There are externally motivated scientists who are in it for the prestige or awards. Some fields are more like this than others, but they show up in all fields.

There are externally motivated scientists who are in it for the prestige or awards. Some fields are more like this than others, but they show up in all fields. Plus these days there's a lot of pressure to run universities more like businesses. To eat, academics have to hit certain numbers, so you see behaviors common in business like faking the KPIs.