In “Publish-or-Perish: Peer Review and the Corruption of Science,” pharmacology professor David Colquhoun addresses entrenched practices that reduce the quality of academic publishing and increase the temptation to exaggerate claims, manipulate statistics, and fabricate results. Colquhoun takes specific issue with quotas, significant rewards for publication volume, and the increasing number of academic journals that maintain low publication standards.

"[W]e should not let drug companies buy the hearts and minds of researchers. The cost of this is high, and not just in drug prices. It means both doctors and patients believe prescription drugs are better and safer than they really are.” —Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of The New England Journal of Medicine