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If that's all they wanted it would be easy - just post it on a blog. What they really want is access to the journal infrastructure - I'm reminded of the French
by czr80 14y ago
If that's all they wanted it would be easy - just post it on a blog. What they really want is access to the journal infrastructure - I'm reminded of the French newspapers who want Google to pay them for inclusion in Google news, on the basis that they produce the content.
- takluyver 14y agoIt's not so much the infrastructure, it's the stamp of approval that publishing in a peer-reviewed journal gives your work. Work you post on a blog wouldn't be seen as serious scientific output.
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- czr80 14y agoSorry, infrastructure was a poor word choice. I mean the whole journals system, and so yes, the brand and signalling value, the network of relationships and cultural norms that make peer review work, and so on.
- shardling 14y agoWell, no, because they don't want to just publish articles, they want to publish peer reviewed articles. And the really pivotal point is that journals don't even pay the review boards.