Responses of interviewed researchers to what publication metrics they find important to their work.

The degree of efficiency, a, separates the researchers into “low a” and “high a”. The remaining 7 variables categorize the researchers into those who place importance to a variable (yes) and those who do not (no). The 7 variables are: NP (Number of publications) importance, NC (Number of citations) importance, h-index importance, high JIF importance—importance of publishing in high impact factor journals, field specific importance–importance of publishing in field specific journals, Local collaboration importance, and International collaboration importance.