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People don't avoid open-access journals because they're low impact factor; many are quite high. People avoid them because there's a whopping big publication cha
by hugh4 11y ago
People don't avoid open-access journals because they're low impact factor; many are quite high. People avoid them because there's a whopping big publication charge.
What we really need to think about is decreasing the number of journals. But nope, spammy new for-profit journals are launched every week.
Overall science funding is a separate issue, and so is the flawed metrics we use to determine who gets it.
- micwawa 11y agoMost of the spammy for-profit journals are ignored by serious academics. You wouldn't be caught with one of these on your CV. The big Elsevier ones are a problem, because they are revered as the good journals. For example, Advances in Math is very highly regarded, in particular in my department. I had promised to be done with Elsevier several years ago, but now my collaborator has spoken with an editor at Advances who suggested we submit there. It's the optimal journal for a number of different reasons. If this paper gets accepted, it strengthens my grant and tenure situation. I can't really justify putting myself at this disadvantage.