“Randy Schekman, one of the 2013 crop of Nobel prize-winners (for physiology or medicine, in his case), levels two charges against such journals. The first is that, aware of their pre-eminence and keen to protect it, they artificially restrict the number of papers they accept. Second, he argues that science as a whole is being distorted by perverse incentives, especially the tyranny of the ‘impact factor’, a number that purports to measure how important a given journal is. Researchers who publish in journals with a high impact factor—like the three named above—can expect promotion, pay rises and professional accolades. Those that do not can expect obscurity or even the sack.”
Related posts:
Ron Paul right again: 2011 Prediction Al Qaeda Will Move Into Libya
Tiny ‘Shoebox’ Apartment in London Costs $1,200 Per Month
India & Iran drop dollar in oil trade to bypass US sanctions
Should anyone own parts of the moon?
Minnesota Obamacare exchange disclosed personal info of at least 2,400
Proposed Iraqi law would legalize marital rape, child marriage
Officer takes seized vehicles home, bills city for repairs
North Korean shoots officers, defects to South Korea
Health Care Just Became the U.S.'s Largest Employer
Elon Musk's growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies
Researcher’s paper banned for containing luxury car security codes
Despite fever, CDC cleared Ebola-infected nurse for airline flight
A Surprising Health Insurance Option For Those Who Refuse ObamaCare
Sacre bleu! Poor weather ruins 2013 wine grape harvest in France
Man with strange watch arrested at Oakland airport