Academic publishing – stuck in a prisoner's dilemma?

Academia today finds itself in a paradox. The 'publish or perish' mantra has spiralled into an uncalled race, where the finish line is <em> quantity </em> , and not <em> quality </em> . In this obsession to stack CVs with publication credits, research quality and integrity often suffer. Between 2018 and 2022, research articles witnessed a 22.78 per cent growth to 5.14 million. Yet concerns over research integrity persist.