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I wonder if academic journals should be treated similarly to Linux distros (or other software projects really) where less proven/stable features are considered
by ochoseis 12y ago
I wonder if academic journals should be treated similarly to Linux distros (or other software projects really) where less proven/stable features are considered beta and published in journals like Arxiv (say, the Fedora to draw a Linux reference). Once the research has been proven or repeated, it can be published in more "stable" journal like NEJM or Nature. That way the original author still gets the credit, but you have more confidence that what you're reading in those stable journals is indeed truth.
- hga 12y agoProblem is, a lot of this stuff is expensive to reproduce, and you certainly can't get a grant to do that, so what normally happens is either the research is so unimportant it's ignored (a product of publish or perish, I suppose from both sides), or if it's "high impact" enough, other labs try to build upon it. If the foundation is rotten, they'll figure that out soon enough, and at worst case word will filter through the grapevine.