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I used to get a lot of emails from Omics a few years ago. Pure cold-calls advertising conferences where I could present my world-leading research in areas where

I used to get a lot of emails from Omics a few years ago. Pure cold-calls advertising conferences where I could present my world-leading research in areas where I had done no work. The fever has thankfully subsided. Nature Group is not without criticism here, either. Still one of the crown-jewels of research publications. I used to subscribe to Nature but dropped it due to their limited archive, the proliferation of their specialty journals (separate subscription required), and the high amount of sponsored content. Still subscribe to Science Magazine which makes its full archive available and doesn't have as many spinoffs.

s0rce 3y ago
I still get invited to random overseas "conferences" vaguely related to work I did. I left academia almost a decade ago, although I still have co-authorship on some recent publications from my old group.
- Gr4phTh3ory 3y ago
  After getting my second co-authored paper published during my time as an undergrad in relatively high-impact journals, I started getting spammed with requests to review shady COVID-19 related manuscripts by no-name journals. The amount of damage caused by shitty articles and shitty journals out there is terrifying to think about.
hedora 3y ago
I wouldn't call Nature or Science a crown jewel of research publications at this point. I can't remember the last time they published anything decent in a field I (or someone I know) is familiar with. In fact, the articles I'm thinking of ended up being retracted or refuted pretty quickly. Being published in them is a good way to get social media karma though. Some people even manage leverage the article to get a tenured position somewhere (often to their future students' peril).
- OldGuyInTheClub 3y ago
  I follow the physical sciences (by education,) astronomy/astrophysics (by interest,) and biology and earth science as time permits. As far as I can tell, Science and Nature still get topnotch stuff. As a Science subscriber I try hard to make time to read papers well out of my expertise. I start with the research summary article (by an independent writer) for context before going to the full paper. I figure if it made it to press there, it is worth my time to figure out what makes it important to that field.

s0rce 3y ago

I still get invited to random overseas "conferences" vaguely related to work I did. I left academia almost a decade ago, although I still have co-authorship on some recent publications from my old group.

Gr4phTh3ory 3y ago
After getting my second co-authored paper published during my time as an undergrad in relatively high-impact journals, I started getting spammed with requests to review shady COVID-19 related manuscripts by no-name journals. The amount of damage caused by shitty articles and shitty journals out there is terrifying to think about.

hedora 3y ago

I wouldn't call Nature or Science a crown jewel of research publications at this point. I can't remember the last time they published anything decent in a field I (or someone I know) is familiar with. In fact, the articles I'm thinking of ended up being retracted or refuted pretty quickly. Being published in them is a good way to get social media karma though. Some people even manage leverage the article to get a tenured position somewhere (often to their future students' peril).

OldGuyInTheClub 3y ago
I follow the physical sciences (by education,) astronomy/astrophysics (by interest,) and biology and earth science as time permits. As far as I can tell, Science and Nature still get topnotch stuff. As a Science subscriber I try hard to make time to read papers well out of my expertise. I start with the research summary article (by an independent writer) for context before going to the full paper. I figure if it made it to press there, it is worth my time to figure out what makes it important to that field.