full-title:: [Surge in number of ‘extremely productive’ authors concerns scientists](https://omnivore.app/me/surge-in-number-of-extremely-productive-authors-concerns-scienti-18ceadbf8f8)
site:: [nature.com](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03865-y)
author:: Conroy, Gemma
date-saved:: [[08-01-2024]]
date-published:: [[11-12-2023]]
date-archived:: [[08-01-2024]]
is-archived:: 10
source:: [[Omnivore]]
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	  * ### Highlights
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		  > Data trackers suspect not all their manuscripts were produced through honest labour. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/surge-in-number-of-extremely-productive-authors-concerns-scienti-18ceadbf8f8#13665b4d-f3a5-415f-8348-88d373bcaae3)
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		  > The increase in these ‘extremely productive’ authors raises concerns that some researchers are resorting to dubious methods to publish extra papers. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/surge-in-number-of-extremely-productive-authors-concerns-scienti-18ceadbf8f8#2237d7b7-7907-4064-9858-dc16346e365a)
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		  > John Ioannidis [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/surge-in-number-of-extremely-productive-authors-concerns-scienti-18ceadbf8f8#c87069ae-9d95-4bed-8fae-ccef7206141b)
		- * id:: 86dec0c0-b7bc-4f85-9ad3-73b5f2da1520
		  > more than doubled the number of extremely productive authors between 2016 and 2022 [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/surge-in-number-of-extremely-productive-authors-concerns-scienti-18ceadbf8f8#86dec0c0-b7bc-4f85-9ad3-73b5f2da1520)
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		  > combination of such a burgeoning ‘publish or perish’ culture and a monetary reward system creates fertile grounds for shady actors to flourish [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/surge-in-number-of-extremely-productive-authors-concerns-scienti-18ceadbf8f8#ce918340-0c1c-4116-a26f-c8b4850a90d8)
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		  > The probe found that 33 researchers at 8 universities had paid for authorship, with dozens of other people suspected of listing their names on papers they had bought. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/surge-in-number-of-extremely-productive-authors-concerns-scienti-18ceadbf8f8#d9e917f7-6807-4e99-b9c3-3e8531a434cf)
		- id:: 224e366e-3076-4f31-a731-e86ccdf00785
		  > “The number of papers should not really count as positive or negative,” he says. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/surge-in-number-of-extremely-productive-authors-concerns-scienti-18ceadbf8f8#224e366e-3076-4f31-a731-e86ccdf00785)