Akademide Metrik Kültür Erozyonu ve Yükselen Anomaliler

Abstract

Özet: Goodhart Yasasına göre bir ölçü hedef haline geldiğinde, iyi bir ölçü olmaktan çıkar. Üniversiteler, küresel akademik yayıncılık oligopolünün yönettiği metrik kültür endüstrisine teslim olmuş görünmektedir. Bu endüstri, neoliberal piyasa mantığıyla, sorgulanmadan kabullenilmiş normatif gücü elinde bulunduran küresel akademik yayıncılık devlerinin eliyle ve üniversitelerin gönüllü desteğiyle akademik derinliği hızla değersizleştirmektedir. Lacan ve Žižek dilinde bu akademik yayıncılık oligopolü büyük Diğer’i temsil eder. Akademik performans değerlendirme ölçütlerinin bu küresel yayıncıların tekelindeki metriklere aşırı bağımlılığı, akademide bilimsel derinlik, akademik kültür, yetiştirme, topluma katkı ve en önemlisi de nitelikli eğitimin gölgede kalmasına neden olmaktadır. Bu durum, metriklerin dayattığı baskıya direnen akademisyenleri görünmez hale getirirken, Covid-19 ve yapay zekâ gibi günün trend konularında hiper üretken bir profil sergileyen ve birkaç yılda Nobel ödüllü bilim insanlarından daha fazla atıfa ulaşan TT anomalisini akademinin yeni yıldızı haline getirmiştir. Dahası, metrik ve etik arasında sıkışan editör ikilemi ve çarkın öğüttüğü mağdur yazar anomalilerinde de artış görünmektedir. Metrik türbülansındaki akademi bilimsel yenilik ve derinlikten uzak, yüzeysel üretimi teşvik eden, akademik erozyonun hızla yayıldığı bir görüntü sergilemektedir. Öbür tarafta, dünyayı değiştiren en önemli bilimsel çalışmalar (yapay zekâ modelleri, kuantum algoritmaları, RNA aşı teknolojileri, blokzincir protokolleri ve daha fazlası) arXiv ve Github gibi açık kaynak ve açık erişim platformlarda yayınlanmaktadır. Bu makalede, metrik kültürün yol açtığı erozyon ve onun sonucu olan anomaliler Lacanian kuramın eleştirel felsefesine dayalı tartışılmıştır. Metrik kültür erozyonuna karşı yavaş bilim hareketi gibi küresel çözüm önerilerinin yanında Türkiye’de geliştirilen DergiPark ve TR Dizin gibi ulusal akademik yayıncılık altyapıları ile Ulakbim’in atıf niyetleri analizi gibi girişimlerin önemi ortaya konmuştur. Makalede sunulan argümanlar ve incelenen anomaliler yükseköğretim politikalarının gözden geçirilmesi için de önemli ipuçları sunmaktadır.

Keywords

• Metrik kültür
• büyük Diğer
• akademide metrik kültür erozyonu
• akademik yayınlar

Metric Culture Erosion and Rising Anomalies in Academy

Abstract

Goodhart's Law states that when a metric becomes a target, it ceases to be a good metric. Universities seem to have surrendered to the metric culture industry run by the global academic publishing oligopoly. This industry devalues academic depth not only through neoliberal market logic but also through the voluntary support of universities and global academic publishing giants who wield unquestioned normative power. In Lacan and Žižek’s language, this academic publishing oligopoly is called the Big Other. The over-dependence of academic performance evaluation criteria on metrics monopolized by these global publishers leads to the overshadowing of scientific depth, academic culture, contribution to society, and, most importantly quality education. While this situation renders academics who resist the pressure imposed by metrics invisible, it elevates the TT anomaly, characterized by a hyper-productive profile in trending topics such as Covid-19 and artificial intelligence, to prominence. This anomaly achieves more citations than Nobel laureates within a few years, becoming the new luminary of academia. Moreover, the dilemma of editors caught between metrics and ethics and the anomalies of victimized authors being grinded by the wheel are also on the rise. The academy of metric turbulence is far from scientific innovation and depth, encourages superficial production, and exhibits an image in which academic erosion is spreading rapidly. On the other hand, the most important world-changing scientific work (artificial intelligence models, quantum algorithms, RNA vaccine technologies, blockchain protocols, and more) is published on open source and open access platforms such as arXiv and Github. In this article, the erosion of metric culture and its resulting anomalies are discussed based on the critical philosophy of Lacanian theory. The importance of global solutions to the erosion of metric culture, such as the slow science movement, as well as national academic publishing platforms developed in Turkey, such as DergiPark, TR Index, and Ulakbim's citation intentions analysis are presented. The arguments presented in this article and the anomalies analyzed provide important clues for the revision of higher education policies.

Keywords

• Metric culture
• big Other
• metric culture erosion in academia
• academic publications

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