# Culture and its impact on research

**Authors:** Frank Gannon

PMC · DOI: 10.1038/s44319-025-00453-1 · EMBO Reports · 2025-04-22

## TL;DR

The paper discusses how the research culture emphasizes individual success over collaboration, which can slow down progress.

## Contribution

It highlights the unique career structure for researchers and its impact on collaborative efforts.

## Key findings

- Researchers' career paths differ from clinicians, fostering individualism.
- This culture hinders rapid implementation of research findings.

## Abstract

The career structure for researchers is different to that of clinicians. This results in a culture that is more focused on individual success and impedes rapid implementation.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Covid (MESH:D000086382), breast cancer (MESH:D001943), cancer (MESH:D009369)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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