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Universities often rely on metrics such as publication counts and citations to evaluate performance, creating incentives for "safe" or fragmented research rather than groundbreaking, slow-paced studies.

Growing demand for rapid publication has fueled the rise of "predatory" publishers, which accept papers quickly for a fee without providing proper peer review, threatening research integrity. Origins and Evolution PERISH

Publish or Perish Paradox | Education | Research Starters - EBSCO Universities often rely on metrics such as publication

To increase output, some researchers break a single, large study into several smaller, low-impact papers—a practice sometimes referred to as "salami science". some researchers break a single