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The most prestigious journals are the place where researchers find the most impactful research, and therefore academic libraries are willing to pay for expensiv
by globalise83 5y ago
The most prestigious journals are the place where researchers find the most impactful research, and therefore academic libraries are willing to pay for expensive subscriptions. For researchers with high-impact research results, the publication venue which will maximise their own personal prestige and attract future funding streams are the most prestigious journals. And so their position is continually reinforced in perpetuity. It has nothing to do with the underlying technology, but is rooted in academic network effects.
- mjn 5y agoYou can break out of the network effects with some effort. One of the top journals in machine learning nowadays is a community-run open-access journal that does not charge authors, JMLR (https://www.jmlr.org/ https://www.jmlr.org/). There's a bit about its model here: https://blogs.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/03/06/an-efficient-journal/ https://blogs.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/03/06/an-efficient-j... (previously discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15280736 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15280736)
- TaXaZ 5y agoI think open science movement slowly erode their grip on the industry. It's perpetual theoretically, but not in practice. Though, It needs a collaborative effort and the main factor is awareness.