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Academia says publication is not the metric for science - and even decry the 'perish or publish' culture they have created for themselves - but then say their role is vital because corporate research has dropped and they must fill the gap. Their evidence corporate research has dropped? Corporate scientists don't need to publish and so they don't.
http://www.nature.com/news/basic-science-finds-corporate-refuge-1.15124
