Abstract
This article briefly discusses what should be encouraged for the
scientific ability of scholars and researchers (S&R) and what should be
focused in scientific evaluation. It is believed that several core
competencies that should be encouraged include learning, research,
scientific writing, innovation and translational application. Scientific
evaluation should focus on several “hard indicators”: academic
leadership, independence, guidance, diversity, cooperation and
innovation. As to how to become an excellent cardiovascular S&R, one
should improve scientific abilities, which include innovation and
publishing academic papers in one of “345” (Cell, Nature or Nature
Medicine, and Science; BMJ, JAMA, NEJM, and The Lancet; Circulation,
Circulation Research, European Heart Journal, JACC, and Nature Review
Cardiology) international top journals as the first, single, or
independent author. And it is time to develop a new scoring system based
on these indicators for better and more reasonably evaluating one’s
scientific performance.