The conclusions are something that is well clear to anybody that is familiar with the environment of scientific research. The kind of metrics used to judge research are greatly damaging.

I mostly disagree with the distinction made between scientific research and research in the humanities - "Unlike scientists, humanities scholars generally need time, rather than large amounts of money, to do their work." - while some scientific projects also require expensive equipment, the problem of publication pressure and therefore lack of time to do proper work is identical in the sciences.