THERE are many things I am proud of as an educator and a social scientist. But these are not in the realm of fame and honor found in awards and recognition. I am not a recipient of any outstanding scientist award, young or otherwise. My nomination to become a member of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) was rejected. And so was my election to become a regular member of the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) after years of being an associate member.
While I have a respectable number of publications and citations in my discipline, it pales in comparison to the hundreds being bannered by top scientists in many disciplines. These are scholars whose publication citations are used by their universities to increase their standing in the horse race that world university rankings have become. It is but understandable that next to bringing grants, being well-published and cited can turn any scholar into a prized possession of any university.
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