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So you're confirming that somehow the best publishers somehow manage to provide something of value. The people judging your career are the ones you're complaini
by xhkkffbf 2y ago
So you're confirming that somehow the best publishers somehow manage to provide something of value. The people judging your career are the ones you're complaining about and somehow they're choosing to respect a few publishers.
Instead of just imagining that Elsevier is somehow bad, you might ask yourself why these committees respect their journals so much. What are they doing that's right?
- fabian2k 2y agoIt's solely about prestige, and self-reinforcing.
- joe5150 2y agoDo you imagine the suits in Amsterdam are actually responsible for the quality of any given Elsevier journal? Most of the genuinely prestigious titles they publish were acquisitions. It is as clear an example of rent seeking as anyone can come up with.
- ClumsyPilot 2y ago> publishers somehow manage to provide something of value So do the Mexican drug cartels. does that mean they are good? Does that mean they are ‘free market’