The utility here is in terms of self satisfaction, challenge , and attainment of higher academic status ...
Atheel - it depends - probably on the number and impact etc. For me, and for many others, publication can be 'addictive' i.e. the more that one has accepted publications that are well cited, read and acknowledged - the more that one wants to continue on that trajectory. However, there is also a negative flip-side to that. It can become a 'treadmill' that is difficult to get off - and then there is internal and external expectation. There is the internal drive to 'bigger and better'and the external drive of colleagues to expect continuation of performance. At some point, scholars may start thinking (although it hasn't hit me yet) that they have achieved enough and/or have 'saturated' their topic field and no longer have to prove themselves. The flip-side to that, as I find however, is that the more one has published - the more offers from researchers and publishers come along. It's often hard to say no. One other aspect is supervision publication. Even if scholars get to a point whereby they don't want to publish themselves - they would hopefully still encourage their Higher Degree student supervisions to publish.
Atheel - it depends - probably on the number and impact etc. For me, and for many others, publication can be 'addictive' i.e. the more that one has accepted publications that are well cited, read and acknowledged - the more that one wants to continue on that trajectory. However, there is also a negative flip-side to that. It can become a 'treadmill' that is difficult to get off - and then there is internal and external expectation. There is the internal drive to 'bigger and better'and the external drive of colleagues to expect continuation of performance. At some point, scholars may start thinking (although it hasn't hit me yet) that they have achieved enough and/or have 'saturated' their topic field and no longer have to prove themselves. The flip-side to that, as I find however, is that the more one has published - the more offers from researchers and publishers come along. It's often hard to say no. One other aspect is supervision publication. Even if scholars get to a point whereby they don't want to publish themselves - they would hopefully still encourage their Higher Degree student supervisions to publish.
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