“…10 In addition, by instilling a culture of publish or perish, this indicator has a negative impact on the quality of research. According to Richard et al (2015), 11 this indicator carries a punishment incentive and has already led to increasing occurrences of questionable research practices, including: plagiarism, selfplagiarism, data fabrication, academics' conformity to avoid conflict of interest, unethical authorships, fake reviewers, and other forms of violations that undermine research credibility, integrity, and validity. 12 In addition, as publish or perish lies at the root of academic advancement, the pressure to publish can "harm the quality of life of researchers, decreasing their satisfaction and undermining creativity."…”