Blogging is becoming an increasingly important aspect of academic life — a way to increase academic output, reach new audiences and foster original debates. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
If we limit the frame of this debate to academic outputs alone, every new study provides ammunition, but never a conclusion. (educationnext.org)
Genuinely acknowledging and rewarding these other key impact factors, such as societal engagement, teaching excellence, and input and deliberation at key meetings and conference participation could go a long way toward balancing the demands of academic output to publish alone, thus lessening the pressure to spend endless weekends and vacation time writing for quantity rather than quality. (science.sciencemag.org)