Do you believe the explosion in journals has degraded the quality of academic scholarship?
Are we now, on the college and university level writing for the sake of writing and under expectations of quantity over quality?
Yes, I do agree strongly that the increasing number of journals have changed the dynamics of academic scholarship, and not necessarily for the better. I see the push to publish, numbers, numbers, numbers.
Yes, I do agree strongly that the increasing number of journals have changed the dynamics of academic scholarship, and not necessarily for the better. I see the push to publish, numbers, numbers, numbers.
I agree with Ashley, I see the pressure to publish to be more and more, with the expectations to also be quantity over quality. It is a concerning path into the future.
I also agree the number of journals have contributed to the expectation of quantity publishing over quality publishing.
I also agree the publishing explosion has increased both the pressure and expectation to publish.
I absolutely agree the increase in journals have contributed in the pressure to publish within the academic community.
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