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No, everything PLoS ONE publishes is good because they reject everything that isn't good. The "less selective" bit manifests itself as a reduced average "impac
by jbri 15y ago
No, everything PLoS ONE publishes is good because they reject everything that isn't good.
The "less selective" bit manifests itself as a reduced average "impact"/"importance", rather than as a reduced average quality.
- MikeTaylor 15y agoExactly. Paradoxically, this policy has resulted in its getting a rather good impact factor for such a new journal (4.411 for 2010), which happily attracts more high-profile submissions in a virtuous circle. The moral seems clear: other things being equal, freely accessible papers tend to get cited more often than paywalled ones. (Who would have guessed?)