Reflections on the System of Academic Production and Evaluation: Toward a Critical Perspective on the Prevailing Model

Abstract

This article critically reflects on the transformation of bibliometrics within the contemporary academic ecosystem, analyzing its shift from a technical tool for document management to an instrument of market control and capital accumulation. It examines how the publishing oligopoly has captured scientific validation processes, establishing a triple-pay model that monetizes prestige and perpetuates global asymmetries. This metric hegemony has created perverse incentives, leading to the industrialization of fraud through the rise of predatory journals and "quick and dirty bibliometrics".