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Unbridled academic competition
Name(s):
Publish-or-perish syndrome
Nature
The present academic system measures achievement by the quantity of publications an individual produces.
Claim
The progress of science varies inversely with the number of journals published.
Broader
Unbridled competition
Narrower
Plagiarism
Reduces
Ineffective university faculty members
This problem is a member of 8 aggravating loops
Aggravates
Professional secrecy
Academic self-promotion
[in 7 loops]
Bias in scientific research
[in 1 loop]
Faulty academic peer review
[in 1 loop]
Prevention of the exchange of ideas
Calculated delay in publication of documents
Aggravated by
Competitive envy
Religious rivalry
Commercialization of universities
Educationally reinforced egocentric attitudes
Strategy(ies)
Promoting independent learning
Investigating academic competition
Reducing intensity of academic competition
Encouraging academic competition
Value(s)
Competition
Competition
Syndrome
Unbridled
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems