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It's worth pointing out that this is "published" in Nature Scientific Reports, which has (by design!) A very low barrier for publishing/peer review. It's just a
by kettleballroll 5y ago
It's worth pointing out that this is "published" in Nature Scientific Reports, which has (by design!) A very low barrier for publishing/peer review. It's just a small step up from arxiv. This also means we shouldn't take this report too seriously until it's published in a serious journal
- kgarten 5y agonot really ... anybody with 3 people vetting them can upload to arxiv. Nature Scientific Reports have a decent review cycle. Yes, it's easier to get in than into Nature or other top level publications. Yet, it's still harder than some 2nd 3rd tier conferences (at least in computer science). However, I agree with your sentiment. Don't take it too serious
- kettleballroll 5y agoInteresting to hear, i was not aware of that! In my subfield (Machine Learning) publishing in Scientific Reports would be considered 3rd tier at best (frankly, i don't know anyone who's ever done it, because the community would just ignore it)... What field are you in? still, I wasn't aware they had an impact factor of 4.x, that's way higher than i thought.