Publish or perish, but at what cost?

A brief review of plagiarism in medical scientific research papers

“…Even if another person's writings are paraphrasing, the source has to be credited. Using one of the plagiarismdetection services (aforementioned) is effective to distinguish the plagiarized pieces of writing not detected in the new manuscript (25,26).…”

“…And the supervisors can agree with the students/juniors to set a deadline for each piece and discuss it with the student/junior researcher how to enrich writing the next piece of writing. Scholarly writing requires training and practice like any other skill, and particularly for junior researchers, and for senior experts, it needs patience and time (26).…”

“…A software tool to detect plagiarism helps to discover the sources containing the identical text as the submitted one. Any decision to judge any work as the plagiarized one has to be made cautiously and when both the submitted paper and the suspected source are meticulously cross-checked (26,27).…”

La necesaria profesionalización del soporte editorial de las revistas enfermeras en Iberoamérica

“…Pero también se ha de relacionar con la progresiva influencia de los sistemas de evaluación, que ponen énfa-sis en la publicación (publish or perish) como una de las principales fuentes de incentivos. 1 En el caso de la Enfermería iberoamericana hay que sumarle otro factor: el proceso de consolidación profesional y disciplinar que se viene experimentando en el último cuarto de siglo en diferentes países de la región, que conlleva la instauración de la formación superior y programas de posgrado que estimulan la generación de conocimiento.…”

Crisis in What Exactly?

“…Instead we must actively discourage those who engage in misconduct. We must dissuade systems and people who care about quantity and prestige over quality (Fanelli, 2010;Neill, 2008;Reich and others, 2013;Schekman, 2013). Replication crises indicate that we need to provide scientists with an environment in which they can carry out their job to the best of their abilities and uncorrupted by ulterior motives.…”