An unintended consequence of using “research expenditures” as a figure of merit for universities is to reduce the research output per dollar invested by discouraging the diffusion of superior, lower-cost, open-source scientific equipment.
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Pearce, Joshua . "It is Time to Move Research Expenditures to the Denominator in University Metrics" Afribary (2019). Accessed July 31, 2025. https://afribary.com/works/it-is-time-to-move-research-expenditures-to-the-denominator-in-university-metrics