In face of global warming, academics have begun to consider and analyze the environmental and carbon footprints associated with their professional activity. Among the several sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from research activities, air travel - one of the most visible and unequally distributed fraction of this footprint - has received much attention. Of particular interest is the question of how air travel may be related to scientific success or visibility as defined by current academic evaluation norms, notably bibliometric indicators. Existing studies, conducted over a small sample of individuals or within specific disciplines, have failed to demonstrate the existence of an association between bibliometric indicators and the frequency of air travel. Here, using a comprehensive dataset aggregating the answers from over 6000 respondents to a survey sent to randomly selected scientists and staff across all research disciplines in France, we show that a strong publication rate and h}-index are significantly associated with higher individual air travel GHG emissions. This relationship is robust to the inclusion of the effects of gender, career stage and disciplines. Our results indicate that evaluation through bibliometric indicators favors individuals who adopt practices that are less sustainable.

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