Under the Research Excellence Framework (REF), the impact of research is measured in numbers of publications, journal impact factors, and grant income, with some account for public engagement.
If we turn to numbers of publications in high-profile journals, that too can be deceptive: personality traits may affect publishing patterns.
But a larger issue is the systems we carry out our research in: US universities have a tenure model, where job security is achieved through high numbers of publications.
Over the last decade, large numbers of publications have appeared in this area.
On the other hand, only one author produced the maximum numbers of publications (31 articles).
The fatigue design of welds is the subject of large numbers of publications and a wide range of design approaches.
In astrophysics, where numbers of papers vary greatly depending on the subfield, numbers of publications can't be compared.
The development of generative systems has been a subject of much research, and there are huge numbers of publications on that topic.
Furthermore, Waldkirch et al. (2013) show that there is a difference between those rankings based on numbers of publications and those based on citation metrics.
There are large numbers of publications on SF and SF/polymer blend nanofibers [13, 14], but there are few publications on the SS/SF blend nanofibers.
Their short career to date yields a brief publication record, making differences in the numbers of publications between candidates statistically questionable.
