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> Ioannidis thinks that, to stem the rising tide of extremely productive authors, research institutions and funding agencies should focus on the quality of a researcher’s work instead of on the volume of papers they publish. This would prevent scientists from cutting corners. “The number of papers should not really count as positive or negative,” he says.

nature.com/articles/d41586-023

www.nature.comSurge in number of ‘extremely productive’ authors concerns scientistsSome researchers publish a new paper every five days, on average. Data trackers suspect not all their manuscripts were produced through honest labour.