an upvote for you. the so-called 'soft sciences' are even softer when it comes to the rigour in their publications, which is a shame because it tarnishes their

an upvote for you. the so-called 'soft sciences' are even softer when it comes to the rigour in their publications, which is a shame because it tarnishes their whole field. The gaming of academic prestige by publishing publishing publishing is exacerbating this, but so are the new predatory publishers who will accept and publish anything. Lots of interesting churn in academic publishing at the moment.