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Worse than Plagiarism? Firstness Claims & Dismissive Reviews Richard P. Phelps © 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Knowing ALL the research literature on a topic ,[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Knowledge is Unlimited?  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
“ Firstness” Claims &  Dismissive Reviews in Research ,[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
The Effect of Firstness Claims and Dismissive Reviews ,[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Research literature reviews:  Dirty work no one wants to do? © 2009, Richard P. Phelps
How difficult is a literature review? ,[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Professional incentives to do a thorough literature review ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Why do a thorough lit review? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Literature review: A case study © 2009, Richard P. Phelps
The achievement effects of standardized testing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
The achievement effects of standardized testing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
The achievement effects of standardized testing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Worse than plagiarism? © 2009, Richard P. Phelps
The damage done - Individual level ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
The damage done - Societal level ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Consequences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
In other words… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
How did we get here? © 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Hypothesis #1. Complacency ,[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Hypothesis #2. Convenience ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Hypothesis #3. Research Parochialism ,[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Hypothesis #4. Perverse Career Incentives ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Hypothesis #5. More Perverse Incentives  ,[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Hypothesis #6. More Perverse Incentives ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Hypothesis #7. Willful or Romantic Naivet é ,[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Paradox of research proliferation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Cost to society ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Research most vulnerable to dismissal ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],* Researchers below the celebrity threshold lack the resources and media access to successfully counter dismissals of their work – they can easily be ignored.
What Can be Done? © 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Remove the literature review obligation from research articles ,[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Ban firstness claims and dismissive reviews ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],In most cases, editors, reviewers, & journalists  have neither the time nor the resources to verify © 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Real punishment for false firstness claims and dismissive reviews ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Isn’t Meta-Analysis the Solution? ,[object Object],[object Object]
It may already be too late © 2009, Richard P. Phelps
“ Everyone does it,” and they are now invested in their claims ,[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
If one criticizes firstness claims or dismissive reviews, guess what happens? ,[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
The “honest mistake” excuse ,[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Ethics of dismissive reviews ,[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Richard P. Phelps
Worse than Plagiarism? Firstness Claims & Dismissive Reviews [email_address] © 2009, Richard P. Phelps

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