This paper aims at analyzing the following topics: (1) academic taylorism, big science and their impact on the science communication system (books, journals, papers etc.); (2) peer review system, database, impact factors and rankings; (3) boom of publications, auditing procedures and systemic distortions; (4) criticism to taylorist ratio and the search for solutions. To achieve this, we are going to mix analysis of current system's socio-statistics data and the historical approach of trends and legacies.
Productivism; Academic taylorism; Big science; Taylorist ratio; Metrics; Auditing procedures; Publish or perish; Systemic distortions; Quality filters