It has become an obsession among researchers and it is affecting the quality of published research

Hi Mr Okwu I would like to comment that word:

Publish is a (Verb) and meaning:

1. (of an author or company) prepare and issue (a book, journal, piece of music, or other work) for public sale.

"we publish practical reference books" synonyms: issue, bring out, produce, print "we publish novels".

2. Law: communicate (a libel) to a third party.

And

Word Perish (Verb) Meaning:

*suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way. "a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease" synonyms: die, lose one's life, be killed, fall, expire, meet one's death, be lost, lay down one's life, breathe one's last, pass away, go the way of all flesh, give up the ghost, go to glory, meet one's maker, cross the great divide.

*suffer complete ruin or destruction. "the old regime had to perish" synonyms: come to an end, die (away), disappear, vanish, fade, dissolve, evaporate, melt away, wither "must these hopes perish so soon?"

*(of rubber, a foodstuff, or other organic substance) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay. "most domestic building was in wood and has perished" (synonyms: go bad, go off, spoil, rot, go moldy, molder, putrefy, decay, decompose "the rubber had perished")

Also some wise people says about Skills " Use it or Lose it"

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Depending upon one's employing institution, it can be quite true ...

It has become an obsession among researchers and it is affecting the quality of published research

Thank you so much Christopher J Graham. The attached at is interesting and helpful.

Regards, MO.

Thank you Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk, Daniel Doss and Ahsan Siddiqui.

Regards,

MO.

Publication has become necessary to measure and evaluate performance of teachers in higher institutions. Promotion, grant, scholarship and a new and better jobs are secured based on the quality and quantity of publications you possess. Academic career is built by number of publications, make your career by publishing articles or mar your career by refusing to publish. It is indeed publish or parish.

Often true in university life in U.S.

For active academics, publication is a common activity derived from teaching work. Any student work can generate a scientific publication. A master or doctoral thesis can provide between 2 and 5 publications, depending on the research depth. Therefore, the phrase has a normal meaning in the activities of academic researchers. Even after retiring the publication may serve to prevent brain aging. Publication is excellent for mental health,for it is better than to perish.

It is actually a phrase used in the academic space to get academics and researchers on their toes concerning increasing number fruitful and productive research outputs.

The craze for churning out of research outputs in terms of paper publications is really bring down the quality of publications. Everybody wants to get promotion by all means and can publish where they pay high article publication charges (APC) but with lowest quality of publication. I utterly agree with the submission of Dr. Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk on this issue. Thank you.

Generally every researcher is supposed to publish number of research papers annually due to many requirements. In my opinion it should be taken like this 'either publish your research otherwise it will become too late, some other researcher is ready to publish similar work'. But I would like to add if someone is really a good researcher and can develop innovative things/device then he/she must opt for a patent, no need to publish.

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Thanks for a nice addition@ Dr. Qais Faryadi

Publish or perish has been a very important guiding force influencing those involved in the academic context in much of the world. The phrase has long been used as an evaluation criterion denoting the importance of publishing and publication of academic work as a prelude to advancing one's academic career. The reason is that publications are a crucial metrics for assessing a scholar's worth . Notably, a publication is a concrete document exposing the author to the sharp edges of review and criticism. Therefore, regardless of its stressful impact on the world of academia , the phrase blows vitality into the wonderful world of scientific research and experimentation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_or_perish

Article Publish or perish: Where are we heading?

https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9173/what-does-publish-or-perish-really-mean

https://www.quora.com/How-true-is-the-phrase-%E2%80%9Cpublish-or-perish%E2%80%9D-in-academia-Is-academia-really-that-tough-and-rigorous

The phrase publish or perish dates all the way back to 1942, when a sociologist named Logan Wilson used it in a book studying academia as a career. In my opinion, it is an motivational phrase for researchers as the phrase is coined to describe the pressure in academia to rapidly and continually publish academic work to sustain or further one's career.

Dear Abdullah Noori,

Thank you for the detailed information.

Your response is valuable.

Regards, MO.

Prof. Nikisha Jariwala,

Thank you so much for the useful link.

The information is quite comprehensive.

Regards, MO.

Thank you A.I Abushouk, S.M. Abegunde, A. Siddiqui, Daniel Doss, Christopher J Graham, Dennis Mazur, P.O. Bankole, F.S. Gomes Pereira, O.A. Otekunrin, Mahesh Kumar, Qais Faryadi and Reza Biriaed. Your comments are well received and highly appreciated.

Regards, MO.

It is a hammer to remind academics to publish or face the consequences.

Don't publish and remain a graduate assistant till retirement

Publish and be promoted or never publish and stay at a position for too long.