@Lijo and friends: We publish to share, to learn, to improve...
'This report looks at how researchers publish and why, including the motivations that lead them to publish in different formats and the increase in collaboration and co-authorship.'
http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/communicating-knowledge-how-and-why-researchers-pu
I think main objective is to get recognition for research and researcher.
To develop science: to add something to the existing knowledge and to discover something new... and to some extent also because if you do something, you wish other people to read what you have achieved.
@Lijo and friends: We publish to share, to learn, to improve...
'This report looks at how researchers publish and why, including the motivations that lead them to publish in different formats and the increase in collaboration and co-authorship.'
http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/communicating-knowledge-how-and-why-researchers-pu
@Lijo, what should I say about this nice Miranda's words?
In Serbia, researcher has the obligation to publish his research work that was financed by Government! Also, it helps him later to advance in rank, as well as the same is valid for professors! Sharing the knowledge and dissemination is the main advantage of publications!
Thanks @ Lijo Francis for a good question.
Yes, prestige, funding, and fame are usually subjects of interest. However, all these, and much more can be reached in other professions.
I think, people get deeply interested in their research domains, exited by the touch to the nature of knowledge, used to systematic, organized, and highly intellectual research activity and environment, tough competition, and respect for the recognized achievements - all that is a great deal more important than mercantile goals, as it become a modus operandi and a modus vivendi for those who got involved.
Hello there,
Frequent publication is one of the few powerful methods at scholar's disposal to demonstrate academic talent to peers. Successful publication of research brings attention to scholars and their institutions. This in turn may bring in more funding for the institute and also ensure an individual's progress through their field. Academic institutions and university frequently use the number of publication to an individual's credit as the measure of competency. Administrators are increasingly using this as the criteria during recruitments. Scholars, who publish infrequently or who focus on activities that does not result in publications like instructing undergraduates, may find themselves out of contentions for many teaching positions. It is due to these reasons that there is an immense pressure to publish. The phrase “Publish or perish” initially coined by Coolidge in 1932 is now becoming a harsh reality.
The rewards for exceptional teaching rarely match the rewards for exceptional research, which encourages faculty to favor the latter whenever they conflict. Many universities do not focus on teaching ability when they hire new faculty and simply look at the publications list. This single-minded focus on the professor-as-researcher may cause faculty to neglect or be unable to perform some other responsibilities.
The emphasis on publishing has decreased the value of the resulting scholarship as scholar must spend time scrambling to publish whatever they can manage, rather than spend time developing significant research agenda. The pressure to publish-or-perish also detracts from the time and effort professors can devote to teaching undergraduate and post-graduates. The rewards for exceptional teaching rarely match the rewards for exceptional research, which encourages faculty to favor the latter whenever they conflict.
This pressure to increase the number of publications has led to unethical practices and waste full research. The increase in the number of publications has led to the growth of many new journals. In 2006 alone, approximately 1.3 million peer-reviewed scientific articles were published, aided by a large rise in the number of available scientific journals from 16,000 in 2001 to 23,750 by 2006. The increasing scientific articles have fuelled the demand for a new journal. There is a ridiculous proliferation of scientific journals of all kind. Every other day we see a new journal cropping up.
The basic ethical principles of every scientist are intellectual honesty, which must be present in all stages of scientific work: From a hypothesis, through the appropriate choice of research methodology, analysis and interpretation of the results, including their publication.
Publication is a fact of life and vital to the growth of science and career progression.Publishing has now become not just optional but obligatory. In consequence, scientists suffer constant pressure to publish new work frequently and spend considerable time writing papers.
These are adapted highlights from the linked article.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999612/
Why do faculties/researchers publish? To get fame and prestige? To get funding? And/or what else?
Agreed with the comments shared by previous researchers / scholars. Also want to add 2 points:
The authors undertook this project to address three primary goals: to understand research and publication practices of faculty; to recommend new and or modified library services based on these findings; and to inform and recommend marketing and development initiatives to support an institutional repository. Specifically, the authors designed this study to document how select professors in the education and behavioral sciences locate, retrieve, and use information resources for research and writing and how they publish and store their publications...
https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/portal_pre_print/articles/zoellner.pdf
To pass on the research done, share the views and agree with the ideas expressed by Dr.Ljubomir and Dr.Nidine
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