Department of Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands.
PLoS One. 2019 Jun 19;14(6):e0217931. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217931. eCollection 2019.
Publications determine to a large extent the possibility to stay in academia ("publish or perish"). While some pressure to publish may incentivise high quality research, too much publication pressure is likely to have detrimental effects on both the scientific enterprise and on individual researchers. Our research question was: What is the level of perceived publication pressure in the four academic institutions in Amsterdam and does the pressure to publish differ between academic ranks and disciplinary fields? Investigating researchers in Amsterdam with the revised Publication Pressure Questionnaire, we find that a negative attitude towards the current publication climate is present across academic ranks and disciplinary fields. Postdocs and assistant professors (M = 3.42) perceive the greatest publication stress and PhD-students (M = 2.44) perceive a significant lack of resources to relieve publication stress. Results indicate the need for a healthier publication climate where the quality and integrity of research is rewarded.
出版物在很大程度上决定了一个人留在学术界的可能性（“不发表就出局”）。虽然发表论文的压力可能会激励高质量的研究，但过多的发表压力可能会对科学事业和个人研究人员产生不利影响。我们的研究问题是：在阿姆斯特丹的四所学术机构中，人们感受到的发表压力有多大，发表压力在学术级别和学科领域之间是否存在差异？我们用修订后的《发表压力问卷》调查了阿姆斯特丹的研究人员，发现对当前发表氛围的负面态度在学术级别和学科领域都存在。博士后和助理教授（M=3.42）感受到了最大的发表压力，博士生（M=2.44）则明显感到缺乏缓解发表压力的资源。研究结果表明，需要建立一个更健康的发表环境，奖励研究的质量和诚信。
