In an open letter, sent to Dutch newspapers to try to explain his actions, he cited the huge pressures to come up with interesting findings that he had been under, in the publish or perish culture that exist in the academic world, which he had been unable to resist, and which led him to his extreme actions.

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"It's almost a publish-or-perish environment, " said Mr. Moss.

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They operate under the same publish-or-perish culture.

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