Academic Citizenship Challenge (ACAP) 🎓

What does academic citizenship mean for early career researchers?

• Focusing only on personal research and career progression

• Avoiding university service roles to prioritize publications

• Contributing to the academic community through mentorship, service, and collaboration

• Only engaging in administrative tasks

Which of the following is an example of good academic citizenship?

• Prioritizing individual success over collective growth

• Avoiding collaborations to maintain independence

• Declining all departmental responsibilities to focus on research

• Serving as a peer reviewer for journals and conferences

Why is academic citizenship important for early career researchers?

• It is a purely administrative requirement with no real benefits

• It fosters a collaborative, ethical, and supportive academic environment

• It is only relevant for tenured faculty members

• It guarantees a fast-track promotion to a senior academic role

Which of the following is a meaningful way for early career researchers to contribute to their academic institution?

• Avoiding involvement in university-wide initiatives

• Focusing only on securing external research funding

• Participating in departmental committees and faculty meetings

• Only engaging in activities that directly benefit personal career advancement

What is an important responsibility when serving as a journal peer reviewer?

• Providing fair, constructive, and timely feedback on submissions

• Copying parts of reviewed manuscripts for personal use

• Rejecting papers from competing researchers without review

• Only reviewing papers that cite your own work

How can early career academics support the next generation of researchers?

• Keeping research insights confidential to maintain a competitive edge

• Avoiding teaching responsibilities to focus on research

• Supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students

• Only mentoring students who work in the same research area

What is an ethical practice in academic collaboration?

• Acknowledging all contributors fairly in publications and grants

• Taking sole credit for joint research projects

• Withholding data from co-authors to maintain control over a project

• Only collaborating with established senior researchers

What role does transparency play in academic service?

• Ensuring fair decision-making in committee work and peer review

• Keeping research and institutional policies confidential

• Avoiding discussions about ethical concerns in academia

• Prioritizing personal interests over institutional integrity

Why is open access publishing considered an important aspect of academic citizenship?

• It is required by all funding agencies

• It increases the accessibility of research findings to a wider audience

• It allows researchers to bypass traditional peer review

• It guarantees higher citation counts for early career researchers

How can early career researchers contribute to public engagement?

• Avoiding social media engagement to focus on publications

• Keeping research findings within academic circles only

• Writing research papers without considering their societal impact

• Communicating research findings through public talks and outreach activities