| Suggested amendments | % |
| It should not be required | 14 |
| Reduce the required number of publications per year | 27 |
| Extend the required period of publication (example every after two years) | 70 |
| Increase the equivalent points set | 22 |
| Decrease the equivalent points set |
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| Other suggestions specified by the respondents: |
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| Implement writeshop regularly where staff can focus I writing their publication in a separate venue outside PhilRice and require solid tangible output after just like annual report writeshop | 3 |
| Consider milestones; it maybe helpful if researchers will be given time to leave office for a while to write | 3 |
| That all approved studies should, at least, have a scientifically publishable output at the end of its period | 3 |
| It is difficult to produce paper per year and one-year results are not enough to establish a good conclusion; acknowledge other outputs aside from paper publication | 3 |
| Please give credit to varieties developed; it takes years and huge amount of budget to develop varieties | 3 |
| Increase incentive | 3 |
| Posters should be considered publication; a staff should look the data to assess if those are publishable; the group should be actively prepare what is needed to be done | 3 |
| Review value of patent in relation to publication | 3 |
| Clarify the publication fee support as charges now are too high | 3 |