/methodology/approach – The paper argues that the Royal Society's report gives too much emphasis to the growth rate of the publications of Chinese … ahead of even the USA in terms of the number of publications. Findings – In an era when the “publish or perish” slogan is …/quantity aspect and the citedness of publications as a proxy for quality. Originality/value – The paper illustrates that there are …

, increased division of labor in research, intense publication pressure, academic fraud, dilution of the concept of 'university …' and inadequate organizational forms for modern research. Academia, in a broader sense understood as 'the locus of seeking …

, increased division of labor in research, intense publication pressure, academic fraud, dilution of the concept of "university …", and inadequate organizational forms for modern research. Academia, in a broader sense understood as "the locus of seeking …

drivers of research outcomes. We use the Negative Binomial model to empirically examine the determinants of the total number … of publications and single and co-authored articles. The results indicate that males are more likely to publish co …