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Changing the academic reward system to improve translational medicine should start by moving away from a myopic focus on publications.

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Figure 1: Citation and impact valley in translational medicine.

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We acknowledge A. Marshall for his help in providing data.

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  1. Gerard Pasterkamp is in the Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,

    Gerard Pasterkamp

  2. Gerard Pasterkamp and Imo Hoefer are in the Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,

    Gerard Pasterkamp & Imo Hoefer

  3. Berent Prakken is in the Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,

    Berent Prakken

  4. Gerard Pasterkamp, Imo Hoefer and Berent Prakken are at the Eureka Institute for Translational Medicine, Siracusa, Italy.,

    Gerard Pasterkamp, Imo Hoefer & Berent Prakken

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Pasterkamp, G., Hoefer, I. & Prakken, B. Lost in the citation valley. Nat Biotechnol 34, 1016–1018 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3691

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