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For scientific research to progress further in its effectiveness, a clear picture of the determinants, or even the correlates, of this effectiveness needs to be established. With ever increasing resources now allocated to scientific research, there is growing concern that these resources may be wasted. In other words, we are not certain how much research is truly effective, and how much research results in the under-utilisation of available resources. It is important for the optimal use of our scarce resources, that we have a much more accurate grasp of the sources of effectiveness or ineffectiveness of research projects. This is not always easy, projects can appear effective because targets are set low, and appear ineffective if the targets are set too high. In addition to this kind of difficulty, there is a range of opinion among both scientists and scientific administrators as to what constitutes effective science. These ideas are often at variance, and sometimes contradictory. Many terms are in use which add to this confusion. Terms such as: ‘scientific excellence’, ‘scientific productivity’, ‘scientific output’, are used in subtly different ways to describe relatively successful outcomes in science.
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Hurley, J. (2003). Effective scientific research: changing explanatory frameworks. In: Hurley, J. (eds) Scientific Research Effectiveness. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0275-2_2
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