Scientific Publishing Credibility: Analysis of the Main Factors Threatening It

The scientific publishing crisis represents a complex problem, mainly stemming from the "publish or perish" culture that prioritizes quantity over quality, which leads to the proliferation of low-quality research manuscripts and research misconduct, including data fabrication (making up data or results), falsification (manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record), or even plagiarism (the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit) [...].