Pandemic Impact on Early Career Researchers in the United States
This study’s research aim is to discover how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts early career researchers’ work lives, prospects, and scholarly communication behavior. Early career researchers (ECRs), including doctoral students, post-docs, and pre-tenure faculty, are the next generation of scientists, re...
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| author | David Sims David Nicholas Carol Tenopir Suzie Allard Anthony Watkinson |
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| description | This study’s research aim is to discover how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts early career researchers’ work lives, prospects, and scholarly communication behavior. Early career researchers (ECRs), including doctoral students, post-docs, and pre-tenure faculty, are the next generation of scientists, researchers, scholars, teachers, and academic leaders, and are considered “vulnerable” when compared to their more senior colleagues. Part of an eight-country study, we present findings from long semi-structured interviews of 22 ECRs within the sciences and social sciences from a variety of regions in the United States. Transcripts were approved by the participants and responses were coded into a project-approved spreadsheet for analysis. The coding sheets were multi-faceted, containing both quantitative and qualitative data. Key findings include loss of research productivity due to lab closures and/or human subject research. The most recurring negative impact is the loss of formal and informal in-person meetings. For the majority, the pandemic has not deterred ECRs to deviate from their chosen academic career paths. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3fcf35c807a042d6be16109fe3945bf32023-08-30T21:34:20ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402023-08-011310.1177/21582440231194394Pandemic Impact on Early Career Researchers in the United StatesDavid Sims0David Nicholas1Carol Tenopir2Suzie Allard3Anthony Watkinson4University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USACIBER Research Ltd., Greenham, Newbury, UKUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, USAUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, USACIBER Research Ltd., Greenham, Newbury, UKThis study’s research aim is to discover how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts early career researchers’ work lives, prospects, and scholarly communication behavior. Early career researchers (ECRs), including doctoral students, post-docs, and pre-tenure faculty, are the next generation of scientists, researchers, scholars, teachers, and academic leaders, and are considered “vulnerable” when compared to their more senior colleagues. Part of an eight-country study, we present findings from long semi-structured interviews of 22 ECRs within the sciences and social sciences from a variety of regions in the United States. Transcripts were approved by the participants and responses were coded into a project-approved spreadsheet for analysis. The coding sheets were multi-faceted, containing both quantitative and qualitative data. Key findings include loss of research productivity due to lab closures and/or human subject research. The most recurring negative impact is the loss of formal and informal in-person meetings. For the majority, the pandemic has not deterred ECRs to deviate from their chosen academic career paths.https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231194394 |
| spellingShingle | David Sims David Nicholas Carol Tenopir Suzie Allard Anthony Watkinson Pandemic Impact on Early Career Researchers in the United States SAGE Open |
| title | Pandemic Impact on Early Career Researchers in the United States |
| title_full | Pandemic Impact on Early Career Researchers in the United States |
| title_fullStr | Pandemic Impact on Early Career Researchers in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pandemic Impact on Early Career Researchers in the United States |
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