Publish & Perish : Research on research and researchers

This thesis deals with organizational, cultural and personal factors involved in the execution of biomedical research. More specifically, the prime goal of this thesis is to describe publication culture and to unravel different factors related to biomedical science and scientists that might influence the publication process. I focus on factors related to the scientist him- or herself; perceived publication pressure, burnout symptoms in scientists, self-reported research misbehavior, biases in interpreting scientific information, and personality traits. This has brought me to the title of this thesis. Publish OR Perish has always been and still is a well-known adagium by academic leaders (1;2). Due to the results of this thesis, I have slightly changed this saying; our results point out that you can publish your results and still perish in present culture due to publication pressure and emotional exhaustion.