Intended and unintended consequences of a publish-or-perish culture: A world-wide survey
van Dalen,H.P. Henkens,C.J.I.M.
van Dalen,H.P.
Henkens,C.J.I.M.
Abstract
How does publication pressure in modern-day universities affect the intrinsic and extrinsic rewards in science? By using a worldwide survey among demographers in developed and developing countries, the authors show that the large majority perceive the publication pressure as high, but more so in Anglo-Saxon countries and to a lesser extent in Western Europe. However, scholars see both the pros (upward mobility) and cons (excessive publication and uncitedness, neglect of policy issues, etc.) of the so-called publish-or-perish culture. By measuring behavior in terms of reading and publishing, and perceived extrinsic rewards and stated intrinsic rewards of practicing science, it turns out that publication pressure negatively affects the orientation of demographers towards policy and knowledge sharing. There are no signs that the pressure affects reading and publishing outside the core discipline.
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2012
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SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
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van Dalen, H P & Henkens, C J I M 2012, 'Intended and unintended consequences of a publish-or-perish culture : A world-wide survey', Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 63, no. 7, pp. 1282-1293. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.22636
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