@article{fdi:010086682,
  title = {{T}he carbon footprint of scientific visibility},
  author = {{B}erne, {O}. and {A}gier, {L}. and {H}ardy, {A}. and {L}ellouch, {E}. and {A}umont, {O}livier and {M}ariette, {J}. and {B}en-{A}ri, {T}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n the face of global warming, academics have started to consider and analyze the environmental and carbon footprint associated with their professional activity. {A}mong the several sources of greenhouse gas emissions from research activities, air travel-one of the most visible and unequal fractions of this footprint-has received much attention. {O}f particular interest is the question of how air travel may be related to scientific success or visibility as defined by current academic evaluation norms, notably bibliometric indicators. {E}xisting studies, conducted over a small sample of individuals or within specific disciplines, have demonstrated that the number of citations may be related to air-travel frequency, but have failed to identify a link between air travel and publication rate or h-index. {H}ere, using a comprehensive dataset aggregating the answers from over 6000 respondents to a survey sent to randomly selected scientists and staff across all research disciplines in {F}rance, we show that higher individual air travel is associated with a stronger publication rate and h-index. {T}his relationship is robust to the inclusion of the effects of gender, career stage, and disciplines. {O}ur analysis suggests that flying is a means for early-career scientists to obtain scientific visibility, and for senior scientists to maintain this visibility.},
  keywords = {air travel ; h-index ; academia ; {GHG} emissions ; {FRANCE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}nvironmental {R}esearch {L}etters},
  volume = {17},
  numero = {12},
  pages = {124008 [10 p.]},
  ISSN = {1748-9326},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1088/1748-9326/ac9b51},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086682},
}