Do researchers pay attention to publication subsidies?

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Highlights：

• The 250 TL rule is used to see whether publication subsidies affect the behavior of researchers.

• The rule states that no subsidy is given to any of the authors of a publication if the per author reward is smaller than 250 TL.

• We use this discontinuity to test whether Turkish researchers limit their number of co-authors in order to receive publication subsidies.

• Our results indicate that researchers pay very limited attention to the 250 TL rule.

摘要

•The 250 TL rule is used to see whether publication subsidies affect the behavior of researchers.•The rule states that no subsidy is given to any of the authors of a publication if the per author reward is smaller than 250 TL.•We use this discontinuity to test whether Turkish researchers limit their number of co-authors in order to receive publication subsidies.•Our results indicate that researchers pay very limited attention to the 250 TL rule.

论文关键词：Publication subsidies,Research council,Co-authorship patterns

论文评审过程：Received 26 September 2016, Revised 26 February 2017, Accepted 26 February 2017, Available online 3 March 2017, Version of Record 3 March 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.02.010