluation system for research talent that is excessively based on academic papers, according to 25 scientists and entrepreneurs who jointly published an article in March in China Science Daily.
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