Unbridled academic competition

The present academic system measures achievement by the quantity of publications an individual produces.

1. The progress of science varies inversely with the number of journals published.

1. Unbridled competition

1. Plagiarism

1. Professional secrecy
2. Prevention of the exchange of ideas
3. Faulty academic peer review
4. Calculated delay in publication of documents
5. Bias in scientific research
6. Academic self-promotion

1. Religious rivalry
2. Educationally reinforced egocentric attitudes
3. Competitive envy
4. Commercialization of universities

1. Ineffective university faculty members

1. Reducing intensity of academic competition
2. Promoting independent learning
3. Investigating academic competition
4. Encouraging academic competition

1. Unbridled
2. Syndrome
3. Competition [D]
4. Competition [C]