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> The thing I still can’t figure out is, why did Jones publish this paper at all? He’d already landed the juicy Dean of Engineering job, months before submittin

> The thing I still can’t figure out is, why did Jones publish this paper at all? He’d already landed the juicy Dean of Engineering job, months before submitting it to his own journal. This was my first reaction as well. We always hear about publish or perish, but eventually you get pretty perish-proof.

fabian2k 3y ago
Maybe he just wants to brag with his h-index. Or he uses the citation metrics to appear more prestigious when applying to grants or presenting himself in general. Or he has some bonus tied to publication numbers. Or he siphons off the publication fees as he owns the journal.
- dev_tty01 3y ago
  >Maybe he just wants to brag with his h-index. Who is going to cite this paper?
  - fabian2k 3y ago
    He is ;-) I only checked two papers by that author, but they both contained references to other papers by him in that journal.
  - tokai 3y ago
    Everyone he forces to. Its very common for seniors to pressure younger researchers to cite their papers.
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