<p>Science research has some chance of paying off in terms of patents or at least opening up new avenues for research with a societal benefit.</p>
<p>But what about humanities fields, where published research involves deconstructing the language of obscure poets and the like? The publish-or-perish prinicple is just as strong there.</p>
<p>And, even in scientific fields, not all academics do great work. Too much research gets published in third-tier journals that even academics don’t read.</p>