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The attached article was discussing open, "pay to publish" journals that don't care about the contents of submitted papers. They will publish just about anythi
by whyaduck 12y ago
The attached article was discussing open, "pay to publish" journals that don't care about the contents of submitted papers. They will publish just about anything that sounds vaguely scientific as long as they get paid.
The purpose of peer reviewed journals is to disseminate scientific research that's been vetted so that readers don't have to attempt to reproduce the results to have some comfort level with the paper. That's not to say that published articles in quality journals shouldn't be approached with some degree of skepticism, but the sheer volume of science publishing precludes combing through the data of every article you read.
High quality papers will include enough information to reproduce any results referenced in the paper - video is no substitute for actually running the experiment.