No, it's the same in every field, because the process of getting tenure in about every field is the same: publish lots of times. "Lots" might be different in di

No, it's the same in every field, because the process of getting tenure in about every field is the same: publish lots of times. "Lots" might be different in different fields, but it still comes down to "publish a lot." Publishing a lot is actually a lot closer to incentivizing bad science than not. I'd encourage you to look past your pre-existing notions of what makes a "hard" science branch and actually talk to people who are the boots on the ground about what is really going on in academia.