The carbon footprint of scientific visibility
Olivier Berné
(1)
,
Lydiane Agier
(2)
,
Antoine Hardy
(3)
,
Emmanuel Lellouch
(4)
,
Olivier Aumont
(5)
,
Jérôme J. Mariette
(6)
,
Tamara Ben-Ari
(7)
1
IRAP -
Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
2 UMRESTTE UMR_T9405 - Unité Mixte de Recherche Epidémiologique et de Surveillance Transport Travail Environnement
3 CED - Centre Émile Durkheim
4 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics
5 NEMO R&D - Nucleus for European Modeling of the Ocean
6 MIAT INRAE - Unité de Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées de Toulouse
7 iEES Paris - Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris
2 UMRESTTE UMR_T9405 - Unité Mixte de Recherche Epidémiologique et de Surveillance Transport Travail Environnement
3 CED - Centre Émile Durkheim
4 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics
5 NEMO R&D - Nucleus for European Modeling of the Ocean
6 MIAT INRAE - Unité de Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées de Toulouse
7 iEES Paris - Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris
Olivier Berné
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Lydiane Agier
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Olivier Aumont
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Jérôme J. Mariette
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Tamara Ben-Ari
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Résumé
Abstract In face of global warming, academics have begun to consider and analyze the environmental and carbon footprints associated with their professional activity. Among the several sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from research activities, air travel - one of the most visible and unequal fraction of this footprint - has received much attention. Of particular interest is the question of how air travel may be related to scientific success or visibility as defined by current academic evaluation norms, notably bibliometric indicators. Existing studies, conducted over a small sample of individuals or within specific disciplines, have demonstrated that the number of citations may be related to air travel frequency, but have failed to identify a link between air-travel and publication rate or h -index. Here, using a comprehensive dataset aggregating the answers from over 6000 respondents to a survey sent to randomly selected scientists and staff across all research disciplines in France, we show that a strong publication rate and h -index are significantly associated with higher individual air travel. This relationship is robust to the inclusion of the effects of gender, career stage and disciplines. Our analysis suggests that flying is a mean for early career scientists to obtain scientific visibility, and for senior scientist to maintain this visibility.
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Etudes de l'environnementFormat du dépôt | Fichier |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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The carbon footprint of scientific visibility
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Résumé |
en
Abstract In face of global warming, academics have begun to consider and analyze the environmental and carbon footprints associated with their professional activity. Among the several sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from research activities, air travel - one of the most visible and unequal fraction of this footprint - has received much attention. Of particular interest is the question of how air travel may be related to scientific success or visibility as defined by current academic evaluation norms, notably bibliometric indicators. Existing studies, conducted over a small sample of individuals or within specific disciplines, have demonstrated that the number of citations may be related to air travel frequency, but have failed to identify a link between air-travel and publication rate or h -index. Here, using a comprehensive dataset aggregating the answers from over 6000 respondents to a survey sent to randomly selected scientists and staff across all research disciplines in France, we show that a strong publication rate and h -index are significantly associated with higher individual air travel. This relationship is robust to the inclusion of the effects of gender, career stage and disciplines. Our analysis suggests that flying is a mean for early career scientists to obtain scientific visibility, and for senior scientist to maintain this visibility.
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Auteur(s) |
Olivier Berné
1
, Lydiane Agier
2
, Antoine Hardy
3
, Emmanuel Lellouch
4
, Olivier Aumont
5
, Jérôme J. Mariette
6
, Tamara Ben-Ari
7
1
IRAP -
Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
( 135748 )
- 9 avenue Colonel Roche 31028 Toulouse
- France
2
UMRESTTE UMR_T9405 -
Unité Mixte de Recherche Epidémiologique et de Surveillance Transport Travail Environnement
( 581169 )
- 25, avenue François Mitterrand, Case24 Cité des mobilités F-69675 Bron Cedex
- France
3
CED -
Centre Émile Durkheim
( 150294 )
- Sciences Po Bordeaux
11 allée Ausone
33607 Pessac CEDEX
- France
4
LESIA -
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics
( 1005025 )
- 5, place Jules Janssen 92190 MEUDON
- France
5
NEMO R&D -
Nucleus for European Modeling of the Ocean
( 541827 )
- France
6
MIAT INRAE -
Unité de Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées de Toulouse
( 1002385 )
- Chemin de Borde Rouge, 31320 Castanet Tolosan
- France
7
iEES Paris -
Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris
( 1001920 )
- Sorbonne-Université, campus de Jussieu - Bât A - Paris (75005) - INRAE - Versailles (78) - IRD - Bondy (93) - UPEC - Créteil (94)
- France
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Licence |
Paternité
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2022-10-19
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Date de publication électronique |
2022-10-19
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Volume |
17
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Numéro |
12
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Page/Identifiant |
124008
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
en
air travel, H-index, academia, GHG emissions
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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ac9b51 |
UT key WOS | 000889871900001 |
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