Setting publication targets for students is corrosive for scientific culture and instils the wrong values in PhD students, argues Nick Yeung. A culture shift in PhD student evaluation criteria is needed, away from publications as the key proxy for student success.
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Yeung, N. Forcing PhD students to publish is bad for science. Nat Hum Behav 3, 1036 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0685-4
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