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> > Given the discrepancy mentioned by reviewer 1, we have sadly concluded, on balance, that your paper would be better placed in a more specialised journal, pa
by eecc 7y ago
> > Given the discrepancy mentioned by reviewer 1, we have sadly concluded, on balance, that your paper would be better placed in a more specialised journal, particularly given the competition for space
Perhaps there's too much competition because there's not enough space? Science is not an industry notorious for excess in investment capacity...
- jessriedel 7y agoModern journals have no limit imposed by the process of publishing physical objects. Space is limited simply in the sense that Nature wants to maintain a reputation for publishing impressive/important results, and readers have very finite time and energy, so Nature sets a high bar for acceptance.
- markus92 7y agoNature is still published in print, and so are many others.
- jessriedel 7y agoYes I know, but the size is not meaningfully constrained by the physical cost of producing or transporting the magazine. The scarce resource is the readers attention. There may also be value in creating artificial scarcity, given that they have something like a status monopoly.