TY - JOUR
T1 - Why Publish?
AU - Burbules, Nicholas C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - This essay explores the accelerating trends of academic publishing, and the increasing number of academic journals, in terms of the trade-offs and paradoxes they present to academics. As more gets published, less gets read. Expectations for ‘productivity’ (defined as more publications) continue to rise. Proxy measures of quality, like impact factors, take on greater significance. This essay explores the consequences for authors, on the one hand, and journal editors, on the other hand, of coping with this regime; and asks whether there is any realistic alternative aside from continuing on the treadmill of publishing more and more.
AB - This essay explores the accelerating trends of academic publishing, and the increasing number of academic journals, in terms of the trade-offs and paradoxes they present to academics. As more gets published, less gets read. Expectations for ‘productivity’ (defined as more publications) continue to rise. Proxy measures of quality, like impact factors, take on greater significance. This essay explores the consequences for authors, on the one hand, and journal editors, on the other hand, of coping with this regime; and asks whether there is any realistic alternative aside from continuing on the treadmill of publishing more and more.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-9752.12436
DO - 10.1111/1467-9752.12436
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088176233
SN - 0309-8249
VL - 54
SP - 655
EP - 665
JO - Journal of Philosophy of Education
JF - Journal of Philosophy of Education
IS - 3
ER -