"How many papers is a baby ‘worth’? We were prompted to ask this provocative question by recent experiences, working on appointment committees and writing research grants in Australia, where provisions to quantify research track-records ‘relative to opportunity’ call for applicants to explain how fluctuations in their publication outputs have been impacted by ‘career interruptions’ such as childbearing. ..."

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Klocker N, Drozdzewski D. 2012. Career progress relative to opportunity: how many papers is a baby ‘worth’? Environment and Planning A 44: 1271-1277