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No need to be paid directly when the indirect dollar-value of publication in the right journal can be six figures or more. With such incentive, it's no wonder m
by erikbye 9y ago
No need to be paid directly when the indirect dollar-value of publication in the right journal can be six figures or more. With such incentive, it's no wonder many researchers skew their work towards whatever increases their chance of publication; dreaming of a Nobel Prize (apparently many in academia spend a lot of time fantasizing about it).
- rvense 9y agoI don't agree. I think it's just tradition from back when academic journals had a much smaller circulation - and were physical things that needed to be printed and shipped - which justified this state of affairs. The vast majority of scientists never receive any of these prizes. A lot work in fields where no such prizes exists.