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This is because academics are assessed on their achievements based on how many articles they have published in prestigious journals.
by AraceliHarker 4y ago
This is because academics are assessed on their achievements based on how many articles they have published in prestigious journals.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> is because academics are assessed on their achievements based on how many articles they have published in prestigious journals Why have these companies been so successful at curating prestigious journals? I hate our academic publishing model. But I'm careful dismissing the journals as pure rent seekers. Their is a source to their staying power beyond merely habit.
- ska 4y agoPart of it is momentum, they date back from when a) everything was on paper, and b) producing and distributing the paper was hard. However, I suspect much of the staying power is that organizing and executing on a top tier journal, or equivalently replacing it, is real work - and it is real work with no model for getting paid for or otherwise compensated for in an academic career. There is also some value to being arms-length. A few top universities could gang together to pay for a flight of journals, but there would understandably be concerns about acceptance policies, etc.
- joquarky 3y agoIt feels like they are subjecting themselves to the consequences of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law