significantly on the amount of their published work.
eople responsiblefor making hiring and promotion decisions in the biomedical research field, however, are influencedmuch more by
the overall impact that a candidate's scientific publications have on his orher field than by the
number of those publications.
The information above, if accurate, argues most strongly against which of thefollowing claims?
A. Even biomedical researchers who are just beginning their careers areexpected already to
have published articles of major significance to the field.
B. Contributions to the field of biomedical research are generally consideredto be significant
only if the work is published.
C. The potential scientific importance of not-yet-published work is sometimestaken into
account in decisions regarding the hiring or promotion of biomedicalresearchers.
D. People responsible for hiring or promoting biomedical researchers canreasonably be
expected to make a fair assessment of the overall impact of a candidate'spublications on his or
her field.
E. Biomedical researchers can substantially increase their chances of promotionby
fragmenting their research findings so that they are published in severaljournals instead of
one
