Mandatory Publications: An Approach to Kill 'Lack of Will' or 'Lack of Skill'?
The issue of 'mandatory publications' has generated serious flak about its usefulness among the various stakeholders. A lot of debate centers around the question of 'lack of will' or 'lack of skill' as a reason for the diminishing research interests among the medical faculty in India. In our view, it is the lack of will to publish good quality research which is to be blamed rather than the lack of skill to do good quality research.
Centre for Public Health, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
Neelam
N
Dehal
Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Sector-14, Chandigarh, 160 014, India. gargkk@yahoo.com.
Kewal
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K
Krishan
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Tanuj
T
Kanchan
School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Amarjeet
A
Singh
D035843:Biomedical Research; D002322:Career Mobility; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D009042:Motivation; D011642:Publications; D011643:Publishing
Fraudulent publications; Mandatory publications; Medical research in India; Predatory journals; Publishing ethics