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Publish or Perish: Rethinking Productivity in Academic Surgery
Dimitrios Moris1,2, Ioannis A Ziogas3, Alexander Toledo4
1Department of Surgery, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
The American Surgeon
|December 27, 2025
Summary
Academic surgery faces "publish or perish" pressure, with metrics overshadowing true scholarly impact. A call for recognizing diverse contributions beyond mere publication volume is essential for fostering genuine scientific advancement and surgeon-scientist development.
Area of Science:
- Academic Surgery
- Medical Education
- Scientific Publishing
Background:
- The academic surgery environment is dominated by the
- publish or perish
- maxim, leading to an overemphasis on quantitative metrics like publication counts and impact factors.
- This metric-driven approach alters the definition and reward systems for academic excellence.
- A growing disparity exists between genuinely impactful scholarly work and the metrics required for academic survival.
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