Open AccessPublish or Perish mantra in the medical field: A systematic review of the reasons, consequences and remedies
Author(s) -
Salman Yousuf Guraya,
Robert I. Norman,
Khalid I. Khoshhal,
Shaista Salman Guraya,
Antonello Forgione
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.326.10490
Subject(s) - publish or perish , publication , obligation , medicine , index (typography) , library science , publishing , public relations , medical education , political science , law , world wide web , computer science
Generally, academic promotions, job retention, job mobility, and professional development of a medical faculty members are judged primarily by the growth in publication outputs. Universities and research institutions are more likely to recruit and promote those academics carrying voluminous résumés with larger number of published articles. This review elaborates the causes and consequences of the pressure to publish and the ways and means to cope with this paradigm.