When you read between the lines of these "productivity" academic career policies and measures, you realise that they are aimed squarely at fame rather than qual

When you read between the lines of these "productivity" academic career policies and measures, you realise that they are aimed squarely at fame rather than quality of science. I guess the argument goes something like this: when you get fame through your high profile journal publications, we will be able to attract more grants and more fee paying bums on seats. Who cares about what you have actually written? Under the current model, nobody really.