ArticleCureus2025
Academic Fatigue of Young Researchers: The Price of the Publish or Perish Culture.
Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- How contemporary academic structures constrain scientific creativity and hold back early-career researchers.Nature human behaviour · 2026Review
- Researchers' Mental Health and Quality of Life: A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Article
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Abstract
The publish or perish culture has become a defining feature of modern academia, where career advancement often depends on publication quantity rather than scientific depth. This environment exerts intense psychological and ethical pressure on early-career researchers, contributing to stress, burnout, and declining research quality. Studies have linked publication pressure to increased depressive symptoms, sleep disturbances, and even research misconduct, underscoring the systemic nature of the problem. This editorial discusses how such pressures threaten innovation and scientific integrity while proposing reforms in evaluation metrics, mentorship, and mental health support to restore balance and sustainability within academic research.
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