The Rise of the Scientist-Bureaucrat Survival Guide for Researchers in the 21st Century /

• Main Author: Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Science-Social aspects.; Engineering-Vocational guidance.; Economic policy.; Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.; Job Careers in Science and Engineering.; R & D/Technology Policy.

"Perez Velazquez has written a little gem that I advise reading to anyone persuing a scientific career, as well as for the general public interested in the sociological aspects of science. It alerts the reader about the rise of a new type of scientist, buried in bureaucracy and financial issues...

Table of Contents:

• The Rise of the New Scientist - The Scientist-Bureaucrat
• Time is Precious − Quo vadis, Creativity?
• Corporate Culture in Academia and the Current Standards of Research Appraisal
• Money Matters -Pay or Perish
• The Tragicomedy of Peer Review -The Publication Game and the Lottery of Grants
• The Scientific Olympics: the Contest Among Scientists
• The Future
• Epilogue.