The "publish or perish" stuff is still very present. However, there are area of science and places in the world, where quality is more important than quantity. I am happy to see particle physics in Europe (and in France in particular) to pay less and less attention to the citation counts.

And by the way, thanks a lot for passing by my posts. I am more than happy to discuss with commenters (about anything, even if far related to the topic :p).