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Academics are under considerable pressure when it comes to managing their visibility and reputation as their careers develop. Similar to non-academic work, their competition to coexist is shaped by the unique incentive structures of their work environment. In this talk, I will argue for the importance of envisioning reproducibility and its “crisis” in the context of an academic system that values visibility through publications and confuses measures of journal rank with quality and those of good scientific practice. In addition, I will draw attention to currently discussed novel ideas for the distribution of third-party funding that may have the potential to reduce discrimination against marginalized groups and lower costs in the academic workforce.
