How to Survive in Academia: Publish or Perish
Atena2023-03-11T21:08:33+03:30The ultimatum is well known to academics: publish original research, or risk damaging your reputation—or even losing a professorship. The phrase publishes or perishes dates back to 1942 when a sociologist named Logan Wilson used it in a book studying academia as a career. At the time, he described the "publish or perish" credo as a "prevailing pragmatism forced upon the academic group," and it still feels this way too many of today's academics and researchers. For those working within the publish-or-perish system, it can be a stressful lifestyle. Academics must publish research not simply to stay relevant, but it [...]