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If even journalists and the general public know that all getting published means is that the author(s) convinced an editor that an article probably wasn't total
by barry-cotter 7y ago
If even journalists and the general public know that all getting published means is that the author(s) convinced an editor that an article probably wasn't total bullshit people would trust them less. Trust is the problem. If we can get people to trust literatures rather than articles we have progress.
- bumby 7y agoI'm not trying to be argumentative, just trying to understand. I'm not really familiar with the pre-WWII method of publication. How would moving peer-review to after publication enhance trust? It seems to me one of the problems currently is the vast amount of publication. Much of it seems derivative or of little value other than resume padding. While I agree the current peer review system isn't ideal, it does seem to at least provide some throttling of the volume of publications.