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What difference would that make? Getting into journals like Nature is about getting research shared amongst fellow researchers. The value that journals add is i
by ZenoArrow 10y ago
What difference would that make? Getting into journals like Nature is about getting research shared amongst fellow researchers. The value that journals add is in curating interesting research so a busy scientist can still keep up to date with the key developments in the field. With open access it'll be easier than ever for new curators to emerge.
- hackuser 10y agoThe value that journals provide is identifying high-value research for other scientists to read, and also for the researchers' employers and funders who use it as a basis to decide whether to hire the researchers, give them tenure, or fund them.
- ZenoArrow 10y ago> "The value that journals provide is identifying high-value research for other scientists to read" As I said before, curation. > "and also for the researchers' employers and funders who use it as a basis to decide whether to hire the researchers, give them tenure, or fund them." If that's true, sounds like it's time for the processes around hiring of science staff to get an overhaul.
- Aaargh20318 10y ago> The value that journals provide is identifying high-value research for other scientists to read No, it's other scientists who do that for the journals, for free. They can just as well do it for any other publication. The only value journals add is printing it on a piece of paper. So basically they provide the same value as a €30 Deskjet.