Paper output up 5x, yet publication-count KPIs persist

With research paper output up roughly 5x year-over-year, the author argues publication-count KPIs are obsolete, and even citations can be gamed, making quantity metrics worse than useless.

2026-09-20 ~ 2026-09-20 · 2 related posts

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