Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Clinica Medica, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro, n 8, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 Apr;25(2):651-653. doi: 10.1007/s11948-018-0031-7. Epub 2018 Feb 15.
The Italian law of December 2010 establishes new criteria and parameters for the evaluation of faculty members. The parameters are represented by the number of articles published in journals listed in the main international data banks, the total number of citations and the h index. Candidates with qualifications at least in two out of three parameters may access the national competitions for associate or full professor and apply for an academic appointment. This system developed with the aim to fight nepotism and promote meritocracy, progressively led to the deterioration of the Italian university system. Since promotion in academia is strictly dependent on publications the faculty members found the solution to get over this system by organizing themselves into large consortia or small groups with the purpose of sharing authorship in scientific publications. In this way parameter thresholds may be easily reached and even surpassed. An Italian adagio says: "Fatta la Legge, Trovato l'Inganno"; "Every law has its Loophole". However, there is no science without ethics and researchers must stay away from any kind of compromise.
意大利 2010 年 12 月的法律为教师评估确立了新的标准和参数。这些参数由在主要国际数据库中列出的期刊上发表的文章数量、总引用次数和 h 指数来表示。至少在三个参数中的两个参数合格的候选人可以参加副教授或教授的国家竞赛，并申请学术任命。这个旨在打击任人唯亲、提倡任人唯贤的制度，逐渐导致意大利大学系统的恶化。由于在学术界的晋升严格依赖于出版物，教师们找到了通过将自己组织成大型联盟或小团体来克服这一制度的方法，目的是在科学出版物中共享作者身份。这样，参数门槛就可以很容易达到，甚至超过。意大利有句谚语：“Fatta la Legge, Trovato l'Inganno”；“Every law has its Loophole”。然而，没有伦理道德就没有科学，研究人员必须远离任何形式的妥协。
