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Growing demand for rapid publication has fueled the rise of "predatory" publishers, which accept papers quickly for a fee without providing proper peer review, threatening research integrity. Origins and Evolution

For new faculty, this means failing to gain tenure; for established researchers, it often implies a loss of funding or an inability to secure promotions. PERISH

Universities often rely on metrics such as publication counts and citations to evaluate performance, creating incentives for "safe" or fragmented research rather than groundbreaking, slow-paced studies. Growing demand for rapid publication has fueled the

Publish or Perish Paradox | Education | Research Starters - EBSCO this means failing to gain tenure

To increase output, some researchers break a single, large study into several smaller, low-impact papers—a practice sometimes referred to as "salami science".