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Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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The US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest funder of health research, has asked stakeholders how it should measure and incentivize research impact. Its decision will ripple across the global research ecosystem. It is a rare and time-sensitive opportunity, but I worry it will be squandered.
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Nature 657, 848 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02906-6
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