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Warning: not published on a reputable enough journal where breakthroughs are usually published. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. IF=6.1
by qwezxcrty 3y ago
Warning: not published on a reputable enough journal where breakthroughs are usually published.
Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. IF=6.1
- tokai 3y agoIf you cared to look thoroughly on the metrics of the journal you would see that its a well known journal in microbiology, with a fine performance. It might be okay to dismiss a paper without reading it if its from one of the predatory publishers with +1000 journals and jpg artifacts in their page banner. But it is ridiculous to critic a pilot study with a small number of participants for not getting published in a very top journal. Cargo culting the journal impact factor is so counter to what science is about, that its bewildering that it is so common.
- vibrio 3y agoAgreed. For young scientists, asking why the paper didn’t make it into a ‘better’ journal can be a good thought experiment, but dismissing it on the basis of impact factor is against the whole purpose of science.
- MVissers 3y agoFor absolute breakthrough science that is counterintuitive in medicine, I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't get published in top journals. The H Pylori paper also didn't get published anywhere, no-one believed it. Nobel prize many years later. Really interested in following this further.