When i start doing research during my degree i really got passion and faith that what i am doing is significant to the world. But After invovling in the publications and see how it works, like the expensive money you have to pay for Q1 and Q2. Or waiting endlessly if you aim for free journal. Or find shortcuts with predatory journals. And at some point, i just wanted to publsih because of i just want to have more papers in my Researchgate profile. So i can brage about it in any future itnerview. At some point all the publications things feels quite empty. i still do it. But i do not got much faith in what i am doing anymore. And i am really wondering how other people cope up with that?
I think that the majority of researchers are convinced of the value of their work. However, there are indeed problems with getting research results published. One of the reasons for this is the emphasis on metrics like numbers of publications and citations and on derived values like impact factors, h-index etc. by those who decide about financing research and about careers of researchers. See the following discussions:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_that_one_thing_that_you_really_hate_about_publishing/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_the_consequences_of_publish_or_perish_culture_in_academia/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Petition_Stop_Tracking_Science/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Academic_corruption_in_publications
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Your_opinion_about_the_following_link/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_do_you_think_about_scientific_production_evaluation_indices_such_as_those_of_Hirsch_h_or_Google_Scholar_i10_or_others/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Research_Publications_Impact_factor_H-Index_I-Index_Is_these_words_becoming_root_cause_for_stress_nowadays_rather_than_Passionate/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_do_bibliometric_studies_get_so_much_attention_in_todays_world_of_academia/1
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