An increasing culture of performativity has led to changes in the organizational landscape of academic institutions. While the impact of these changes on outputs is well documented, their impact on academics’ strategic research agendas is still an emerging topic. This study expands upon previous research on this issue and focuses on comparing these dynamics across all fields of science using a global sample of academics. We found that most of the relationships between organizational features and research agendas were mostly consistent across disciplines, with variations mainly in the strength rather than the direction of effects. The perceived access to resources, autonomy, and collegiality was the key driver in promoting ambitious, collaborative, discovery-driven, and multidisciplinary agendas. Furthermore, our findings suggest a concerning trend in research institutions: academics that are more willing to stay in their institutions and are more aligned with its demands are less inclined to pursue trailblazing agendas. Although most of these effects were universal, some field-specific dynamics are also discussed, notably in what concerns the so-called “hard” sciences. This study highlights the importance of promoting a collegial environment with a high degree of autonomy to foster discovery-driven research and underscores the potential risks of the “publish or perish” culture prevalent in academia.

日益增长的表演文化导致学术机构的组织格局发生变化。虽然这些变化对产出的影响有据可查，但它们对学术界战略研究议程的影响仍然是一个新兴话题。这项研究扩展了之前关于这个问题的研究，重点是使用全球学者样本来比较所有科学领域的这些动态。我们发现，组织特征和研究议程之间的大多数关系在跨学科之间大多是一致的，其变化主要在于效果的强度而不是效果的方向。对资源的获取、自主权和合作精神是促进雄心勃勃、协作、发现驱动和多学科议程的关键驱动力。此外，我们的研究结果表明研究机构存在一个令人担忧的趋势：更愿意留在自己的机构并更符合其要求的学者不太愿意追求开拓性的议程。尽管大多数影响是普遍存在的，但也讨论了一些特定领域的动态，特别是在所谓的“硬”科学方面。这项研究强调了促进具有高度自主权的大学环境对于促进发现驱动型研究的重要性，并强调了学术界盛行的“发表或灭亡”文化的潜在风险。