In today’s world, we are witnessing several challenges to the traditional formats of scientific publishing as a mechanism for sharing, validating, and receiving feedback on new ideas. These disruptions include over-reliance on metrics, predatory practices in publication venues, and metrics gamming by authors. Some of these behaviours not only hurt the development of science and add noise to the system, but also can ruin the career development of researchers. In this talk, we will discuss these challenges and hopefully find some clues on how to navigate them and present some actionable insights.