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Research publications: does piling them high sell them short? All modern academics know that it’s publish or perish, but is regular publication a gateway or a barrier to groundbreaking scholarship? Simon Baker assesses the data on the relationship between research...
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Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system Physicist doubts work like Higgs boson identification achievable now as academics are expected to 'keep churning out papers' Decca Aitkenhead, The Guardian, Friday 6 December 2013 17.37 GMT...
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