"Am I Famous Yet?" Judging Scholarly Merit in Psychological Science: An Introduction. (November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sternberg, Robert J.
• Is Part Of: Perspectives on psychological science. Volume 11:Number 6(2016)
• Page Start: 877
• Page End: 881
• Publication Date: 2016-11
• Subjects: assessment -- diagnosis -- creativity -- imagination -- application: policy; Psychology -- Periodicals; 150
• DOI: 10.1177/1745691616661777
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1745-6916

Abstract

The purpose of this symposium is to consider new ways of judging merit in academia, especially with respect to research in psychological science. First, I discuss the importance of merit-based evaluation and the purpose of this symposium. Next, I review some previous ideas about judging merit—especially creative merit—and I describe some of the main criteria used by institutions today for judging the quality of research in psychological science. Finally, I suggest a new criterion that institutions and individuals might use and draw some conclusions.