The impact of the pandemic on early career researchers: what we already know from the internationally published literature

  1. Eti Herman 1
  2. David Nicholas 2
  3. Anthony Watkinson 2
  4. Blanca Rodríguez-Bravo 3
  5. Abdullah Abrizah 4
  6. Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri 5
  7. Hamid R. Jamali 6
  8. David Sims 7
  9. Suzie Allard 7
  10. Carol Tenopir 7
  11. Jie Xu 8
  12. Marzena Świgoń 9
  13. Galina Serbina 10
  14. Leah Parke Cannon 7
  1. 1 University of Haifa
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    University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    ROR https://ror.org/02f009v59

  2. 2 CIBER Research Ltd
  3. 3 Universidad de León
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    Universidad de León

    León, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02tzt0b78

  4. 4 University of Malaya
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    University of Malaya

    Kuala Lumpur, Malasia

    ROR https://ror.org/00rzspn62

  5. 5 University of Lyon System
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    University of Lyon System

    Lyon, Francia

    ROR https://ror.org/01rk35k63

  6. 6 Charles Sturt University
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    Charles Sturt University

    Bathurst, Australia

    ROR https://ror.org/00wfvh315

  7. 7 University of Tennessee
  8. 8 Wuhan University
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    Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    ROR https://ror.org/033vjfk17

  9. 9 University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
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    University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

    Olsztyn, Polonia

    ROR https://ror.org/05s4feg49

  10. 10 Tomsk State University
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    Tomsk State University

    Tomsk, Rusia

    ROR https://ror.org/02he2nc27

Revista:
El profesional de la información

ISSN: 1386-6710 1699-2407

Año de publicación: 2021

Título del ejemplar: Imágenes y verdad/ Images and truth

Volumen: 30

Número: 2

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.3145/EPI.2021.MAR.08 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

In order to take account of the impact of the pandemic on the already changing scholarly communications and work-life of early career researchers (ECRs), the 4-year long Harbingers study was extended for another two years. As a precursor to the study (featuring interviews and a questionnaire survey), currently underway, an analytic review of the pertinent literature was undertaken and its results are presented here. The review focuses on the challenges faced by ECRs and how these compare to the ones more senior researchers have to tackle. In the examination of the literature three general questions are posed: Q1) What are the identifiable and forthcoming impacts of the pandemic-induced financial pressures felt in the Higher Education sector on ECRs’ employment and career development prospects? Q2) What are the identifiable and forthcoming pandemic-associated disruptions in the pace/focus/direction of the research undertaking? Have any disruptions been predicted to exert an impact on ECRs’ research activities, and if so, with what scholarly consequences? Q3) How is the work-life of ECRs shaping up under the virus-dictated rules of the ‘new normal’ in the research undertaking? What challenges, if any, arise from the changes in practices identified, and what might their potential consequences be for ECRs? The broad conclusion of the study is that the literature leaves little room for doubt: junior researchers are already disproportionally affected by and bear the burden of the ongoing pandemic-incurred hardships and they are likely to remain similarly impacted when more trials, still unfolding, materialise.

Información de financiación

It is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The AlfredP. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grant-making institution based in New York City. Established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., then-president and chief executive officer of General Motors, the foundation makes grants in support of original research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economic performance. For more information about the Alfred P. Sloan Founda-tion, visit: http://www.sloan.org.

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