This is a good thing to read. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/02/17/does-authorship-mean-anything-when-academic-papers-are-simply-citable-to

This is a good thing to read. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/02/17/does-authorship-mean-anything-when-academic-papers-are-simply-citable-tokens/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/02/17/do... I have actually worked in academia, and in industrial research. I've served on many program committees and participated in peer review actively for many years. I am sorry to say, I am one of the people who should be asked. The system is corrupt, coercive, exploitative, and delivers poor results. Things were much better when academics wrote 20 papers in a career.