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Why peer-reviewed specifically? Every professor I've had who is a theoretical physicist has posted their papers at http://arxiv.org/ http://arxiv.org/. It's no
by grinich 16y ago
Why peer-reviewed specifically?
Every professor I've had who is a theoretical physicist has posted their papers at http://arxiv.org/ http://arxiv.org/. It's not peer-reviewed but as far as I know pretty much everybody reads it.
- hugh3 16y agoThe impact of a non-peer-reviewed paper which only appears on arxiv is generally pretty low. A bunch of people might read it on the day that it comes out, but it won't show up in all the databases in years to come, and might very easily be forgotten. If you've done real and credible work then it's much better to get it published in a proper journal. (On the other hand if you've done work that wouldn't pass peer review then please don't clog up the arXiv with it)
- sireat 16y agoHere is a notable exception of a non-peer-reviewed paper which did have "some" impact: http://arxiv.org/abs/math.DG/0211159 http://arxiv.org/abs/math.DG/0211159 As a place to stake one's claim(sure beats making anagrams as in 17th century) and disseminate knowledge arxiv seems like a good place to be.