{"id":136633,"date":"2022-02-24T13:28:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T12:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=136633"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:08","slug":"abandoning-impact-factor-leads-to-poorer-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/02\/24\/abandoning-impact-factor-leads-to-poorer-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Abandoning impact factor leads to poorer scholarship&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to several open letters, researcher Raymond Poot from Erasmus MC became one of the most famous critics of <em>Recognition and Rewards<\/em>. In Recognition and Rewards, scientific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwo.nl\/dora\">criteria for grant applications like the impact factor of journals are being abandoned<\/a> in favour of \u2018political\u2019 criteria like leadership and \u2018team science\u2019. Poot is not against Recognition and Rewards, but he is critical about elements of it, which he feels are fanciful.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24124419\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-1-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24124419\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-1-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24124419\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-1-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24124419\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-1-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24124419\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-1-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24124419\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-1-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24124419\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-1-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24124419\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-1-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24124419\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><span>Raymond Poot<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Poot is a researcher in gen regulation at Erasmus MC. \u201cAround seven years ago, I became involved in research into autism. Through gen regulation, we can now better understand why people get autism. We\u2019ve found that it seems to be nearly 100 percent genetic, so in principle you can tell from someone\u2019s DNA whether they will be autistic. The earliest we currently discover that is at the age of 3. With our research, we hope to be able to establish autism much sooner via genetics and perhaps start behavioural therapy much earlier.\u201d Poot is thus a good example of how fundamental research leads to social benefit. Which is one of his pet subjects: fundamental research is socially at least as relevant as applied research.<\/p>\n<p>Since last year, there have been various pilots in the Netherlands with Recognition and Rewards. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dub.uu.nl\/nl\/achtergrond\/%E2%80%98en-nu-aan-de-slag-met-het-nieuwe-erkennen-en-waarderen%E2%80%99\">Utrecht University leads the field<\/a>, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/2022\/02\/02\/we-laten-de-cultuur-waarin-onderzoeksprestaties-doorslaggevend-waren-achter-ons\/\">Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB) already works with various career paths<\/a>, so that people wishing to focus on education, governance or impact can also make a career more easily.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read also<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/27135900\/Geisje_EM_AnnelienBredenoord11-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139272\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/27135900\/Geisje_EM_AnnelienBredenoord11-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139272 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/27135900\/Geisje_EM_AnnelienBredenoord11-1-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139272 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/27135900\/Geisje_EM_AnnelienBredenoord11-1-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139272 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/27135900\/Geisje_EM_AnnelienBredenoord11-1-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139272 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/27135900\/Geisje_EM_AnnelienBredenoord11-1-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139272 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/27135900\/Geisje_EM_AnnelienBredenoord11-1-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139272 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/27135900\/Geisje_EM_AnnelienBredenoord11-1-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139272 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/27135900\/Geisje_EM_AnnelienBredenoord11-1-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139272 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/01\/27\/i-want-there-to-be-room-for-a-variety-of-types-at-the-university-not-just-high-achievers\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\t&#8216;I want there to be room for a variety of types at the university, not just high achievers&#8217;\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2022-01-27\">27 January 2022<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBoard\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><strong>For some time now, the Dutch Research Council (NOW) has no longer been using impact factors of journals and H indexes in evaluations and has introduced the narrative CV, in which the scholar can present many more competencies than just publications. Why do you feel that\u2019s a bad idea?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor scientists like myself, it is very important that we are internationally competitive. What you are now seeing is that scientific criteria are becoming blurred, which means you no longer select the best scientific researchers and there is less money for the best scholarship. That\u2019s a difficult discussion in the Netherlands; we want to keep everyone on side. But if the best 30 percent can no longer compete with Harvard and China, then as a country you fall behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>You say that you are not against Recognition and Rewards as a principle. So what do you think is good about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I feel it\u2019s logical to have a career path for other activities than science, and it\u2019s not useful to only be assessed on research. But if you do choose research, you must apply the international research criteria. I don\u2019t know any other way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recognition and Rewards aims to achieve more inclusion in scholarship. Certain people \u2013 often we talk about women, but it can be broader \u2013 allegedly have fewer opportunities for a good career in science. That naturally applies here at Erasmus MC too.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wife is a scholar. Having children is hugely time consuming. That\u2019s had an impact on me, but even more on her. But you don\u2019t need Recognition and Rewards to compensate that, it can be much simpler. When assessing an application, if you look at the number of publications over the years of research time, an important criterion, remember the number of children. For each child, deduct two years of research, for example. That again creates a more level playing field. Clearly: you\u2019ve had children, and that\u2019s compensated. NWO already preferentially selects women to redress the balance, fine. This can all be achieved without \u2018working on inclusion\u2019. But lowering the standards so that woman have more opportunity? To me, that\u2019s discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t\u2018As research leader, I feel that I determine the best way to do my research. Why would an NWO or a manager in an ivory tower decide for me?\u2019\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><strong>Numerical compensation does mean that you are still selecting the \u2018best\u2019 scholar based on impact factors. And yet Recognition and Rewards is about creating a different mix in a team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question is: who determines the mix of such a team? As research leader, I feel that I determine the best way to do my research. Why would an NWO or a manager in an ivory tower decide for me? If I don\u2019t get results, everything stops, and I don\u2019t get any more money. There are also other ways to offer an opportunity to groups that miss out: give them their own money. There are competitions for that at the NWO, like Mosaic for people with a migration background.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research into implicit bias has shown that people do get access to science, but subsequently don\u2019t feel at home. Because they then end up in such a team and there are all men like Raymond Poot. As a Muslim woman or first-generation student from Rotterdam-Zuid, you might feel uncomfortable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSelect the best of those students and give them their own money, so that they create their own job. That\u2019s the crux. You may be right that it can be hard, but if you give people money and make them independent, you make them attractive for universities because they bring their own money with them. They get power over the system. I feel that\u2019s much better than being hired as <em>token member of a minority group<\/em> because there needs to be diversity in the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you then forget, in my opinion, is that someone freshly out of university with a master\u2019s degree is not yet ready to be an independent researcher. Before the NWO gives you a research grant, you need to get your PhD and make a career among the white men.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur best students here are often Muslims. They are very capable of applying for a grant themselves. You can tell them beforehand that it won\u2019t work, but I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s true. But giving individual money doesn\u2019t seem to be what they want in Recognition and Rewards. They want <em>team science<\/em>. Another idea of team science is that people with facilitating capacities get a better position. But I just don\u2019t see how that works. They then remain dependent on the person applying for the grant. Park people who have a skill that is very useful for scholars (such as generating impact, ed.) in the university itself. Give them money for those facilities via public funding (subsidy from the Ministry, ed.). Then every scholar will say: that person is important and must be financed, because I\u2019m dependent on it. You don\u2019t necessarily need to set up <em>team science<\/em> for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t\u2018Impact factors and rankings are not ideal as criteria, but they really give an indication of quality and impact\u2019\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><strong>If those impact factors and suchlike are abandoned, why do you think the level of Dutch science would fall?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cImpact factors and rankings are not ideal as criteria, but they really give an indication of quality and impact. So if you remove the factors that are important for selecting on quality, the result will be that you get lower quality scholarship. And that is very important, because it\u2019s tax money. We are among the top five in the world. What do those rankings mean, they ask. But what do you want to use instead?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The idea is obviously that Recognition and Rewards will still select on quality but based on wider criteria, other qualities. Perhaps less quantifiable than impact factors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are two different discussions. If you want to facilitate other career paths, I say: great. But you\u2019re talking about research, so you need to select good researchers. That\u2019s no mystery. We\u2019ve been doing that for thirty years via the NWO. And the result is that we are the top five in the world, which speaks for itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-component=core\/image><figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e956813af40&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e956813af40\" class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-thumbnail is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24125524\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-3-875x583-1-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24125524\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-3-875x583-1-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24125524\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-3-875x583-1-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24125524\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-3-875x583-1-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/24125524\/Raymond-Poot-foto-Alisa-EM-3-875x583-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139276 875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><span>Raymond Poot&#039;s office has a view of the Euromast.<\/span><\/p> <p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/alisa-mahaletska\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Alisa  Mahaletska<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Isn\u2019t that a circular argument? If as NOW, you don\u2019t constantly select on high impact factors and that the result is subsequently that you score high on rankings that sort on high impact factors?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I often hear that, and I\u2019ve thought about it. In Europe, you have the European Research Council, an organisation that also provides funding. They purely select on the scientific quality of the scholar and proposal. And when you look at patents per euro, ERC does better than European funds that select on social impact or industrial application. So the conclusion is: if you select solely on quality, you ultimately do best on another important and independent indicator, namely how many patents result from it. If you want to calculate on social impact, patents may not be enough as an indicator, but you do get a pretty good impression. Particularly because you don\u2019t select on it beforehand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doesn\u2019t that mainly apply to certain areas of science, which apply for lots of patents, and not to other areas? For example, far fewer patents are applied for in social sciences than in the medical world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorrect, it only says something about the field in which lots of patents are applied for, which mainly relates to scientists. But: that probably means that at the ERC there is more social benefit for social sciences too, it just doesn\u2019t translate into the number of patents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>So that can\u2019t be measured. You could also think that it tends to be the scientists who apply for lots of patents, so also lots of patents per euro, and those are also the typically high-impact research projects. It\u2019s all connected.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, but it\u2019s also clear that the number of patents per invested euro falls if we no longer check impact factors among the scientists. That will reduce your social benefit. For the humanities and social studies, I feel they could do it differently. But the story now is that the scientists also need to stop counting impact factors, publications and citations. Let\u2019s do it in the way that generates the best scholarship and the most social benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read also<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square 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