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Sounds like a bullshit excuse. I don't understand why anyone would even argue that they intentionally do a poor job presenting their work because they somehow
by geezerjay 10y ago
Sounds like a bullshit excuse. I don't understand why anyone would even argue that they intentionally do a poor job presenting their work because they somehow allege they are ignored.
The only reason why anyone would go through such pains to get ignored is if they intentionally want to be ignored.
And this does not make any sense, particularly in a "publish or perish" environment.
- S4M 10y agoIt is clearly stated in the article that Thomas Royen just wanted to get published quickly, as he isn't an academic.
- yomritoyj 10y agoI on the contrary find it perfectly reasonable. Academic publishing has its own share of bullshit and I can well understand someone, specially a retired person, wanting to give up on that kind of prestige in order to save time and energy for actual science. For example, as far as I know, Grigori Perelman has not published the work that won him an offer of the Fields Medal in any journal.
- mehaveaccount 10y agoI sympathize, after getting my PhD I went into the private sector. I often have side projects that could turn into publications, but massaging something through the publications process is a part-time job itself, and there's definitely quite a bit of who-you-know that can muddy things up.