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submitted 1 month ago by giotras@poliversity.it to c/science@lemmy.ml

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The ‘publish or perish’ mentality is fuelling research paper retractions – and undermining science

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[–] MalReynolds 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Meh, retractions are best case. Publish or perish is causing

-low quality work: anything with a .05 result wins, whatever the contortions necessary

-zero repeatability: one of the science fundamentals, but not publishable.

-related, negative results are not published

-people leaving science for better pay / conditions cause PoP sucks donkey dicks