Author Services 16 things you might not know about early career researchers

"What do early career researchers (ECRs) really think about peer review, open access, or Impact Factors? What motivates them to undertake research, how do they choose which journal to publish in, and how do they build their reputation amongst the scholarly community?

Recent research from CIBER, an interdisciplinary and independent UK-based research group, analyzes interviews with 116 science and social science early career researchers from seven countries and eighty-one universities. The findings identify a number of key (and sometimes surprising) attitudes and behaviors which are commonly displayed by the ECR community in respect to scholarly communications. Here’s a snapshot."