It seems remiss to leave out the publish or perish dynamic that requires anyone pursuing a career in academia to churn out publications with little to no regard for their quality. Especially in light of the evidence in recent years that peer review is a poor filter for fraud.
Deincentivising an endless stream of trash publications will both cut down on the BS and narrow the field of research one might try to reproduce.
I don't have strong feelings about the optimal number of papers that should be published, but my sense is that we are running an order of magnitude above that number.
Deincentivising an endless stream of trash publications will both cut down on the BS and narrow the field of research one might try to reproduce.
I don't have strong feelings about the optimal number of papers that should be published, but my sense is that we are running an order of magnitude above that number.