Is the concept of ' Publish or Perish ' fair to the academician ? An academician job is to teach under graduate & post graduate students & guide students on research . He can be a co - author in the publications of his students . Ultimately , it is the total publications , including articles in journals , chapter in books & relevance of the work which is essential , rather than insisting on yearly publications .It would be injustice to science , if academicians are compelled to publish , for the sake of promotions or other reasons . It is essential that his contribution to teaching is also assessed for promotion .

Publish or perish describes the pressure in academia to continually publish academic work to sustain or further one's career. Successful publications bring attention to scholars and their sponsoring institutions, which can help continued funding and career. Publish or perish is now becoming the way of life. It is a race to get more and more publications to one's credit.

Is the concept of ' Publish or Perish ' fair to the academician ? An academician job is to teach under graduate & post graduate students & guide students on research . He can be a co - author in the publications of his students . Ultimately , it is the total publications , including articles in journals , chapter in books & relevance of the work which is essential , rather than insisting on yearly publications .It would be injustice to science , if academicians are compelled to publish , for the sake of promotions or other reasons . It is essential that his contribution to teaching is also assessed for promotion .

If anybody gets an idea or forum for publication he must have certain reason to carry out the same & when the publication see the ay light in certain case it may remain in the dark . In this case it becomes a duty of writer why his publication is gone in t he dark he should not get disappointment & carry out his action with all the study & calmness .

It is likely that the second publication may come out in a successful manner & in such case for his first publication when it has gone perish he may not have this much disturbance because of this second publication .

This is my personal opinon

Publish or Perish: Which way? The first one (publish), mainly through collaboration with knowledgeable persons.

Regards

Yes, it is good to estimateur "Publish" way,

may be in other langish ...

Best regards,

MTT

Thanks for your wonderful comments Marpha Telepova-Texier Joshua O. Ighalo Aristidis Matsoukis Rohit Manilal Parikh Singh Shivakumar Singh Shivakumar

I immensely appreciate your comment Dr. Segun Michael Abegunde

There are certain levels in academics that you can only get pass if you have more publication

That is the situation we find ourselves as researchers.

After accomplishing a certain level of excellence, keen researchers focus on bringing up new ideas through their guide ship. It is only a small percentage of academicians that focus on improving their statistics. After becoming an established researcher, the term 'perish' is naturally removed from their career as each work will have their signature evenif it is not published with them as the first author.

I quite understand this but there is a paradigm shift from "publish or perish" to "visible or vanish" going by a webinar that I participated in on Elsevier Research Academy. The impact of one's work is the key nowadays. It is unfortunate that quantity/number of papers thumps quality/impact of papers in some institutions or promotion is based on the number of publication.

Each academic is different and has different strategies for balancing work and private time.

Occasionally, academics are given useful signals that they might consider re-balancing their professional and private activities.

Publish or perish. ... "Publish or perish" is a phrase coined to describe the pressure in academia to rapidly and continually publish academic work to sustain or further one's career. Successful publications bring attention to scholars and their sponsoring institutions, which can help continued funding and career.

Wonderful contribution from dedicated colleagues

Saba A. Hussien Michael John McAleer Olatunji Oladimeji Ojo Linda Rose Jose you all are made great contributions

To Temitayo:

The pleasure is ours.

Thank you for raising a topic of importance to academics virtually everywhere.

Apart from those who have "teaching only" appointments, academics are generally paid to teach, undertake research and supervision, and engage in administrative tasks.

It is not unreasonable for institutions to expect academics to publish research papers.